Holmes Fest 2018 - Celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle

Join Portsmouth writers and artists to celebrate the arrival of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Portsmouth in late June 1882.

An all-star line-up of authors and performers will read stories specially penned in homage to this remarkable man.

In Portsmouth, Conan Doyle invented his greatest character, Sherlock Holmes, and became a convinced Spiritualist, two of the most important parts of his life.

Tonight we celebrate Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Victorian Portsmouth, detective fiction, crime writing and much more.