C.S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis classic rates No.1 in Canterbury
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has won the hearts of Canterbury readers and was last night named their favourite book.
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit is Happening!
We know this is a Narnia website, but seeing as how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were friends, this is a very related article (and very exciting): In a Variety article talking about MGM’s move back into the tentpole business, the trade mentions a few highly-anticipated projects that are in the works:
C.S. Lewis
Tomes to treasure: LWW comes in at #1
That is the verdict of Britain’s librarians who have voted The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the most important book a child can read.
C.S. Lewis
Lewis & Tolkien, faith & friendship
When C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien first met on May 11, 1926 at Oxford University, where Tolkien was a professor of English language and Lewis a professor of English literature, they initially didn’t hit it off. Tolkien didn’t think English literature held much academic validity. Lewis’ Protestant upbringing had taught him never to trust a “Papist”; Tolkien was Catholic.
C.S. Lewis
Lewis & Tolkien Biographer George Sayer Dies
George Sayer, author of Jack & recorder of the 1952 home-made tapes of Tolkien reading from The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings, died recently in Malvern, Worcs.