24, June 2007
DOYLE, BOUCHER, FLEMING -- THIS WILL BLOW YOU AWAY!
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
tentative cost: $60
An exciting pre-conference event will take place on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Since Bouchercon 2009 coincides with the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Baker Street Irregulars, a Sherlockian field trip is being planned to the Lilly Library located at the Indiana University in Bloomington.
Charter buses will depart from the convention hotel (Hyatt Regency Indianapolis) promptly at 8:30 a.m.
This day-long event begins with a fifty-minute bus ride to the Lilly Library, a repository of some original manuscripts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Boucher, and Ian Fleming. There will be a morning lecture followed by a buffet lunch (included in the price of this trip) at the Indiana Memorial Union Building. An afternoon lecture is scheduled, but you will also have time to explore the exhibits on your own. Although the library will have a special display of their Sherlock Holmes material on exhibit throughout the autumn of 2009, they will exhibit some of their Boucher collection especially for Bouchercon 2009 attendees.
The day will wrap up with a reception provided by the Lilly Library at no cost to the attendees. Afterwards, catch a bus back to the Hyatt, arriving at the hotel at approximately 6:00 p.m.
You must register for Bouchercon 2009 in order to participate in this pre-conference event. Cost is $60.00 per person.
To Register:
Go to RegOnline at http://www.regonline.com/bcon2009.
Add the event when you register for Bouchercon.
If you've already registered for Bouchercon, select the "Existing" option and type in your e-mail address.
Regonlie will ask for your password. If you've forgotten it, click "Forgot your password?" and it will be sent to you in about five minutes.
After keying in your password, under the Registration List, find your name and click on "Agenda (Fees)" and you can add any auxiliary events that are available.
Questions? Click here.
Registration for this pre-conference trip is limited.
FYI:
Feel free to browse the Lilly Library site online:
The Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White) collection is described here.
Ian Fleming-related materials are described here, and here, and here.
Conan Doyle?s work and the Sherlock Holmes collection are described here as well as here.
Lilly Library website
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