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The collection "Villains, Victims, and Violets: Agency and Feminism in the Original Sherlock Holmes Canon", edited by Tamara R. Bower and Resa Haile, is out today!

One of the most intriguing collections of Sherlockian scholarship in recent years, the book comprises a collection of essays on the women in the canon, written exclusively by women, offering new insights into their roles within the narrative and the Victorian age and opening up many new points of discussion.  

The book is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1627347267/

#feminist books#sherlockian scholarship#book publication#out now!#women in the canon#arthur conan doyle#sherlock holmes#john watson#irene adler#violet hunter#kick ass women
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Call for donations - artsy-craftsy-crazy things welcome

We (The Baker Street Babes) are currently setting up the Daintiest Thing under a Bonnet Charity Ball for the BSI weekend in January 2018 (here is a report on the ball from 2016). The topic is going to be epic, btw, but we’ll do an official announcement soon, so no spoilers yet :)

The ball is a charity ball, with all of the proceedings of our silent and verbal auctions going to a charity that supports wounded veterans (yes, this is all about one John Hamish Watson). Which charity we will choose this time will also be announced soon. Sherlockians are crazy about all things Sherlock Holmes and they are also crazy about helping others - therefore, our auctions have raised several thousand dollars over the past five years/balls, all with the help of amazing donations we received from wonderful people.

And this is where you lovely, talented people come in. If you have art, self made, crafty things, books you’ve written, jewellery, knitted items, collectibles, or anything other related to Holmes or Victorian London and you feel that you would like to support us in this endeavour, please be in touch with me (maria at bakerstreetbabes dot com).

It can be anything from a matchbox miniature 221B to a painting made with tea (yes, such things exist:

to Holmes and Watson painted on acorns or an origami Moriarty, to art prints and traditional art, poetry, music pieces etc. There are almost no limits.

We’d be so grateful for any and all donations we receive and are absolutely blessed to have received so many wonderful items for our past auctions which really helped to make a difference.

Please be in touch and please signal boost, if you know lovely people who might be willing to donate items.

Thank you!

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There will also be goodie-bags for all attendees, so if you have Sherlockian themed bookmarks, postcards, flyers, book ads, pens, stickers, badges, anything that can go into 120-150 goodie bags please also get in touch with Maria. Thank you so much.

#charity work#the daintiest thing under a bonnet charity call#sherlock holmes#anything sherlock#london#victorian age#bsi weekend#new york#call fr donations#charity for veterans#Arthur Conan Doyle
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Call for donations - artsy-craftsy-crazy things welcome

We (The Baker Street Babes) are currently setting up the Daintiest Thing under a Bonnet Charity Ball for the BSI weekend in January 2018 (here is a report on the ball from 2016). The topic is going to be epic, btw, but we’ll do an official announcement soon, so no spoilers yet :)

The ball is a charity ball, with all of the proceedings of our silent and verbal auctions going to a charity that supports wounded veterans (yes, this is all about one John Hamish Watson). Which charity we will choose this time will also be announced soon. Sherlockians are crazy about all things Sherlock Holmes and they are also crazy about helping others - therefore, our auctions have raised several thousand dollars over the past five years/balls, all with the help of amazing donations we received from wonderful people.

And this is where you lovely, talented people come in. If you have art, self made, crafty things, books you’ve written, jewellery, knitted items, collectibles, or anything other related to Holmes or Victorian London and you feel that you would like to support us in this endeavour, please be in touch with me (maria at bakerstreetbabes dot com).

It can be anything from a matchbox miniature 221B to a painting made with tea (yes, such things exist:

to Holmes and Watson painted on acorns or an origami Moriarty, to art prints and traditional art, poetry, music pieces etc. There are almost no limits.

We’d be so grateful for any and all donations we receive and are absolutely blessed to have received so many wonderful items for our past auctions which really helped to make a difference.

Please be in touch and please signal boost, if you know lovely people who might be willing to donate items.

Thank you!

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There will also be goodie-bags for all attendees, so if you have Sherlockian themed bookmarks, postcards, flyers, book ads, pens, stickers, badges, anything that can go into 120-150 goodie bags please also get in touch with Maria. Thank you so much.

#Charity work#the baker street babes#sherlock holmes#the daintiest thing under a bonnet charity call#sherlock#arthur conan doyle#BSI weekend#Sherlockian call for help#signal boost#call for donations#fanart#art#traditional art#literature#diy#crafts#fandom#help for wounded veterans
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Call for Submissions! (the call is now closed: all ladies have been claimed!)

Two years ago, we started writing essays on canonical and non-canonical ladies in the Sherlock Holmes universe(s):

Femme Friday is a way for us all to shout out to the brilliant ladies of every Sherlock Holmes ‘verse.

Femme Friday is a lark via which we announce a particular female character and then queue 100% positive content about her.

Femme Friday is a celebration of the fact that we BSB are ladies and that we are proud of ourselves and care about how we’re portrayed in media.

Femme Friday is a way for us to better appreciate Sherlock Holmes and John Watson by studying the women in their lives.

