Thanks to several sources (Roy Schindell and Jean Kavanagh, through Petrel Pal Miss604) I will relay the following information:
“This is the ninth year of Vancouver Public Library’s One Book, One Vancouver program which encourages everyone to read the same book and attend and participate in some great programs.”
They have retruned this year to a public contest and are asking Vancouver and area residents to tell them which of three short-listed books they would like to read this year. The three books represent the past, the present and the future. They are:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams; and
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
People can vote online at http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/obov/index.html
or at any VPL location.
Please vote – Contest closes on Friday, June 24th
Thank you,
Your Consulting Detective
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Fran Martin became a member of The Bootmakers of Toronto in 1987 and The Stormy Petrels of B.C. in 1988.
She has attended several Sherlockian conferences including: In 1992 "Aspects of Holmes" in Bradford, England (hosted by The Northern Musgraves); In 2006 "ACD at 35" in Toronto (hosted by The Bootmakers of Toronto); 2013 "Sherlock Holmes Through Time & and Place" in Minneapolis (hosted by The Norwegian Explorers); 2014 "Gillette to Brett IV" in Bloomington (hosted by Wessex Press); 2015 SherlockCon in Seattle; 2015 "A Scintillation of Scions VIII" in Baltimore (hosted by Watson's Tin Box); 2016 "The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes" (hosted by The Norwegian Explorers); in 2018 in Dayton, Ohio for the "Holmes, Doyle & Friends" conference (hosted by the Agra Treasurers).
Fran has held several positions with The Stormy Petrels of B.C. including secretary, vice-president, special events coordinator and is currently president and editor of the "Petrel Flyer".
She was honoured with being awarded the title of "Master Bootmaker" in 2014. She was very pleased to present a paper to a meeting of Sir Hugo's Companions in Chicago in 2017.
Fran has contributed articles to Canadian Holmes magazine, the Watsonian and Chris Redmond's "About Sixty" and "Sherlock Holmes is Like...". In May, 2018 she attended the 78th annual Speckled Band of Boston dinner. She was very honoured to have been one of the first women invited.
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