Today is International Talk like a Pirate Day! (I’ve not made this up, it’s actually official.)

If you entered Laurie R King’s Parrot King Competition, you can check out all the other artistic submissions on her website here and keep your eyes peeled as the winner will be announced today!

Then, get into the spirit of things by reading her new book PIRATE KING – the latest in the Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes series. And if you buy the book by the end of the month, you’ll get 25% off.

And seeing as the book finds Russell and Holmes embroiled in mysterious shenanigans surrounding a film crew making a movie about the making of The PIrates of Penzance, I will leave you with an entertaining montage from another movie set – that of the PIrates of the Caribbean – which proves that things can indeed go awry when making a movie, and that it’s not always that easy to talk like a pirate…

What other worthy pirate-themed books/movies would you recommend delving into?

Chiara Priorelli, Publicity & Online Marketing Manager