It’s time to kick-off another week of fabulous story-telling in Voice, brought to Second Life by the staff and volunteers at the Seanchai Library SL.
As always, all times SLT, and unless otherwise stated, events will be held on the Seanchai Library’s home on Imagination Island.
Sunday September 29th
13:30: Tea Time at Baker Street – The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
Corwyn Allen brings us another installment in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s volume of stories The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
It appears a vandal is at large in London, and has Inspector Lestrade somewhat baffled. Someone is going around smashing busts of the Emperor Napoleon. Three have so far been broken, one from a shop and two following break-ins at the home and office of one Dr. Barnicot.
Holmes is intrigued by the fact the all of the busts come from the same mould, suggesting that this is more than a simple case of someone having a deep-seated dislike for the dead Emperor.
When Lestrade brings word that there has been a further incident, this time accompanied by a murder, Holmes is more than intrigued. The bust has been stolen from the house of a journalist, one Horace Harker, who also discovered the dead man on his front doorstep.
It’s unlikely the dead man was responsible for taking the bust, as the remains of that are found shattered in the garden of an empty house up the street. The dead man has a photograph of another man in his possession, and things take a further strange turn when the deceased is identified as a member of the Mafioso, and the photograph he was carrying is that of an Italian immigrant…
18:00: Magicland Storytime – The Magic Bed Knob
Author Mary Norton is perhaps best know for her long-running series of fantasy books The Borrowers (named for the first book of the series) published between 1952 and 1982.
However, her first published work, in 1943, was entitled The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons, a fantasy piece about an elderly woman who practices magic for a hobby and has a magic bed knob, and three London children evacuated to the country during the bombing of London.
This was followed in 1945 by the sequel Bonfires and Broomsticks. Then, in 1957, the two books were republished as a single volume entitled Bed-Knob and Broomstick. And it was a play on this title by which the story became most widely known, when in 1971, Walt Disney released the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks starring Angela Lansbury and the late David Tomlinson.
Join Caledonia Skytower at Magicland Park as Caledonia reads from this classic tale.
Monday September 30th, 19:00: Sci-fi Shorts
Join Gyro Muggins as he reads Hemeac.
Tuesday October 1st, 19:00: Pesky Pooka Night!
With Caledonia Skytower.
Wednesday October 2nd, 19:00: Celtic Tales for Fall
As autumn wraps her arms around us, the days grow shorter and the nights longer, heralding the arrival of winter, Caladonia Skytower brings us tales to warm the evenings and awaken the imagination.
Thursday October 3rd, 1001 Terror Tales
Join Shandon Loring in getting into the Halloween spirit.
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Please check with the Seanchai Library SL’s blog for updates and for additions or changes to the week’s schedule. The featured charity for September and October is Water for People. Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.
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