Enola Holmes

"I should like to see a sister of mine" [COPP]  The name Enola Holmes ought to be familiar to most Sherlockians by now. Aside from her appearance in six books, on September 23, 2020, the youngest Holmes sibling makes her debut on Netflix. Nancy Springer author of the Enola Holmes series, joined us to talk about how her creation sprang to life and where she finds her strength. We go so far as to uncover the true identity of her inspiration and hear about how Millie Bobby Brown herself was the sparking plug behind bringing this young heroine to the screen. Along the way, we discover a fascinating personal and professional journey of Ms. Springer, about whom we can unequivocally say is one of the most reflective, thoughtful, and self-aware authors we've had a chance to interview. You won't want to miss her backstory and discussions of her other works such as , , and of course the . Happy 200th to us. We'll be planning something just for our Patreon/PayPal supporters in the near future - be sure to tune in. And we have the latest round of Canonical Couplets. The prize this time around is an original copy of . Entries are due by 11:59 pm EDT on September 29, 2020.   Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.   Please do consider becoming a . Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and this year, transcription services.     Sponsors  is the premiere publisher of books about Sherlock Holmes, including the Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, scholarly work, and titles dedicated to the stage and screen, including by S.E. Dahlinger and Leslie S. Klinger.    has the largest collection of new Sherlock Holmes novels, biographies, graphic novels and short story collections in the world. You'll want to check out . Dan Andriacco's delightful pair of Sebastian McCabe and Jeff Cody are back for a series of adventures in their second casebook: .   Would you care to advertise with us? You can find . Let's chat! Links This episode:  (Amazon) : Our Sherlockian discussion show: Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont: the "" Previous episodes referenced on this show: : Tying One On Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at  as well as through our accounts on , , , and .   Please subscribe on the podcast provider of your choosing: And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.   Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).   Transcript Transcript costs have risen and you can help us to reach the  level on Patreon to cover these costs. Please consider signing up by clicking the link, for as little as $1 an episode. Transcript will be at soon (if you can contribute to making that happen).     Disclosure: when you make a purchase on Amazon from our links, we earn a small commission. Thank you for supporting us.   --