Monthly Archives: January 2018

C.S. Lewis on the Right Way to Read Classics

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

This is a post I found this week that I think is worth looking at as this week’s Friday Feature. Lewis had a lot to say about reading old books and suggested that bring classics and other books from outside … Continue reading →

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“Inklings and Arthur Series Introduction” by David Llewellyn Dodds

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

It was as an ‘Arthurian’ that I first consciously encountered Charles Williams, with that adjective applying to both him and me. (I, ever since I was given Emma Gelders Sterne and Barbara Lindsay’s retelling, King Arthur and the Knights of … Continue reading →

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2017: A Year of Reading

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a … Continue reading →

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King Arthur Has Returned: TOC and Blurbs

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

The book is out! Watch for our Inklings & Arthur series starting in mid-January.

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A Brace of Tolkien Posts for his 126th Birthday #TolkienBirthdayToast

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

To celebrate Tolkien’s twelfthty-sixth birthday on 3 January 2017, the Tolkien Society is once again raising a toast to the Professor. After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birthday in The Lord of the Rings, Frodo toasted his uncle’s birthday each … Continue reading →

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