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The ACD Society: A community dedicated to studying and enjoying the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Website: http://acdsociety.com.
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Glen Miranker's talk on his manuscript of 'The Sign of Four' given to the Grolier club is available on Youtube. #sherlock
The audio is very poor - but with concentration it can be followed.
www.youtube.com/live/KHQZPtE...
The audio is very poor - but with concentration it can be followed.
www.youtube.com/live/KHQZPtE...
2026 Rendell Lecture | Meaning & Magic In Handwritten Material With Glen Miranker
YouTube video by TheGrolier Club
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February 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Glen Miranker's talk on his manuscript of 'The Sign of Four' given to the Grolier club is available on Youtube. #sherlock
The audio is very poor - but with concentration it can be followed.
www.youtube.com/live/KHQZPtE...
The audio is very poor - but with concentration it can be followed.
www.youtube.com/live/KHQZPtE...
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I'm rereading Sign of the Four right now, and using this as my bookmark!
Here's a glimpse of our 2026 membership card. More en route to our members.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I'm rereading Sign of the Four right now, and using this as my bookmark!
Here's a glimpse of our 2026 membership card. More en route to our members.
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Here's a glimpse of our 2026 membership card. More en route to our members.
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Many thanks to @acdsociety.bsky.social for choosing #sherlockholmes into the Fire for Doylean Honors in Fiction this year. I'm so delighted! 🤩
January 16, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Many thanks to @acdsociety.bsky.social for choosing #sherlockholmes into the Fire for Doylean Honors in Fiction this year. I'm so delighted! 🤩
And it's a good thing, too!
January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
And it's a good thing, too!
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Many thanks to the @acdsociety.bsky.social for recognising @davehone.bsky.social and my chapter on Arthur Conan Doyle and Michael Crichton in "Palaeontology in Public"! For the Open Access volume, ed. by @chrismanias.bsky.social: uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeon...
January 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Many thanks to the @acdsociety.bsky.social for recognising @davehone.bsky.social and my chapter on Arthur Conan Doyle and Michael Crichton in "Palaeontology in Public"! For the Open Access volume, ed. by @chrismanias.bsky.social: uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeon...
And now, the results of the Wessex Cup. You can watch the first race of the morning here: bsky.app/profile/myst...
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
And now, the results of the Wessex Cup. You can watch the first race of the morning here: bsky.app/profile/myst...
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The inaugural race of this year’s Wessex Cup hosted by the Arthur Conan Doyle Society in our store
January 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The inaugural race of this year’s Wessex Cup hosted by the Arthur Conan Doyle Society in our store
The Envelopes Please ... for the Fifth Annual Doylean Honors!
We announced our 2026 Doylean Honorees earlier today in a ceremony at Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Details here -- acdsociety.com -- and congratulations to all the winners!
We announced our 2026 Doylean Honorees earlier today in a ceremony at Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Details here -- acdsociety.com -- and congratulations to all the winners!
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The Envelopes Please ... for the Fifth Annual Doylean Honors!
We announced our 2026 Doylean Honorees earlier today in a ceremony at Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Details here -- acdsociety.com -- and congratulations to all the winners!
We announced our 2026 Doylean Honorees earlier today in a ceremony at Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Details here -- acdsociety.com -- and congratulations to all the winners!
When the Wessex Cup races are run at The Mysterious Bookshop on Thursday, January 8, will there be 4 tiny toy horses in the running, or will there be 8? There are still 4 ponies left. So, if you'd like to have a pony in the Wessex Cup, you can get one here -- acdsociety.com/Cup/Stables2...
December 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When the Wessex Cup races are run at The Mysterious Bookshop on Thursday, January 8, will there be 4 tiny toy horses in the running, or will there be 8? There are still 4 ponies left. So, if you'd like to have a pony in the Wessex Cup, you can get one here -- acdsociety.com/Cup/Stables2...
7 ponies whose names highlight ACD’s ties to the 7 continents will race in the Wessex Cup on Jan. 8. 4 are still available: Garnet (Africa), Ranjitsinhji (India), Shackleton (Antarctica), Kiplings (North America). To learn more, or even have a pony in the race, go: acdsociety.com/Cup/Stables2...
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
7 ponies whose names highlight ACD’s ties to the 7 continents will race in the Wessex Cup on Jan. 8. 4 are still available: Garnet (Africa), Ranjitsinhji (India), Shackleton (Antarctica), Kiplings (North America). To learn more, or even have a pony in the race, go: acdsociety.com/Cup/Stables2...
Done!
REGISTER NOW - The Literary Agents are back to talk Adapting Sherlock with Ken Ludwig (Baskerville), Mark Shananan (A Sherlock Carol) and the Sherlock Holmes Untold team.
Live on Zoom, Friday Jan 9th, 10:30-11:30 EST; 15:30-16:30 UK.
Register here: www.doingsofdoyle.com/p/the-litera...
Live on Zoom, Friday Jan 9th, 10:30-11:30 EST; 15:30-16:30 UK.
Register here: www.doingsofdoyle.com/p/the-litera...
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Done!
Today is the last day! So, please nominate your favorite 2024 and 2025 Doylean works for our annual Doylean Honors awards now! The forms are here - acdsociety.com/Honors/Honors.htm - and the awards ceremony will be held at the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC (www.mysteriousbookshop.com) on January 8.
