Episode Details

The discussion continues from last week's episode's topic of the basics of the Sherlockian world. You'll hear us discuss the societies, scholarship, international groups, regular gatherings and a healthy how-to of getting involved.

Topics covered in this week's show

• The Baker Street Irregulars and the origins of Sherlock Holmes societies
• The Baker Street Journal Christmas Annuals
• Some society proceedings
• Overview of the past & present heads of the Baker Street Irregulars
• Why the "Baker Street Irregulars"?
• Some international groups, including the U.K., Canada, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Italy and France
• How to join a Sherlockian society / what goes on at meetings
• How to find out when the meetings are
• Answering the age-old question: "How can I become a member of the BSI?"
• The BSI Weekend activities
• Other online resources for your edification
• And some offline resources
• The Editor's Gas Lamp, from Vol. 9, No. 4, 1959
  

Links

• The Baker Street Journal Christmas Annuals
• A list of Sherlockian societies worldwide
• The Sherlock Holmes Society of London
• The Baker Street Journal
• The entire BSJ on CD-ROM
• The Bootmakers of Toronto and the Canadian Holmes
  
• The Arthur Conan Doyle Society
• The Sherlockian Calendar of Events
  
• The District Messenger
  
• Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press
• The Baker Street Blog
  
• The Baker Street Dozen by p.j. Doyle
• What goes on at the BSI Weekend
• Sherlockian.net
• The Sherlockian Who's Who
• SherlockPeoria
• The Serpentine Muse