Russell & Holmes Day

Tuesday, August 27, Nashville, TN

Just before Bouchercon starts up, an all-day Russell & Holmes do at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. Bouchercon is the big mystery conference that moves around the US (and occasionally elsewhere)

Plans for the Day

The doors open at 9:30 on Tuesday the 27th, in “Canal Room E” at the Gaylord Opryland Resort (there’s a map link here.) And this is what we have planned (Plus—check out the added events down below*):

9:30-10:00—Coffee & muffins & chat

10:00-10:30—LRK talks about Beekeeper—meeting Russell & Holmes, and building the community: “How did I meet Mary Russell?”

10:30-11:00—Travels with Russell (& Holmes); two dedicated Friends of Russell show how they followed in Russell’s footsteps

11:00-12:00—Ross Welbon of Nashville’s Honeytree Meadery talks about Sherlock Holmes and bees—and, what does Holmes do with all that honey his bees give him?

12:00-1:30—no-host lunch (bring your own, or there’s several cafés and take-outs there)

1:30-2:30—costume designer Ciciley Hoffman talks about Twenties clothing, what it says about society, and what Mary Russell’s elves might have crafted for her to wear

2:30-3:30—Andrew Gulli on The Strand and Sherlock Holmes

3:30-4:30—afternoon snack & Beekeeper Bingo (prizes!)

4:30-5:00—Laurie reads a bit from the next Russell & Holmes, Knave of Diamonds. Q&A, signing, etc

5:00— We encourage everyone to meet a friend (or make a new one) and continue the day into the dinner hour. You’ll have plenty to talk about!

(Details and bios of the speakers are on the sign-up site, here.)

And…

Exclusive giveaways & swag including: The Russell and Holmes Times, Nashville: A Newspaper Celebrating “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice” Anniversary Meetups, written and produced by Laurie just for this event. Also, special reprints, art work, and Beekeeper swag you won’t find anywhere else.

Plus, plenty of chat with Laurie and your fellow Friends of Russell

Hotel: If you’re attending Bouchercon (we hope you do!) the conference rate applies for Tuesday night. BUT NOTE: Please don’t book a conference-rate room if you’re not registered, since the hotel may check and recalculate your cost at check-in.

Places available: 100

Cost: $190. Please note: any profits will go to the Bouchercon reading charity. Full refund up to 2 weeks before, after that we will refund if we can fill your place from the waiting list.

Speakers

Andrew Gulli has been the editor of the revived Strand Magazine since 1999. He has published hundreds of new and established mystery writers, and in his role as literary sleuth, has discovered and published previously unknown stories by masters ranging from Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway, and John Steinbeck to James M. Cain and Joseph Heller. He uncovered fifteen previously unknown short stories by Dashiell Hammett, a J.M. Barrie play spoofing Sherlock Holmes, an H.G. Wells ghost story, and a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Ciciley Hoffman is an award-winning costume designer, wardrobe stylist, image consultant, and fashion editor who designs costumes for film, television, and music videos, advises for fashion brands, and consults with artists and recording artists, creating looks from rock to vintage, avant garde to country, haute couture to period, and everything in between. She volunteers with Fashion Is for Every Body, committed to normalizing inclusion in life through the art of fashion. She is an embroiderer and vintage enthusiast with extensive knowledge of the history of fashion, clothing customs, and construction. She holds BA degrees from Oberlin College in Theatre and German Studies with Honors, with an enduring interest in cats and hats. www.cicileyhoffman.com

Honeytree Meadery of Nashville is both an apiary and a meadery: they keep bees, and they use the honey to make a series of fabulous and creative meads (honey wines.) What is so fascinating about bees? How does living with them teach us about our place in the world? Sherlock Holmes would know—and so our speakers from Honeytree. As they say, “At Honeytree Meadery, it starts with the bees and ends with a buzz.”