C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis Fest is much more than a ‘Myth’
The Petoskey area is gearing up for its fourth annual month-long festival honoring the life and works of author C.S. Lewis.
Month: October 2006
C.S. Lewis
NarniaFansCast – Episode 12
The newest episode of NarniaFansCast has just been released! Join Paul Martin (Specter) and Austin Fury (CSLewisFan) as they discuss the news, talk about the upcoming movie, and answer questions submitted by YOU! Also included is a new short story by Roger Thomas (PrinceOfTheWest) called “Complications.”
Movies & TV
Date Set for Narnia Special Edition To Enter Disney Vault
Animation Insider is reporting that Disney will put The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe Special Edition in the Disney Vault on January 31st, 2007. The special edition, to be released on December 12th, will mean that the movie will only be available for 51 days, or roughly 7 weeks.
C.S. Lewis
Jacobs wins Samford award for biography on C.S. Lewis
Wheaton College Professor Alan Jacobs, a Birmingham native, received the John Pollock Award for Christian Biography from Samford University during a chapel service Tuesday at the Beeson Divinity School.
C.S. Lewis Books
Editorial: Fighting Evil Is Not Deifying War
A participant in this forum has complained that the Narnia movie departs from “the essence of Christianity,” and that it glorifies war. This person goes further by claiming that the “deification of war” is particularly associated with “right-wingers.”
Let me dismiss first the most easily dismissed contention….
Mailbag
Narnia Fans Mailbag #11
We’ve just posted the eleventh edition of the NarniaFans Mailbag. We’ve answered eleven letters this week, covering Philip Pullman, Narnia Halloween Costumes, Narnia reading order, and the possibility of getting NarniaFans in multiple languages.
C.S. Lewis
Douglas Gresham Visiting Switzerland
Douglas Gresham will be in Switzerland for a number of conferences, details on the link (sorry, only in french). The conferences will be in English with a French translation. It is organized by Christians over there in Switzerland
C.S. Lewis
Lewis Biographer To Recieve Award
C. S. Lewis biographer Dr. Alan Jacobs will recieve the 2006 John Pollock Award for Christian Biography on Tuesday Oct. 10 at Samford University. The award, chosen and presented by Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School, recognizes Jacob’s book The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis as the most distinguished Christian biography book in the past year.
NarniaFans Originals
NarniaFansCast – Episode 11
The newest episode of NarniaFansCast is now up! Join John and Roger while they discuss the news, talk about the upcoming movie, and answer questions submitted by YOU! Also, listen to a new short story by John called “The Other Magician”
Movies & TV
Imogen Heap talks LWW Soundtrack
Imogen Heap, as you may know, wrote a song that appears on the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe soundtrack. It’s the song “Can’t Take It In” that you hear right when the credits begin.