Laurie R. King is promoting the release of her latest novel The Language of Bees (from the series featuring Mary Russell, amateur sleuth and wife of Sherlock Holmes) in a very charitable way. As part of her Fifteen Weeks of Bees tour, she's set up events that help indie booksellers, libraries, and an organization working with poverty worldwide:
- Readers who buy a copy of The Language of Bees from an independent bookseller and send along the receipt will be entered into a drawing for an original limited edition letterpress broadside (value $125) of her illustrated story "A Venomous Death."
- During National Library Week, library patrons can submit "love letters" about their local public libraries. The winning writer will receive a copy of the book and their library wins a complete set of hardback Russel/Holmes novels, beginning with The Beekeeper's Apprentice. There will be also be a drawing this week from a list of libraries on the author's web site.
- The organization working with poverty worldwide is Heifer International, which sends beehives to poor communities worldwide. Those who donate two or more hives will get an exclusive Heifer booklet on beekeeping by Sherlock Holmes and be entered into a drawing to name a character in the next Russell/Holmes novel.
For more information on these events and the rest of her interesting and creative tour, check out her author site link.
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