Russell & Holmes Day #3 at Malice Domestic

Russell & Holmes Day #3: Thursday, April 25, Bethesda, MD

The day before Malice Domestic starts, we’ll be at the Bethesda North Marriott. Malice Domestic is the annual conference celebrating the Traditional Mystery, so if you haven’t been to it, you will find friends—and discover new writers—here.

Tentative schedule (no doubt will change):

• 9:30-10—coffee/pastries/fruit Continental breakfast and getting settled
• 10-10:30—Laurie talks, about Russell & Holmes & The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
• 10:30-11:30— Demonstration/talk (Beekeeping? details to come)
• 11:30-12:30—Twenties clothing demonstration by conservator Newbold Richardson on the clothing and accessories worn by all strata of society in the 1920s—including Mary Russell. (Haven’t you always wondered what those “elves” of Russell’s made?)
• 12:30-1:30—no-host lunch (stretch and chat time)
• 1:30-2:30—What’s with these Sherlockians, anyway? Laurie in conversation with Peter Blau, publisher of the Sherlockian newsletter Scuttlebutt for more than 50 years, and the first Baker Street Irregular Laurie ever met.
• 2:30-3:30— Demonstration/talk (Lockpicking? details to come)
• 3:30-4:30—Beekeeper Bingo—with prizes
• 4:30-5:00— Laurie closing Q&A, signing, photos

Light breakfast & afternoon break are included in the cost; lunch available in the hotel or the area. For dinner, we encourage attendees to meet up—closer to the date, we will help match people together with venues.

Hotel: If you’re attending Malice (we hope you do!) the conference rate applies for Weds night.

Swag/giveaways include: special short story reprints, graphics printouts, special Beekeeper book bag

Swag/giveaways include: special short story reprints, graphics printouts, special Beekeeper book bag

Places available: 50

Cost:  $190. (Full refund up to 2 weeks before, after that we will refund if we can fill your place from the waiting list.)