“Clash of the Books,” Part II

(For part I of Sabrina Flynn’s award-winning “Clash of the Books,” scroll down to yesterday’s post, or wait until Tuesday for the entire story.)   II   “Run, you fools!” A lash of flame descended with a sizzling snap.  The detectives and librarian ran, taking cover in the Natural Sciences aisle.  Black smoke gathered, writhing…

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Deadlines & Passing on the Gift

Just a quick reminder to send your submissions for both the Fantasy Library Contest and the Beekeeper’s Gallery (any art that doesn’t fit within the frame of a Russellscape) to bees@laurierking.com by this coming Monday, April 12. Voting for the Beekeeper’s Gallery will begin that day, so come back next week and cast your vote…

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Sweetness? Sweet!

The Virtual Book Club, which I started in early 2007, has now worked its way through all the books in the LRK canon and a number of related novels and non-fiction works. So in September, we begin anew, only with a difference: We’ll do the occasional month of “The Writer as Reader” where I choose…

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MySpace Contest — Ending Soon!

This week’s contest for the Fifteen Weeks of Bees is perhaps the easiest one yet. Simply leave a comment on Mary Russell’s MySpace blog and your name will be entered in a drawing to win the first four Mary Russell books in paperback. The drawing will take place on the afternoon of Friday February 27,…

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