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SHERLOCKIAN MUSINGS

For the past few years the Stormy Petrels have been treated to musings, written by our “Priory Schoolmaster” Sheldon Goldfarb.  Each story of the canon is represented by his informative, insightful and a-musing thoughts. In depth studies of Watson’s writings.

The book is being published by MX Publishing and will be available for purchase this fall. Stay tuned for further details.

Sheldon has posted an example of the musings on his blog, the link to which is here:

A Musing

The cover, depicting Sidney Paget’s Holmes in deep thought, is perfect!

Sherlockian Musings mockup 3

We congratulate Sheldon, and are all looking forward to a book launch!

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“Beaons of the Future”

The Beacon Society proudly announces that, once again, grants to U.S. and Canadian teachers, librarians, Sherlockian literary societies are available.  The grants, in honor of a wonderful Sherlockian, Jan Stauber, will provide up to $500 to fund the development of a project that will introduce young people to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories about his famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Interested individuals and organizations are invited to apply for the Beacon Society’s major funding project. The grant period will be from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

The Beacon Society is a not-for-profit affiliate of the Baker Street Irregulars, the New York City-based group of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts founded in 1934.

More information on the grant, as well as the grant application may be found at the Society’s website:  http://www.beaconsociety.com/awards/the-jan-stauber-grant-winners/jan-stauber-grant

 

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The Sherlock Holmes Pub Visit 2015

On my recent excursion to visit the Sherlock Holmes Exhibition in London, I also had the opportunity to meet up with two of my favourite Sherlockians, Roger Johnson and Jean Upton.

We met for a delicious lunch at The Sherlock Holmes Pub on Northumberland Street.  After a tradition “toad in the hole” and a pint of ale, We retreated to the re-constructed sitting room of 221b. Roger is the keeper of the key and caretaker of the room and he and Jean update it when necessary.


Many items on display in the dining room are from the Sherlock Holmes Exhibit which took place in London in 1951.

Catching up with Roger and Jean is always a treat.

I was able to walk through “221b” on Northumberland Street and examine many of the items in the room first-hand. I could have spent hours there. Sitting in Holmes’s comfortable chair beside the fireplace, pulling a book off the shelf and summoning Mrs. Hudson for a cup of tea.

Many thanks to Roger and Jean for a lovely and memorable afternoon in London!

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Welcome, 2015!

A great beginning to the year as 13 Stormy Petrels met at The White Spot near Stanley Park in Vancouver to celebrate the birthday of the world’s first and undoubtedly the best consulting detective.

Treasurer Elsa is collecting annual dues which will ensure at least 6 issues of our “Petrel Flyer” will be coming your way.

Did you know that the Stormy Petrels also have  a facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/thestormypetrels

Our “Master’s Dinner” will take place March 14th, and Elsa needs to know if you are planning to attend. If you are, please let me know, as soon as possible, if you are planning to offer a toast.

On January 9th our editor, Krista Lee Munro and I will be heading south of the border to attend Seattle’s Sherlock Con.  Stay tuned for reports of our adventures!

The next regular meeting of The Stormy Petrels of BC will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 3rd. 7:00 pm, Hampton Place.  The story for discussion will be “The Greek Interpreter”

Happy Sherlockian New Year!

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