Since then, we have covered quite a few of the women in the Canon and in adaptations, and we plan to publish these essays in book form. However, we are still missing a few kick-ass ladies, which is why we need you!

We are looking for guest contributors for the following female characters:

*Mrs. Ferguson (The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire)

*Annie Harrison (The Adventure of the Naval Treaty)

*Isadora Klein (The Adventure of the Three Gables)

*Mrs. Ronder (The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger)

*Lady Frances Carfax (The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax)

*Elsie Cubitt (The Adventure of the Dancing Men)

*Kate Whitney (The Man with the Twisted Lip, Sherlock, HLV)

*Anna Coram (The Golden Pince-Nez)

Write in your own personal style, but please stay on-topic and positive. This is about celebrating these women, and your essay should focus on that. Contributions should be between 700 and 1000 words. 

If you include illustrations, make sure they are in the public domain and at least 300 dpi.

Please email us at [email protected] if you want to contribute so we can mark the ladies that are being written about.

The deadline for the contributions is Monday, September 12.

* marked names have been claimed.

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Review: Sherlock – Over 80 Stories Starring the Greatest Detective of All Time

Selected and Edited by Otto Penzler

Reviewed by Maria

The volume seems a little overwhelming when you first hold it in your hands. The UK hardcover edition consists of almost 900 pages and holds 83 Sherlock Holmes stories selected by Otto Penzler. (The US Version is called The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories and has fewer pages, but the same content). After an introduction by Penzler, the book starts off with an interview by Arthur Conan Doyle from 1900 (his justification of killing Holmes in “The Final Problem” and some comments on the Great Detective) and two of his non-canonical Sherlock Holmes stories. Followed by the most famous short story pastiches and parodies, including Vincent Starrett’s “The Unique ‘Hamlet’” and J.M. Barrie’s satirical “The Adventure of the Two Collaborators” and Stephen King’s “The Doctor’s Case”.

The rest of the book consists of stories that range from pastiches that are very close to the Canon to further parodies, to stories laden with intertextual references to other stories, literary characters (Raffles or Poirot) or even Arthur Conan Doyle himself while others are only very loosely related to Sherlock Holmes. Not all of the stories are good and only very few are actually brilliant, but most of the 83 stories are quite entertaining, written with love for the original, and a lovely addition to the Canon.

My personal favourites are Vincent Starrett’s “The Unique ‘Hamlet’” (yes, that’s the same man who write the book The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and the sonnet “Always 1895” aka. “221B”), J.M. Barrie’s “The Late Sherlock Holmes”, a wonderful metafictional account of the arrest of Dr Watson as the main suspect in the death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls published immediately after “The Final Problem” with a very telling conclusion which may or may not have influenced Doyle to pick up writing more Holmes stories in 1903. I also loved Antony Burgess’s “Murder to Music”, Lyndsay Faye’s “The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness” (I promise I am not biased. Lyndsay successfully wrote Holmes pastiches long before she became a Baker Street Babe – for instance Dust and Shadow and the story printed in this volume) and Logan Clendening’s “The Case of the Missing Patriarchs” in which Holmes after his death is employed to find Adam and Eve, who have disappeared which made me laugh harder than it probably should have.

However, those are just a few of many wonderful stories in this book and what they all have in common is the fantastic notion that Holmes lives on in manifold ways, universes, interpretations and forms. It shows that from the very beginning Sherlock Holmes has inspired both earnest pastiches and hilarious parodies and while many of the authors are known for their love of Sherlock Holmes some other names will be a surprise to the reader.

Apart from the stories, this book also features a short introductory text by Otto Penzler about the author and the context of each story, featuring interesting trivia titbits like the fact that Doyle, Barrie, Wodehouse and others had formed a cricket club, but Doyle was the only person who could actually play cricket. There short introductions add tremendously to an already fascinating and wonderful collection.

The UK publisher of the book, Head of Zeuz, has kindly offered us a copy of Sherlock to give away to one of our readers. This giveaway is currently for the UK only. All you have to do is leave a comment until February 7 on this post on our website and we will draw a random winner from all of those who commented.

The book is currently on sale on amazon.co.uk and bookdepository and can also be purchased at amazon.de.

The US version can be purchased on amazon.com, where it is also currently on sale!

#book review#sherlock holmes stories#pastiches#canon#arthur conan doyle#leslie klinger#lyndsay faye#david stuart davies#j.m. barrie#kingsley amis#stephen king#neil gaiman#laurie r king#the baker street babes
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Book Review: The Sherlock Holmes Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)

Reviewed by Maria

October 1st saw the release of The Sherlock Holmes Book, a lovely heavy book whose cover already hints at the incredible amount of information between the covers. It’s part of the series Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK and is all about the Great Detective and his world. David Stuart Davies and Berry Forshaw are the consultant editors of this volume which features contributions by David Anderson, Joly Braime, John Farndon, Andrew Heritage, Alex Whittleton and Liz Wyse and it is a cornucopia of Sherlockian information.

