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#BSIWeekend 2022 ; Gretchen Altabef Wins the Doylean Award; and our Latest Calls for Submissions

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  Brian Belanger, Derrick Belanger, Ross Davies, and Peter Blau catching up during the BSI Luncheon Hi everyone, It has been awhile since I posted a blog update, and I can't think of a better time than after another amazing #BSIWeekend in NYC. Brian and I had a great time hanging out with fellow Sherlockians, meeting with Belanger Books authors, and saying hello to some of our readers.  The weekend activities started on January 12th and went through January 16th. Here are some of our favorite photos from the weekend festivities. The first event we attended was the ASH Wednesday dinner where we caught up with friends that, because of the pandemic, we hadn't seen in two years. We also got to meet one of our authors, Hal Glatzer. he has a great Baron Maupertuis story in The Nefarious Villains of Sherlock Holmes . Hal was heading back to Hawaii that Thursday, so we were fortunate to run into him that evening. We are looking forward to spending more time with him next year. On Thur...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THREE NEW ANTHOLOGIES (two Sherlock Holmes and one Carnacki) PLUS Our latest Kickstarter project - Sherlock Holmes and Solar Pons!

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Our latest blog update features our current Kickstarter project and a call for submissions to THREE new anthologies! Read on to learn more: The Cases of SHERLOCK HOLMES and SOLAR PONS Throughout the Solar Pons Canon, there are references to Sherlock Holmes. For long decades, Pons fans and scholars have speculated on the connection between the two. Now, after all this time – nearly one-hundred years since the last Canonical Holmes story was published and Derleth recorded the first Pons tale – Belanger Books proudly presents the stories that provide answers. The Cases of Sherlock Holmes and Solar Pons Volumes I and II contain eighteen new adventures by some of today’s best Holmesian and Ponsian authors: Sean Venning, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., John Linwood Grant, Naching T. Kassa, Andrew Salmon, David Marcum, Derrick Belanger, Mark Mower, Harry DeMaio, Nick Cardillo, Thaddeus Tuffentsamer, Jayantika Ganguly, Chris Chan, Stephen Herczeg, Robert Stapleton, and I.A. Watson, with additional mater...

Fight the Covid-19 Blues with This Week's Free eBooks, Free Audio Books, A Writing Contest, and Some Great Sherlockian Podcasts

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Dear readers, Who would have known just a month ago how much the Covid-19 Virus would impact our lives? With many schools now closed for weeks and possibly not even returning this school year, we wanted to offer an activity for students and parents alike to complete at home as well as free eBooks to help pass the time away at home.  Each week for the remainder of March and into April we will have at least one eBook available for free on Amazon. The books will come from our catalog of Sherlock Holmes, Solar Pons, sci-fi, and children's books.  This week, we have three FREE books. One is a Sherlock Holmes book, one a science fiction short story collection, and one is a collection of humorous essays from Public Radio.  Free eBooks Here are the free eBooks for this week.  These books are available for free on Amazon.com from March 23rd - March 27th. The Secret Diary of Mycroft Holmes “If Samuel Pepys could fill nine years’ worth of journals with t...