Meeting & Story Calendar for 2024
Previous stories are archived on the REPLAY page.
Josef Friedrich, 1906
May 18 — The Five Orange Pips (FIVE)
from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (published 1892)
Presenter - Billy Fields
Read the complete text of The Five Orange Pips here.
Josef Friedrich was a Czech illustrator and painter who, in 1906, illustrated The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Final Problem, and A Study in Scarlet.
(Information from The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia.
The event will be streamed via Zoom, but (new rules) we will not advertise the Zoom link ahead of time. If you plan to join us, you must register ahead of time. The link will be sent to those who have been cleared for participation. Watch this space for details, coming soon.
June 15 — The Valley of Fear (VALL)
One of the four stand-alone novels. Published in 1914 in Associated Sunday Magazines (US),
and serialized in The Strand Magazine 1914-1915 (UK).
Presenter—Bill Mason
July 20 — The Bruce-Partington Plans (BRUC)
from His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (published October 1917)
Presenter—Jim Hawkins
Read the complete text of The Bruce-Partington Plans here.
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published in The Strand Magazine in December 1908.
The opening page of the story in The Strand Magazine, 1908. Click to enlarge.
The Bruce-Partington is a submarine for which the plans have gone missing. Sherlock knows it is of the highest interest because his brother Mycroft brought the story to him, asking for assistance. Here is the opening of the story as published in The Strand.
August 17 — The Norwood Builder (NORW)
Published in Collier’s Magazine, Oct. 1903 (US) and in The Strand Magazine, Nov. 1903 (UK)
Presenter—Thomas Vickstrom
September 21 — The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (RETI)
Published in the U.S. in Liberty Magazine on 18 December 1926,
and collected in The Case-Book in the U.K. in 1927.
Presenter — T.B.A.
October 19 — Arthur Conan Doyle “Horror Story”
Presenter—Dean Richardson
The Southern Festival of Books dates are Oct. 26-27, 2024.
We encourage you to attend the Festival.
November 16 — The Adventure of the Resident Patient (RESI)
First published in The Strand Magazine—August 1893.
Included in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1893.
Read the story here: The Resident Patient
Presenter — Shannon Carlisle
