Bootmakers Meeting January 31, 2026
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Bootmakers Meeting:
SHERLOCK HOLMES BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
and Blue Carbuncle Awards
Happy new year everyone! We will start off our first meeting of the year by celebrating Sherlock Holmes' 172nd Birthday (January 6, 1854*).
Our guest speaker is the renowned author and editor, Leslie S. Klinger, considered to be the world's foremost authority on Sherlock Holmes.
Klinger’s work has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Edgar® for Best Critical-Biographical Book in 2005 for The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories, the Edgar® for Best Critical-Biographical Book in 2019 for Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s and the Anthony and Silver Falchion awards for Best Anthology in 2015 for In the Company of Sherlock Holmes (co-edited with Laurie R. King). His introductions and essays have appeared in numerous books, graphic novels, academic journals, newspapers, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Playboy Magazine; he also reviews books for the Los Angeles Times.
He was the technical advisor for Warner Bros. on the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows(2011) and served (without credit) in that role for Warner Bros.’ earlier hit Sherlock Holmes (2009), technical advisor for Legendary Films for the two Enola Holmes films, and most recently, technical consultant for CBS-TV for the new series Watson. He has also consulted on a number of novels, comic books, and graphic novels featuring Holmes and Dracula. He will be. presenting to The Bootmakers on the topic of Sherlock Holmes Chronology.
Mike Ranieri (aka Meyers) has prepared a special presentation to honour this year's Blue Carbuncle Award winners!
I'll begin to let people in about 10 minutes before the meeting starts at 12:50 PM ET.
Note: Please make sure you MUTE yourself while our guests are speaking!
- Mike Ranieri, Meyers
* P.S. Why January 6, 1854 is the birthday of Sherlock Holmes?
Go to Bootmakers Calendar and click on the meeting name for more information and the Zoom Link.