C.S. Lewis Festivals Archives

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New C.S. Lewis Podcast Series

October 10, 2020 Paul Martin

I am happy to be hosting, as co-founder of the C.S. Lewis Festival, a series of CS Lewis Festival’s podcasts featuring some of the finest and most respected authors, lecturers, and scholars in the world…. […]

2014 C.S. Lewis Festival Focus on “A Quest for Meaning”

September 16, 2014 William O'Flaherty

October 24th kicks off this year’s weekend for the C.S. Lewis Festival that is now celebrating it’s twelfth year in Petoskey, Michigan. There theme, “A Quest for Meaning” was chosen because they will have an […]

Belfast Launches new C.S. Lewis Festival

November 19, 2013 Paul Martin

The city of Belfast, where Narnia writer C.S. Lewis was born, has begun a festival celebrating his life. The first C.S. Lewis Festival is taking place from the 18th to the 23rd of November. I […]

C.S. Lewis Festival Celebrates 50-year Legacy of Author

October 18, 2013 Paul Martin

Through book discussions, lectures, a children’s play and even a LEGO sculpture, the 2013 C.S. Lewis Festival celebrates the legacy of C.S. Lewis, an author still widely read 50 years after his death. The festival’s […]

C.S. Lewis Jubilee Festival Recordings Available

September 27, 2013 Paul Martin

Holy Trinity Church in Oxford held a C.S. Lewis Jubilee Festival from September 19-22 to celebrate the life of C.S. Lewis, and reflect on his legacy. Now you can take part in a small way, […]

Watch a new C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Documentary at the C.S. Lewis Festival

October 13, 2010 Paul Martin

The C.S. Lewis Festival, on Thursday, Oct 14, the Petoskey Film Theater in cooperation with the C.S. Lewis Festival, will be showing the documentary film “Quest for Meaning: Myth, Imagination & Faith in the works […]

C.S. Lewis fans invited to KindlingsFest 2010 on Orcas Island, Washington State

June 29, 2010 Paul Martin

Remember quieter, slower paced times? Warm lazy summer afternoons when time stood still; end-of-day campfires with roasted marshmallows and hot chocolate? This July, Orcas Island in Washington State, will again be home for KindlingsFest an […]

Petoskey, MI C.S. Lewis Festival returns, expands

October 2, 2009 Paul Martin

I’m back from vacation to bring you more great Narnia news than you can possibly dream of. I can’t give specifics of my vacation, but I can say that I did visit Middle-earth while I […]

C.S. Lewis SW Regional Retreat Early Bird Discount Expires Soon!

August 15, 2009 Paul Martin

From the 1930s to the 1940s, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and their friends and fellow writers met to share good fellowship and their creative works-in-progress. Known as the “Inklings,” they produced some of the most […]

Stepson of ‘Narnia’ Creator Teams Up With ‘The Shack’ Author for Once-in-a-Lifetime Event

August 3, 2009 Paul Martin

The producer of the widely popular “Narnia” films is joining forces with the author of “The Shack” – a modern day classic and New York Times bestseller with more than seven million copies in print […]