Wheaton College and the good folks at the Wade Center do a *GREAT* job of introducing speakers. This press release comes from their website: October 20, 2010 Author Diana Glyer to Speak at the Wade Center on “C.S. Lewis’s Fingerprints on the Map of Middle-Earth” Author Diana Pavlac Glyer, presents a lecture titled “C.S. Lewis’s Fingerprints on [...]
AslansCountry.com did a nice job describing the C.S. Lewis Literary Festival, comping up this October in Petoskey, Michigan. Take a look: http://www.aslanscountry.com/2010/09/2010-c-s-lewis-festival/
Several years ago, I did an interview about Lewis and Tolkien for the Mars Hill Audio Journal. The folks at Mars Hill make it easy to purchase the MP3, CD, or cassette of this interview and others. It's a wonderful resource. Here's a link: http://www.marshillaudio.org/resources/volume_contents.asp?segmentVolumeID=088
I just received this information on the upcoming C. S. Lewis Foundation Retreat and Writer's Conference, coming this October. For more information, check out their website: http://www.cslewis.org/programs/regional/sw/2010/retreat/registration/ The Weight of Glory: Reflections on Longing and Belonging Come to beautiful Camp Allen in Navasota, Texas, to hear plenary speakers Dr. Malcolm Guite and Dr. Louis Markos reflect on C.S. Lewis’s [...]
My sabatical travels have ranged far and wide. One of my best trips was a short visit to Oxford last February. While I was there, I spent most of my time at the Bodleian, studying Tolkien materials. I also presented a paper to the Oxford C. S. Lewis Society. Officers Brendan Wolfe [...]
Catching up.... Back in October, Will Vaus and I were featured speakers at a book signing at the Mystery and Imagination Bookshop in Glendale, California. Local signings can be particularly energetic, and this event was no exception. Josh Long, a Tolkien scholar and teacher at a near-by high school, had invited [...]
Plans are taking shape for the C. S. Lewis Foundation's Regional Retreat, October 30-November 1, in Navasota Texas. It will be a celebration of creativity and community, and this year for the first time it will feature a two- day writers track. Watch the website for details: http://www.cslewis.org/programs/regional/sw/2009/index.html Where: Camp Allen Retreat in Navasota, Texas When: [...]
When I visited C.S. Lewis's house, The Kilns, I was delighted to see that his brother's typewriter was on display. Warnie typed up manuscripts, wrote letters, and drafted his own books on that sturdy machine. Something very satisfying in the patterns and textures and sounds of an old machine. Something very humbling to touch lightly [...]