"...One Link In a Series of Incidents..." [FIVE]

by Scott Monty September 01, 2006

Once again we are pleased to bring you all of the links from Peter Blau's monthly newsletter Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press:

The Quill Book Awards (hint: vote for Les Klinger in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller category)
The Solar Pons Gazette, published by Bob Byrnes
Set your sites on "Autumn in New Orleans," with brunch and Baker Street Journal editor Steven Rothman as guest speaker on this event sponsored by the Cimbrian Friends of Baker Street; more information available from Jens Byskov Jensen
Justin Webb has written a new play, Sh erlock Holmes and the Final Problem, which will be presented on tour by the Cotton Grass Theatre Company
Great travel destination: the Baskerville Hall Hotel (now linked on our Sherlockians Around the World map)
Rodger Garrick-Steele now has a contract with Thunderball Films for a "reality" documentary on his assertion that Conan Doyle murdered Fletcher Robinson
The last of a dying breed: Baker Street Tobacconist is one of - if not the - last Sherlockian tobacconist in California (also mapped)
A book that analyzes Sherlockian crime scenes in now online: Crime Scene Sketches: Reproduced in Facsimile from the Pen and Ink Drawings in the Notebook of a Private Enquiry Agent. Shown below is a scene from 'The Speckled Band'
Dennis Hoey, who played Inspector Lestrade opposite Basil Rathbone, is featured in a book by his son Michael Hoey, titled Dennis Hoey: A Son's Rememberance
The Sherlock Holmes Festival in Tryon, NC will be held November 3-6, 2006
"The Crucifer of Blood" will be produced at the Cider Mill Playhouse in Endicott, NY from January 25 - February 18, 2007
The Urban Dictionary has a variety of Sherlock Holmes-related posts
Jim French's Imagination Theatre has radio productions of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes available for download
The August issue of the Sherlockian e-Times is available from Classic Specialties
The latest issue of Sherlock Magazine has been released