Belanger Books Sherlock Holmes and Other Readings Blog

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!   For this holiday of giving thanks, we wanted to highlight some Belanger Books publications and some publications from our friends at MX publishing where the proceeds of the books are donated to charitable causes.  As you start your holiday shopping, please consider these books as gifts. You will be buying excellent story collections and also helping children, schools, and other worthy causes throughout the world. Belanger Books for a Cause - The Beacon Society We donate the proceeds from the following books to The Beacon Society , a Sherlock Holmes Scion Society which gives grants to teachers, libraries, and Sherlock Holmes organizations to help introduce students to Sherlock Holmes. The New Adventures of Solar Pons In the 1920's, college student August Derleth wrote to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, asking if any more Sherlock Holmes adventures were going to be published. Upon receiving a negative reply, Derleth ...

Derrick Belanger will be defending the HBO show Miss Sherlock during The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate There are currently a lot of cool happenings in the Sherlock Holmes community, so I'm just going to dive right in and let you know about them. Mark your calendars for these awesome events and book releases! The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate (May 25th) On May 25th, Derrick will be defending the HBO show "Miss Sherlock" in The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate. This event will be both online and at the Stepping Stones School in England. Here is the event description: Sherlock Holmes holds the world record for the character most portrayed on screen – but have we gone too far? There are dozens of adaptations and Sherlockian experts from around the world have 1 slide and 90 seconds to defend a Sherlock adaptation. BBC Sherlock, Elementary, Granada Studios, Warner Brothers, Sherlock Gnomes, Pokemon Sherlock, Will Ferrell's Sherlock and many others will be argued fo...

This is a pretty jam packed update. We've got a lot going on at Belanger Books! The Irregular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Now on Kickstarter ! The First Ever Collection of Traditional Sherlock Holmes Stories Specifically Written for Young Adults! Belanger Books is proud to present a new collection of over twenty traditional Sherlock Holmes stories written specifically for young adults -- including a brand-new MACDOUGALL TWINS adventure! The story collection is written by professional writers such as David Marcum (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes stories), Derrick Belanger (Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Seven), Elizabeth Varadan (Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls), Will Murray (creator of Marvel Comics Squirrel Girl),  Rob Nunn (The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street), Robert Perret (Sherlock Holmes: Before Baker Street),  Peter Eckrich, Dick Gillman (Sherlock Holmes, The Collector's Edition), Kieran Judge, and Derek Nason (Sherlock Holmes: Adventures...