C.S. Lewis & The Inklings

When a minister gave Collins a copy of the C.S. Lewis classic “Mere Christianity,” the book changed his life. He says: “It was an argument I was not prepared to hear … yet at the same time, I could not turn away.”

Fans of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis gather in Toronto July 1 to July 3 for conference featuring film actors Craig Parker and Bruce Hopkins, leading scholars and language specialists, costumers, musicians, artists, armorers, and crafts people. Special events include The Lord of the Rings musical, Tolkien-related films, banquet, costume contest, and outdoor picnic. The three day conference event is followed by a screening of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy on Tuesday, July 4.

A handwritten letter by CS Lewis, explaining the whole meaning of the Narnia story was being donated to Queen’s University today.

Natasha from Treasure HD TV writes: Upon the recommendation of those at the NY Tolkein Society, I m passing you some information about our new HD TV series called Collector Showdown. We are currently seeking participants for our upcoming episode on LOTR and Narnia Collectors.

The C.S. Lewis Foundation, which has sponsored “C.S. Lewis Summer Institute” conferences in Oxford and Cambridge, England, since 1988, is “crossing the pond” for the first time this summer with a conference at Williams College (MA).

Thought you would be interested to know that Mary Dodson Wade, author of C.S. LEWIS: THE CHRONICLER OF NARNIA, will be speaking to the Inklings Roundtable of Houston next Thursday evening, May 11.

Like hundreds of actors in New York, George Drance holds down another job while pursuing his acting career. Unlike his contemporaries, though, Drance doesn’t fill in as a temp or wait tables. In fact, his other work is as much a vocation as is his acting. As a Jesuit priest, Fr. Drance integrates his two worlds with the ease of a skilled performer.

A brick bench where CS Lewis saw Narnia in his mind’s eye has been uncovered at the author’s old home in Risinghurst.