Belanger Books Sherlock Holmes and Other Readings Blog

Solar Pons Kickstarter a Smashing Success We want to start this blog entry by personally thanking everyone who backed the first four original August Derleth Solar Pons books on Kickstarter.  Because of the campaign's success we can officially announce that we will run a second Kickstarter for the remaining books in the original Solar Pons series in October. A special thank you goes out to Arkham House for giving us their blessing in putting this project together, and to David Marcum who painstakingly restored and digitized the original texts. David is also putting together a "Bonus" book of previously published but uncollected in a single volume Solar Pons material (The Apocrypha) which will be part of the upcoming Kickstarter. Our plan is to have the complete set of original Solar Pons books released by Christmas of 2018! Dragonella in Spanish! An Author Interview with Elizabeth Varadan Belanger Books has a growing line of Children's and Young Ad...

The covers to our new editions of the first four Solar Pons books by August Derleth We have some exciting news at Belanger Books!  Once again, we are partnering with the Estate of August Derleth to bring you more Solar Pons collections. This time, we are publishing new editions of the long out of print original Solar Pons books by August Derleth.  Our plan is to publish the first four books in the series in June, and if all goes well, the remainder of the original seven books (plus an Apocrypha) sometime in the winter.  You can be the first person to get copies of the books (available as ebooks for the first time ever) by ordering from the Kickstarter link below! Solar Pons, Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street, New Editions “Solar Pons came into being out of Sherlock Holmes . . . .” – August Derleth   In 1928, college student August Derleth wrote to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, asking if any more Sherlock Holmes adventures were going to be published...

Happy Holidays everyone!  Nothing is more appreciated as a a gift than a great book. For your holiday shopping, we wanted to highlight some goodies from the Belanger Books catalog. We will be posting blog updates from or own catalog as well as some books from our friends over the next few weeks. The first entry was for our own Sherlock Holmes books. This entry focuses on our children's books. Sherlock Holmes Children's Books We are best known for our line of Sherlock Holmes books. Here are some suggestions for the mystery lover of any age! The MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes Series What happens when two ten year old twin detectives team up with Sherlock Holmes? Find out in the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes series! This series has been called, "great for introducing kids to Sherlock Holmes and his methods for solving mysteries. The Belanger brothers have evoked the period beautifully," (5 star review by Paula Berinstein ).  You can start th...