Register for the 2021 BSI Weekend

2021 BSI Weekend Registration

The Baker Street Irregulars is sponsoring two “official” events for the January 2021 BSI Weekend – the Distinguished Speaker Lecture and the annual BSI Dinner.

Registration is now open. Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, these will be online/virtual events held using Zoom. In addition to the BSI events, other Sherlockian groups will also be hosting virtual meetings, as noted below.

The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture

Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 5pm Eastern Time (New York)

Online using Zoom
Open to the Public
Free – no registration fee
Advance registration required
Registration closes when event reaches capacity

The 2021 Distinguished Speaker is Andrew Lycett, a renowned historian/biographer. He has written highly acclaimed biographies of Ian Fleming, Rudyard Kipling, Dylan Thomas and Arthur Conan Doyle. His Conan Doyle – The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes was published in 2007 and was hailed as both “comprehensive and authoritative.” His latest book, Conan Doyle’s Wide World: Sherlock Holmes and Beyond, deals with ACD’s travel writing. Lycett is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographical Society, and lives in North London. His lecture will be on “Conan Doyle’s Questing World.”

This year’s event will also include the announcement of the winner of the 2020 Morley-Montgomery Award.

We plan to have only the scheduled speakers visible and talking, so you do not need a camera or microphone to watch the Lecture.

For answers to frequently asked questions about registering and watching this event, see our 2021 BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture FAQ (PDF).

While the Lecture is free, advance registration is required. To sign up, click the link below to our online Zoom registration page:

Register for the 2021 BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture

The 2021 Virtual BSI Dinner

As is traditional, the Dinner is limited to only invested BSI’s and invited guests. This year, however, since there will not be a separate dinner for The Women, they will be included as special guests.

A Digital Dinner Packet, containing PDFs of the traditionally printed mementos, will be made available to Dinner attendees. Those who wish to contribute an item to the Packet should send a print-ready PDF to <NickMartorelli@gmail.com> by Dec 10, 2020. The PDF file should be exactly how you wish your item to appear, and it should be correctly sized, cropped for on-screen viewing, and in high resolution (300 dpi graphics).

Other Sherlockian Weekend Events

These online events require separate registrations and may have different deadlines.

The William Gillette Memorial Luncheon
Saturday, January 9, 1:00 pm EST
Contact: Jenn Eaker at <jenn.eaker@gmail.com> or <GilletteLuncheon@gmail.com>

Lost in New York with a Bunch of Sherlockians
Saturday, January 9, 5:00 pm EST
Contact: <jkegley@socal.rr.com> or <ckegley@socal.rr.com>

The Gaslight Gala
Saturday, January 9, 7:00 pm EST
Contact: <gaslightgal@gmail.com>

The ASH Brunch
Sunday, January 10, 1:00 pm EST
Contact: <ashbrunch@gmail.com>

Additional details about these and possibly other events may be available from Scott Monty’s listing of other Sherlockian events.