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Bouchercon 2008

Don't miss the LRK meetup at B'con 2008 in Baltimore! Check the planning thread, the LRK B'con wiki or email info @ laurierking.com.

Don't miss Touchstone!

Take in "...one of the best books of any kind published in 2007." Read more...

Listen to LRK talk about the genesis and writing of Touchstone.

Meet-up Planning

Look! A place to plan VBC meet-ups, including Bouchercon 2008!


LRK Virtual Tour

LRK's Touchstone tour is over, but you can still enjoy her virtual tour stops!

SC reports on LRK's visit to Bookshop Santa Cruz--with pictures!

Listen to an extended LRK interview on KUSP radio. Lots on

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Come in, pull up a chair and introduce yourself to the VBC!
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Welcome, friends of Bouchercon 2008 - Charmed to Death! Ask questions, organize meetups, and prepare for one of the most eagerly awaited mystery events of the year.
Sub-Forums: Announcements, Say hello, Questions and Feedback, Travel and Accommodations, Plan a meet-up, In and Around Baltimore, Beyond Bouchercon
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A place for feedback, help and questions for LRK.
Sub-Forums: Got Feedback?, Help Desk, The Author's Study
08-14-2008 05:34 PM Go to last post
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Join us in discussing Kay Redfield Jamison's acclaimed memoir of her experience with manic depressive disorder.
Yesterday 01:55 AM Go to last post
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A place to plan VBC meet-ups. (Please use caution and common sense)
by Kate C
08-10-2008 02:22 PM Go to last post
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A place to discuss LRK's work.
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A room for discussions that don't fit elsewhere.
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A place to post images you want to share with the VBC
by Carlina
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Got books to trade or lend out? Looking for a book? Here's the place! (Note: only send expendable items--exchanging parties bear the risks of non-delivery).
by vicki
08-10-2008 08:46 PM Go to last post
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Discuss the sixth entry in the Mary Russell series with LRK and her readers. The VBC's previous spotlight discussions are set forth below.
08-14-2008 11:44 PM Go to last post
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Discuss the third entry in the Kate Martinelli series with LRK and her readers.
by Kerry
06-28-2008 11:53 AM Go to last post
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Discuss the fifth entry in the Mary Russell series with LRK and her readers.
by Jen D.
08-12-2008 06:45 PM Go to last post
1 171
Discuss the fourth entry in the Mary Russell series with LRK and her readers.
by Yvette
05-24-2008 09:52 PM Go to last post
1 145
Discuss LRK's fourth standalone mystery with LRK and her readers.
by elle
07-31-2008 08:20 PM Go to last post
1 85
Find out more about a favorite LRK backdrop: England between the world wars.
03-11-2008 09:37 PM Go to last post
1 55
Discuss LRK's dystopian novel, published under the pseudonym Leigh Richards.
by LindaE
07-08-2008 05:16 PM Go to last post
2 93
Discuss the book that spurred LRK to write Califia's Daughters.
by kriddle
01-25-2008 03:06 PM Go to last post
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Discuss the third entry in the Mary Russell series with LRK and her readers.
by Bachi
05-17-2008 02:12 AM Go to last post
2 115
Discuss LRK's first published standalone novel with LRK and her readers.
04-07-2008 04:23 PM Go to last post
2 63
Discuss the second entry in the Kate Martinelli series with LRK and her readers.
by vicki
08-19-2008 06:28 PM Go to last post
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Discuss the second entry in the Mary Russell series with LRK and her readers.
by Bachi
03-26-2008 04:50 PM Go to last post
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Discuss the first entry in the Mary Russell series with LRK and her readers.
08-19-2008 07:10 PM Go to last post
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Discuss the first book in the Kate Martinelli series with LRK and her readers.
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08-18-2008 02:06 AM Go to last post
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August in the VBC

Join August's discussion of An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison, a memoir of life with manic depressive illness that will lead into our September discussion of Folly by LRK.

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our July drawing for Touchstone audiobooks!

VBC Discussion Schedule

AUGUST
--An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison

SEPTEMBER
--Folly by LRK

OCTOBER
--The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien

NOVEMBER
--Keeping Watch by LRK

DECEMBER
--Kim by Rudyard Kipling

JANUARY '09
--The Game by LRK

FEBRUARY '09
--Night Work by LRK

MARCH '09
--The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

APRIL '09
--Locked Rooms by LRK

MAY '09
--The Art of Detection by LRK

JUNE '09
--The Queen Must Die and Other Affairs of Bees and Men by William Longgood

JULY '09
--The Language of Bees by LRK
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