The Junior Sherlockian Society Teams with Belanger Books for The Irregular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; PLUS Sherlock Holmes: Adventures Beyond the Canon Continues to be a HUGE success on Kickstarter

Our big announcement for today comes in conjunction with the Junior Sherlockian Society, a program of The Beacon Society, a scion society of The Baker Street Irregulars.  The Junior Sherlockian Society invites children and youth to complete Junior Sherlockian Training-
an in-depth study of Sherlock Holmes’s character traits, observational skills, capacity for critical thought, and inductive and deductive reasoning.

The Junior Sherlockian Society and Belanger Books are pleased to announce a new anthology of Sherlock Holmes stories written by established authors and student authors alike.  The anthology, The Irregular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, will be a collection of all new Sherlock Holmes adventures. The royalties from the sale of the book will be donated to the Beacon Society so that they may provide more funding to teachers to introduce students to Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories.

See the official press release below:

Calling all Junior Sherlockians!  

Have you ever wanted to write a Sherlock Holmes story?

Have you ever wanted your writing to get published?

Now you have the opportunity!

Belanger Books is putting together the first annual anthology of Sherlock Holmes short stories for student readers. The anthology is titled The Irregular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and will feature stories by student writers as well as professional authors. Net proceeds will go to the Beacon Society to help them expose more students to the original Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as newer stories about the great detective. All entries must be at least 1,000 words in length, follow Derrick Belanger's 10 Rules for Writing a Sherlock Holmes pastiche (http://juniorsherlockian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/10-Rules-for-Writing-a-Sherlockian-Pastiche.pdf), and be rated "PG" (i.e. suitable for a school library).

  Please send entries to mail@belangerbooks.com. Make sure to include your name (first and last), grade, school, story length, and attach your story as a word document. All entries must be received by February 15th, 2019. Writers included in the anthology will be announced in March. All authors will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology and will retain full rights to their stories. If you have questions please contact us at belangerbooks@gmail.com. Thank you, and we look forward to reading your stories. The game's afoot!

Please share this announcement with any teachers, parents, and students who may be interested in submitting stories or having their classes submit stories. Authors, we are accepting submissions for the established author portion of the book as well. Please follow the guidelines listed above if you would like to submit a story.

We are very excited to offer this opportunity and hope to make this an annual publication. 

Here is a copy of the official press release.

Sherlock Holmes: Adventures Beyond the Canon

Sherlock Holmes: Adventures Beyond the Canon continues to be a big success on Kickstarter.  There are still a few weeks left in the campaign.  Be the first to read the three volume anthology of 29 all new Sherlock Holmes adventures by backing the project here.

This anthology, with twenty-nine brand new stories spread over three volumes, reveals the answer to "What happened next?" with sequels to some of the original Holmes investigations. There are stories ranging from Holmes’s early days in Montague Street, through the legendary Baker Street years, and well into his retirement. We meet former clients with new problems, and former adversaries too. Sometimes we find that the published Canonical version of a story was only the beginning, while other tales in this collection reveal what was really going on during the original narratives. Join us as we return to Baker Street and discover more authentic adventures of Sherlock Holmes, described by the estimable Dr. Watson as “the best and wisest . . . whom I have ever known.”

Back the project today on Kickstarter!!

Belanger Books is a small press owned by artist Brian Belanger and author Derrick Belanger specializing in new Sherlock Holmes books, Children's books, Steampunk, and genre specific anthologies.  Some of our books have been #1 bestsellers in their categories on Amazon.