I’m really delighted to have signed a contract today with W. W. Norton’s new imprint Liveright Publishing for another book. I’ve been hoping for some time that I’d get to complete the trifecta of great Victorian icons and annotate Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s classic Frankenstein, and now it’s here! The New Annotated Frankenstein will appear in…

Sunday night I was in New York, and PBS had invited me to post “tweetnotes” on Twitter during the 10 pm broadcast of “Sherlock” on PBS. I managed 68 comments over the hour-and-a-half and wished I could type faster–there are so many “Easter eggs” embedded in the script for the Sherlockian viewers. If you missed…

On Monday, December 23, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled on our motion for summary judgment against the Conan Doyle Estate in the case brought in my name last February. The case challenged the Estate’s contention that Laurie R. King and I needed to license the right for…

I was very honored last month to be asked to speak to the community at Santa Rosa Jr. College. The English Department chose “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” as the semester’s “Work of Literary Merit.” As a consequence, there were a number of outside speakers, spread over a few months, including local Sherlockians (and long-time…

Today W. W. Norton launched the electronic edition of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes. I understand that it is available on the Kindle, Nook, Ipad (Ibooks), and Kobo. More about them can be found here: http://bitly.com/bundles/wwnorton/2. I have no information yet about the electronic publication of volumes 2 and 3, but volume 1 is very promising:…

My class at UCLA Extension in Westwood is coming soon. It’ll be all day Saturday, October 26. Here’s the flyer outlining the course, with information about enrollment. It’s great fun–I promise! Sherlock Holmes – Flyer – 10-26-2013

I’m happy to tell you a bit about my next book, The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft, to be published by the Liveright imprint of W. W. Norton & Co. Norton of course previously published my New Annotated Sherlock Holmes and New Annotated Dracula, and I love working with the people there, because they care…

I was asked today to suggest my favorite books for a beginning Holmesian collector/scholar. Here’s the list that I created for my UCLA Extension class on “Sherlock Holmes and His World,” which will be on October 26 this year. BOOKLIST Modesty prevents me from including any of my own books, but you’ll find links on…

In keeping with my love of all most things vampiric, I recently backed Blood Kiss, a film project seeking funding on Kickstarter®. The film is written by acclaimed screenwriter Michael Reaves and will include my pals Neil Gaiman and Amber Benson in featured roles. I caught up with Michael today and got to put some…

On Valentine’s Day 2013, I made a big commitment: I filed an action in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois against the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate. The Estate has for some time been insisting that creators who want to use the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in their new creation pay…