When I first opened the book, I was a bit overwhelmed. Its roughly 350 pages are brimming with text, tables, quotes, photos and graphics. Once I started reading, however, I soon discovered that there’s method in the seeming madness. The Sherlock Holmes Book offers a short introduction of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, his friends and foes before it covers the stories, always in context of contemporary events and with helpful tables, timelines and short summaries. While most of the stories are covered by only a double page, it’s an immense joy to read for those who know the stories. Those who are unfamiliar with the Canon might find a few important plot points explained perhaps in too much detail. Nevertheless, it will not necessarily spoil the joy and excitement of reading them after this book. Knowing about a method does not mean one gets bored watching Sherlock Holmes apply it – as John Watson will be able to verify. While the stories take up most of the book’s pages, the final part delves into the world of Sherlock Holmes and extends from there, covering the development of forensics, other crime writings, Doyle’s career beyond the Great Detective and adaptations of Sherlock Holmes.

With the amount of information available in this book, it is rather difficult to write a proper review without going too much into detail. However, I enjoy this book immensely and think it would particularly serve as a Christmas gift to young readers (or yourself, perhaps?) who have recently discovered the Canon stories. It’s most definitely a book that can be enjoyed when it’s dark and stormy outside and the comfort of home invites for an investigation of the universe of Sherlock Holmes. That is not to say that older readers might not enjoy it, but when I was reading through the book I imagined how incredibly exciting this book would be to me after just reading the stories for the first time and knowing so little of the world that each page would mean a new discovery. Just as David Stuart Davies writes in the introduction. “It is a rich and fascinating study in Sherlock.”

The book is available via amazon (available in the UK & Germany and currently half price on preorder on amazon.com, where it comes out on October 20), Abebooks and regular book stores of your choice.

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Arthur & George Episode 3 Recap and Review

Reviewed by Amy

The finale episode of Arthur & George brought the series to new heights in almost every area and left me wishing the entire series had been as well-written and tightly-plotted as Episode 3 was.

The story picked up at a perplexing moment, in which Sir Arthur had begun to have serious doubts about Edalji’s innocence and some of the seeming coincidences of the case. By doggedly following the clues, much like Holmes would have done, Doyle and his secretary finally uncovered the truth about a troubled young man and a grudge that had existed since childhood.

The series didn’t follow the narrative to the very end, but text-on-screen assured the viewer that Edalji was fully exonerated and resumed his work as a solicitor. From a character standpoint, Doyle’s forensic victory lightened his emotional load and gave him the impetus to declare his true feelings for Jean Leckie and become engaged to her.

The episode left a few perplexing questions, notably about oddities of Edalji’s life that were never explained. Most of these appear to be casualties of a total series runtime of only a little over two hours, and interested viewers can find answers is Arthur & George by Julian Barnes, on which the show is based.

Overall, Episode 3 dramatically increased my admiration for the series as a whole, and while I still believe the cast deserves the lion’s share of credit for making it all work, the subtlety and coherence of Ed Whitmore’s conclusion deserve a mention as well.

Arthur & George has been an enjoyable, if imperfect, look at a lesser-known event in an author’s life, one that had major historical implications in Britain (the creation of the criminal appeals court). A few more episodes would have fleshed out the details more, but as it stands, a stellar cast put heart and polish into a good script and created a series that will no doubt charm Holmesian audiences for some time to come.

The series is currently available for streaming at PBS.org

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Arthur & George Episode 3 Recap and Review

Reviewed by Amy

The finale episode of Arthur & George brought the series to new heights in almost every area and left me wishing the entire series had been as well-written and tightly-plotted as Episode 3 was.

The story picked up at a perplexing moment, in which Sir Arthur had begun to have serious doubts about Edalji’s innocence and some of the seeming coincidences of the case. By doggedly following the clues, much like Holmes would have done, Doyle and his secretary finally uncovered the truth about a troubled young man and a grudge that had existed since childhood.

The series didn’t follow the narrative to the very end, but text-on-screen assured the viewer that Edalji was fully exonerated and resumed his work as a solicitor. From a character standpoint, Doyle’s forensic victory lightened his emotional load and gave him the impetus to declare his true feelings for Jean Leckie and become engaged to her.

The episode left a few perplexing questions, notably about oddities of Edalji’s life that were never explained. Most of these appear to be casualties of a total series runtime of only a little over two hours, and interested viewers can find answers is Arthur & George by Julian Barnes, on which the show is based.

Overall, Episode 3 dramatically increased my admiration for the series as a whole, and while I still believe the cast deserves the lion’s share of credit for making it all work, the subtlety and coherence of Ed Whitmore’s conclusion deserve a mention as well.

Arthur & George has been an enjoyable, if imperfect, look at a lesser-known event in an author’s life, one that had major historical implications in Britain (the creation of the criminal appeals court). A few more episodes would have fleshed out the details more, but as it stands, a stellar cast put heart and polish into a good script and created a series that will no doubt charm Holmesian audiences for some time to come.

The series is currently available for streaming at PBS.org

#Arthur Conan Doyle#arthur and george#george edjali#review#baker street babes
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