Just discovered The Diogenes Club
For once I’m not so far behind everyone in discovering The Diogenes Club, which among other features has a sort of sing-a-long …
It’s new to me: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
I just picked up The Beekeeper’s Apprentice from Laurie R. King. It’s the story of the friendship of a 15-year-old girl, Mary …
William Gillette, America’s Sherlock Holmes
I just found a nice article about Henry Zecher in the East Haddam-Haddam Patch (Connecticut) online newsletter and learned of his William …
Another issue of Peter Blau’s Scuttlebutt
Oh I love a fresh copy of Scuttlebutt from Peter Blau because I can add it to my website and look clever …
From Gillette to Brett III registration has begun
On the weekend of November 11-13, 2011, Wessex Press is sponsoring another blockbuster Sherlockian conference. Devoted to Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, …
The Crack in the Lens review
It’s my bad luck to start reading Steve Hockensmith’s Holmes on the Range series, about two cowpokes who solve crimes in the …
The Sherlockian review: Dan Brown it’s not
Reviewing Graham Moore’s The Sherlockian inexorably makes me want to draw comparisons to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, and for that …
Edward Hardwicke obituary
It’s hard to take that Edward Hardwicke, who played Watson to Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes, has died. There is a nice obituary …
Doctor Watson’s Neglected Patients meeting
I am a Holmes scion virgin no longer having just attended the May tea for Doctor Watson’s Neglected Patients in Denver.
Review: The Adventure of the Apprentice’s Coin
Darlene Cypser’s The Adventure of the Apprentice’s Coin is a two-fer: a solid Sherlock Holmes short story pastiche written in both the …
I am so out of the loop: A Study in Sherlock
I just found this tweet from Leslie S. Klinger: More nice news re “A Study in Sherlock”: Random House will pub an …
It’s new to me: The Italian Secretary review
I had such high hopes for The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr. My husband surprised me with it just after I had …
Anthony Horowitz’s new Sherlock Holmes story
As earlier reported here, Anthony Horowitz (creator of the popular Alex Rider series) was contracted by the Doyle estate to write a …
It’s new to me: The Science of Sherlock Holmes review
Originally I was a little skeptical about including The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, The …
First meeting of Southern Arizona Sherlockian scion society
Be among the founders of a new Sherlock Holmes society by attending this meeting at Bookman’s Entertainment Exchange in Tucson on March …
Sherlock Holmes Weekend
The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities will be hosting the mystery “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Surreptitious Ghoul,” …
From Old Books
From Old Books is quite an interesting website with its mix of scans from old books and magazines (Atalanta Magazine from 1888 …
February 2011 issue of Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press
Please feel free to share it via email, social network, or embed it on your own site. After all, I stole it …
Blast from the past
I was browsing the forum at the Sherlockian Who’s Who when I saw a posting about The Case of Sherlock Holmes’ Secretary …
Collection about life of Sherlock Holmes author finds a home
Apparently students of Arthur Conan Doyle now have easier access to a substantial collection of Portsmouth, England, where Doyle practiced as a …
Is Debrett’s Canon?
It’s a silly thing, but I’ve always though Debrett’s Peerage is mentioned by name in the Holmes Canon, but I can’t actually …
Sherlock Holmes … The Death And Life
In the you can never have too much Sherlock Holmes category: Sherlock Holmes … The Death And Life. Roger Llewellyn’s humorous tale …
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
If you’re in Duluth, you don’t want to miss Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars at The Duluth Playhouse, 506 W. …
Sherlock Holmes essay contest
The Howard County (Maryland) Library is sponsoring the 2011 Sherlock Holmes Essay Contest. From the library website: Howard County Library, in partnership …
What I’m reading now: The Science of Sherlock Holmes
In a case of one never knows what one has, I found The Science of Sherlock Holmes in my bookcase. Didn’t even …
Martial arts
While researching information about Sherlock Holmes’ martial art — baritsu — I found bartitsu.org. I am an aikido practitioner and have wondered …
Moore, Graham
Graham Moore’s recently published The Sherlockian has a home at a blog by the same name. “Discussing writing and writers, Sherlockianism, Arthur …
Cypser, Darlene:
Darlene Cypser’s The Crack in the Lens explores the seventeen-year-old Sherlock Holmes and the man he is to become. She makes Sherlock …
Hockensmith, Steve:
Like me, Steve Hockensmith has bridged the worlds of Jane Austen and Sherlock Holmes. Unlike me, he’s successful, but I won’t deny …
cabriolet:
A two-wheeled carriage for two, one of who is the driver, drawn by a single horse. It has a folding top to …