Latest on Lewis – June 2023 Update

Each month you can find the latest news and information about Lewis-related happenings. It might be about an upcoming event, a recent event that posted a video or audio, a podcast that had an especially unique episode about Lewis, or an online article related to Lewis. NOTE: Not all articles are read, nor are all audio or …

The Latest on C.S. Lewis – Ep. 1 – Aug 1, 2022 (YouTube/Podcast)

In each show, you’ll learn about recent news of events or books related to Lewis and selected related authors, along with timeless information to help you enjoy the writings of C.S. Lewis. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listen to The Latest on C.S. Lewis Ep. 1 (podcast/audio-only version) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   LINKS: All About Jack Podcast: https://allaboutjack.podbean.com/ Essential C.S. Lewis …

Links to Tributes to Walter Hooper

Walter Hooper died on December 7, 2020. I’ve been told a service will be live-streamed at the Oxford Oratory via their YouTube Channel) on Friday, January 8th at 11 am GMT (6 am Eastern). Additionally, I’ll be releasing a couple of podcasts (via All About Jack) featuring reflections by people who knew Walter (and a …

Master List of Essay Chat Podcasts

Here’s a master list of all my “essay chat” podcasts. Below is a list of the essay title on the left and then the guest on the right. Notice that below the list is an embedded link that should display the most recent podcasts overall. “Sometimes Fairy Stories…” Holly Ordway “The Necessity of Chivalry” Bruce Johnson …

[PODCAST] The Inklings and King Arthur (Sørina Higgins)

If you have read a variety of writings from Lewis, Tolkien and their friends Charles Williams and Owen Barfield, then you know they had more than a passing interest in King Arthur. In the following podcast learn about a new book, edited by Sørina Higgins that explores the latest viewpoints on their Arthurian literature. This massive …

WRL03 – The Great Divorce

This podcast, part of an occasional feature to encourage you to read material from Lewis, focuses on one of the shortest works by him (excluding essays, of course). The Great Divorce was first released in weekly installments in The Guardian before published in 1946. If you have never read this fictional work then you will be …

Introducing Why Read Lewis

Welcome to a new occasional podcast series designed to encourage you to read books that C.S. Lewis wrote (or edited). Even those who have read a variety of works by him are surprised to learn he wrote more than forty during his lifetime. Additionally,  there are numerous books (mostly essay collections) created after his death. …

Essay Chat 19r – Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Brenton Dickieson)

“Screwtape Proposes a Toast” is an essay that is indirectly a follow-up to the successful book The Screwtape Letters. Brenton Dickieson joins William O’Flaherty for an essay chat on this insightful piece that Wormwood never got to hear. It was first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1959 (see below for a link to read it …

Testing the Possibilities of the Screwtape-Ransom Speculative Universe (Brenton Dickieson)

Here’s another short talk presented at the 2016 Colloquium at Taylor University. This one is from Brenton Dickieson, best known for his website A Pilgrim in Narnia. The full title of his paper was “When Screwtape Haunts in Eden: Testing the Possibilities of the Screwtape-Ransom Speculative Universe.” A key part of what he shares is …

18r Essay Chat – On Three Ways of Writing for Children (Brenton Dickieson)

This week is the final “catch-up” of a previous essay chat that hadn’t yet been re-released since changing podcast hosting to Podbean in late 2014. In the early 1950’s Lewis began releasing a series of books that he is most associated with now. Lewis gave a talk in 1952 when less than half of his …