New Mystery Book Club

FYI For those who live in the Bennington area, this group in Arlington VT looks as if it would be a good way to share an interest in mysteries.

The Mystery Reading Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm in the Martha Canfield Library. We’ll discuss our favorite (or not so favorite) mysteries, maybe watch a movie or two, listen to mystery authors and others with special “mystery” knowledge. If Tuesday is not a good evening for you, but you would like to join us, please let us know what evening would be good for you.We've had a hard time getting started due to all this snow and bad weather but hopefully that is all behind us!

Book Discussion Series:

Victorian Roots of Mysteries Reading Series

Victorian-era mysteries that shaped thousands of later suspense stories will be explored during a four-part book discussion series from April to June 2010. Victorian Roots of Mysteries will be held in the Rotary Room of the Bennington Free Library on April 11 and 25, May 16 and June 6. All programs begin at 2 p.m.

The series is a collaboration among the Baker Street Breakfast Club, a local Sherlock Holmes scion society, the Friends of the Bennington Free Library, and the Bennington Free Library. It is funded, in part, by the Vermont Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

On each Sunday a scholar will talk about and facilitate a discussion of one of the four books in the series. Copies of the series books will be available to borrow at the Bennington Free Library’s front desk by March 1. Books in the series are:

• April 11, The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katherine Green, with scholar Sally Sugarman
• April 25, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus W. Hume, with scholar Jeff Bradway
• May 16, New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, with Ms. Sugarman; and
• June 6, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, with Mr. Bradway.

Sally Sugarman and Jeffry Bradway are members of the local Sherlockian organization, the Baker Street Breakfast Club, and the Baker Street Irregulars, the premiere organization of Sherlock Holmes aficionados. Mr. Bradway is a former bookseller and college teacher and has spoken at conferences and has been published in the Baker Street Journal. Ms. Sugarman, a former teacher of early childhood studies and popular culture at Bennington College, is active in the Popular Culture Association, an academic society, and is a publisher, author, and president of the Baker Street Breakfast Club. Ms. Sugarman reviews historical mysteries for Deadly Pleasures and has been published in the Baker Street Journal.

Each of these books has a special appeal. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was the most popular mystery of its time. The Stevenson mystery has characters that are almost identical to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. The Leavenworth Case was one of the first mysteries written by a woman. The Hound of the Baskervilles is part of the canon of immensely influential Sherlock Holmes adventures. They are all 19th –or in the case of the Hound—early-20th-century mysteries that provided models for what was to come. Mysteries are now one of the most popular of genre literatures. Besides providing the image of the detective, these books also developed the narrative structure that was to be characteristic of the mystery novel. Besides Along with discussing the mysteries themselves, speakers will also provide the social and historical context from which this new genre emerged. Both a reflection of their times and timeless, these books will offer pleasurable reading and new insights into detective fiction.

The reading series is a precursor to Sherlock Holmes: The Man and His Worlds, planned for June 24–27, 2010. This conference, sponsored by the Baker Street Breakfast Club, is expected to attract 170–200 local mystery readers along with members of Sherlock Holmes organizations in New England, New York State, the Northeast, as well as Canada.


	Home Meetings Meeting Information Meeting Archives Conference Wrap-up Photo Gallery About Us Club History Newsletters Sherlockian Events Sherlockian Events Book Discussion Series Fun Information Chat Room Articles Quizzes Book Reviews Mysteries Links Contact New Mystery Book Club FYI For those who live in the Bennington area, this group in Arlington VT looks as if it would be a good way to share an interest in mysteries. The Mystery Reading Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm in the Martha Canfield Library. We’ll discuss our favorite (or not so favorite) mysteries, maybe watch a movie or two, listen to mystery authors and others with special “mystery” knowledge. If Tuesday is not a good evening for you, but you would like to join us, please let us know what evening would be good for you.We've had a hard time getting started due to all this snow and bad weather but hopefully that is all behind us! Book Discussion Series: Victorian Roots of Mysteries Reading Series Victorian-era mysteries that shaped thousands of later suspense stories will be explored during a four-part book discussion series from April to June 2010. Victorian Roots of Mysteries will be held in the Rotary Room of the Bennington Free Library on April 11 and 25, May 16 and June 6. All programs begin at 2 p.m. The series is a collaboration among the Baker Street Breakfast Club, a local Sherlock Holmes scion society, the Friends of the Bennington Free Library, and the Bennington Free Library. It is funded, in part, by the Vermont Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. On each Sunday a scholar will talk about and facilitate a discussion of one of the four books in the series. Copies of the series books will be available to borrow at the Bennington Free Library’s front desk by March 1. Books in the series are: • April 11, The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katherine Green, with scholar Sally Sugarman • April 25, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus W. Hume, with scholar Jeff Bradway • May 16, New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, with Ms. Sugarman; and • June 6, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, with Mr. Bradway. Sally Sugarman and Jeffry Bradway are members of the local Sherlockian organization, the Baker Street Breakfast Club, and the Baker Street Irregulars, the premiere organization of Sherlock Holmes aficionados. Mr. Bradway is a former bookseller and college teacher and has spoken at conferences and has been published in the Baker Street Journal. Ms. Sugarman, a former teacher of early childhood studies and popular culture at Bennington College, is active in the Popular Culture Association, an academic society, and is a publisher, author, and president of the Baker Street Breakfast Club. Ms. Sugarman reviews historical mysteries for Deadly Pleasures and has been published in the Baker Street Journal. Each of these books has a special appeal. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was the most popular mystery of its time. The Stevenson mystery has characters that are almost identical to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. The Leavenworth Case was one of the first mysteries written by a woman. The Hound of the Baskervilles is part of the canon of immensely influential Sherlock Holmes adventures. They are all 19th –or in the case of the Hound—early-20th-century mysteries that provided models for what was to come. Mysteries are now one of the most popular of genre literatures. Besides providing the image of the detective, these books also developed the narrative structure that was to be characteristic of the mystery novel. Besides Along with discussing the mysteries themselves, speakers will also provide the social and historical context from which this new genre emerged. Both a reflection of their times and timeless, these books will offer pleasurable reading and new insights into detective fiction. The reading series is a precursor to Sherlock Holmes: The Man and His Worlds, planned for June 24–27, 2010. This conference, sponsored by the Baker Street Breakfast Club, is expected to attract 170–200 local mystery readers along with members of Sherlock Holmes organizations in New England, New York State, the Northeast, as well as Canada.