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today is the last day! So, please nominate your favorite 2024 and 2025 Doylean works for our annual Doylean Honors awards now! The forms are here - acdsociety.com/Honors/Honors.htm - and the awards ceremony will be held at the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC (www.mysteriousbookshop.com) on January 8.
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NEW EPISODE: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924) - Sherlock Holmes battles the sinister Austrian murderer, Baron Adelbert Gruner. Chat about: society fixers, camp colonels, Dracula, vitriol and much more. Shownotes: bit.ly/DOD69sn.
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
NEW EPISODE: The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (1924) - Sherlock Holmes battles the sinister Austrian murderer, Baron Adelbert Gruner. Chat about: society fixers, camp colonels, Dracula, vitriol and much more. Shownotes: bit.ly/DOD69sn.
Want to compete in our Wessex Cup? Stables for the January 8, 2026 running of the Wessex Cup — to be held right after the Society’s annual Doylean Honors ceremony Otto Penzler's Mysterious Bookshop — are on sale now. Details are available at our website: acdsociety.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Want to compete in our Wessex Cup? Stables for the January 8, 2026 running of the Wessex Cup — to be held right after the Society’s annual Doylean Honors ceremony Otto Penzler's Mysterious Bookshop — are on sale now. Details are available at our website: acdsociety.com
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Once again, I’m on the panel for the Arthur Conan Doyle Society’s award for scholarly writing. Read a good academic piece published this year? Nominate it here by 30 November. acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
ACD Society ... Honors
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November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Once again, I’m on the panel for the Arthur Conan Doyle Society’s award for scholarly writing. Read a good academic piece published this year? Nominate it here by 30 November. acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
The race to the finish for Doylean Honors nominations! Nov. 30 is the deadline for ACD Society members to nominate new (202425) Doylean works in 4 categories:
Fiction & Poetry
Performing Arts
Scholarly Writing
Visual Arts
Forms/instructions (simple and easy) here: acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
Fiction & Poetry
Performing Arts
Scholarly Writing
Visual Arts
Forms/instructions (simple and easy) here: acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The race to the finish for Doylean Honors nominations! Nov. 30 is the deadline for ACD Society members to nominate new (202425) Doylean works in 4 categories:
Fiction & Poetry
Performing Arts
Scholarly Writing
Visual Arts
Forms/instructions (simple and easy) here: acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
Fiction & Poetry
Performing Arts
Scholarly Writing
Visual Arts
Forms/instructions (simple and easy) here: acdsociety.com/Honors/Honor...
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The way I got the postcard out of my post box, turned it around, and literally said: "awww Glen!" out loud in the middle of the hallway :D
The latest A Common Newsletter is out, with Anna Brindisi Behrens's "Mad-Doctors" article for Margie Deck and Nancy Holder's "Terror of Blue John Gap" project, and much more (including Doylean Honors, Wessex Cup, membership renewal, and Glen Miranker's Sign of Four MS). acdsociety.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The way I got the postcard out of my post box, turned it around, and literally said: "awww Glen!" out loud in the middle of the hallway :D
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Check it out -- see all the fantastic annotations for this project at acdsociety.com/bjg/a/bjga.h... Four pages of front matter and 12 pages of manuscript to date. We are 'mining the Gap'!
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Check it out -- see all the fantastic annotations for this project at acdsociety.com/bjg/a/bjga.h... Four pages of front matter and 12 pages of manuscript to date. We are 'mining the Gap'!
The latest A Common Newsletter is out, with Anna Brindisi Behrens's "Mad-Doctors" article for Margie Deck and Nancy Holder's "Terror of Blue John Gap" project, and much more (including Doylean Honors, Wessex Cup, membership renewal, and Glen Miranker's Sign of Four MS). acdsociety.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The latest A Common Newsletter is out, with Anna Brindisi Behrens's "Mad-Doctors" article for Margie Deck and Nancy Holder's "Terror of Blue John Gap" project, and much more (including Doylean Honors, Wessex Cup, membership renewal, and Glen Miranker's Sign of Four MS). acdsociety.com
Details coming soon.
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Details coming soon.
It’s Doylean Honors Season Again! It’s time to nominate your favorite recent works of Doylean fiction, poetry, visual art, and scholarship for the ACD Society’s annual awards. Nomination forms are here: acdsociety.com/Honors/Honors.htm. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 30, so please do it soon!
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It’s Doylean Honors Season Again! It’s time to nominate your favorite recent works of Doylean fiction, poetry, visual art, and scholarship for the ACD Society’s annual awards. Nomination forms are here: acdsociety.com/Honors/Honors.htm. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 30, so please do it soon!
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Today the Red Circle of Washington DC met. I’ll certainly write a post but the coolest thing that I saw while I was there with these earrings made by Sheridan as copies of the Strand magazine with stories inside!!!! #sherlock
September 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Today the Red Circle of Washington DC met. I’ll certainly write a post but the coolest thing that I saw while I was there with these earrings made by Sheridan as copies of the Strand magazine with stories inside!!!! #sherlock
Norwegian Explorer Melissa Aho has discovered a Sherlockian Dancing Man in St. Paul. See number 44 on the updated Dancing Man map. Thank you Melissa!
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Norwegian Explorer Melissa Aho has discovered a Sherlockian Dancing Man in St. Paul. See number 44 on the updated Dancing Man map. Thank you Melissa!