News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. I had to skip News & Notes last week because I was out of town with very limited Internet, so… Read more »
Last weekend, I finally watched the last Sherlock episode of Season 3. I loved it! So many feels… OK, if you’ve seen it you know exactly what I mean. You also know what happens at the very end of the episode, right? The thing that leaves us with a big… Read more »
Worth Reading: Is Sherlock Holmes still under copyright? Leslie Klinger, Holmesian scholar and co-editor (with Laurie R. King) of the recent short-story collection, A Study in Sherlock, is suing the Conan Doyle estate. The estate recently demanded licensing fees be paid for In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, an upcoming… Read more »
Random House and mystery author Laurie R. King are giving away twelve advanced reading copies (ARCs) of her forthcoming Mary Russell novel, Garment of Shadows. To enter this contest, you have to have a Facebook account. (There may be other giveaways in the future, including one on Twitter.) Go to… Read more »
Do you love Sherlock? Then check out this visual from Red Scharlach, “Otters who look like Benedict Cumberbatch.” In case you’re wondering, Sherlock is a BBC series featuring a tech-savvy Holmes and Watson in modern-day London. Brilliant writing, brilliant acting, brilliant adaptation. (Can you tell I’m a fan?) The series stars… Read more »
Random House will release a “Beekeeping for Beginners”, a new Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes story by Laurie R. King, on July 6, 2011. Part of the pre-release publicity for King’s The Pirate King, the e-novella re-examines the meeting and early days in the relationship between Holmes and his young protege, Mary… Read more »
