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David Marcum  David MacGregor is known to many as a Sherlockian Playwright, and his works in that field have entertained a great many in the live performance format. Sadly, I’ve never had the opportunity to see any of these plays live, although I have read the scripts, which are available from MX Publishing. But from my perspective, MacGregor’s even greater talent is crafting the kind of Sherlock Holmes stories that I want to read, and that I can read without fear that the author will make some egregious intentional error and drag the story – and me with it –...

David Marcum Arthur Hall is one of the most reliable of the current Holmes Pasticheurs. Beginning with a single pastiche several years ago, he went on to become one of the most incredibly prolific contributors to “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories”. Over the years, he published a great many Holmes novels and short stories collections, all available from MX Publishing, and this new book assembles his latest stories collected from various Holmes anthologies. Of particular interest in this set are both “The Adventure of the Cheerful Prisoner” and “The Adventure of the Doubtful Conviction” – each dealing...

This week, author and playwright David MacGregor reviews the first two (from four) volumes of the Mr Holmes Advent Calendar. Each one has 24 mysteries to solve. You can get all four from Amazon USA and Amazon UK. Volume 1 These clever and fanciful mini-mysteries are somewhat reminiscent of the old Encyclopedia Brown stories, in which readers are presented with a baffling scenario and then invited to propose their own solution, before simply turning a page to discover what the master detective has deduced. With an appealing variety of murders to be solved and codes to be cracked (all accompanied by...

We're delighted to share that our ShareTheMeal program where every Sherlock Holmes book bought on our website generates a meal for the World Food Programme has passed 1,000 meals for 2025. A massive thanks to Bernhard Kowatsch and the team at the WFP's innovation accelerator for bringing innovations like ShareTheMeal to the forefront. Our founder Steve Emecz has been working with the WFP as an external advisory council member for several years and regularly visits Munich for the Accelerator events. We've been running the #booksformeals program for a couple of years now and we have fantastic feedback from both the...

Holmes Fest, the yearly festival celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes in Portsmouth returns this September with 10 days of all-new shows and activities, and MX Publishing is part of the mix, offering prizes and selling books at the Holmes Fest Theatre Show. The full programme, including walks, talks, film screenings, an open mic night and even a murder mystery dinner. It all kicks off on 19th and 20th September with the Holmes Fest Theatre Show  at the Groundlings Theatre, Portsea. With sketches, film, live music, comedy and spoken word, the two hour show is a romp through...