Monthly Archives: June 2018

The 600,000th Visitor at A Pilgrim In Narnia!

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

This week we had our 600,000th visitor to A Pilgrim In Narnia! Was it you? I honestly have no way of knowing, and I’m a little afraid of the global attention you’d receive if I could publish that news. Fame … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings and Arthur, News & Links | Tagged Anniversary Blog, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Letters to an America Lady, owen barfield | 13 Comments

Full: My Experience of the L.M. Montgomery Institute Conference (L.M. Montgomery Series)

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Note: This is a rewriting of my guest post at the L.M. Montgomery Institute blog. I am full. And no doubt. We have just finished a packed four and a half days of conferencing and workshopping, speaking and listening, flipping … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, L.M. Montgomery, Original Research | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Eugene Peterson, intertextuality, L.M. Montgomery, literature, Lucy Maud Montgomery, PEI, PhD Research, Prince Edward Island, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, UPEI | 12 Comments

The Regent College BS Guild and the Inklings

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

It was a brief and intensely happy time of my life. My wife and I moved from rural Japan to the grand city of Vancouver. Never having lived in anything more than a small town and moving from a mountain … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Babette's Feast, Biblical Studies Guild, BS Guild, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, friendship, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Japan, literary friendship, Regent College, Settlers of Catan, The Drive, The Inklings, theology, Vancouver | 31 Comments

Will They Want Me Even Though I’m A Boy? Heading to the L.M. Montgomery Institute Conference (L.M. Montgomery Series)

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Though Matthew and Marilla would have been considered me a fine specimen of boyish orphan for Mrs. Spencer to bring home from the orphanage, they, like my farming fathers before me, would have been disappointed. And a little puzzled, if experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, L.M. Montgomery, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged 4H, academics, Anne of Green Gables, astronomy, farming, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, research, UPEI, Virginia Woolf | 53 Comments

The First Meeting of the Inklings, with George Sayer

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I wrote last week about all the literary groups that formed some of the greatest writers of the 20th century, and how L.M. Montgomery was alone. One of those was the Inklings, which made C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien into … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery, Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, George Sayer, Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joy Davidman, Nevill Coghill, northernness, Paris Expats, Robert Havard, The Bloomsbury Set, the Detection Club, The Inklings, The Silmarillion | 77 Comments

The Inklings and King Arthur: Selfies and News

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Since the first call for chapters for The Inklings and King Arthur, this not-so-little book has been on its own adventure. Conference panels, keynote talks, digital round-table discussions, and crowd-sourced funding were all part of a long editorial and publication journey, … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research | Tagged Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Inklings, Inklings and King Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, Marion E. Wade Center, Mythcon, Mythopoeic Award, owen barfield, research, That Hideous Strength | 15 Comments

Emily of New Moon’s Visitation of Beauty with Father Cassidy (L.M. Montgomery Series)

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

The story I want to share, the tale of Father Cassidy in Emily of New Moon, is looked on a little darkly in some parts of L.M. Montgomery studies. Part of this is because the Emily books can be read as a … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery, Memorable Quotes, On Writing | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Emily of New Moon, kindred spirits, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery | 36 Comments

Why the C.S. Lewis and Friends Colloquium is Awesome: The Bit About Students

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I have just returned from what remains for me the best conference I have ever experienced when it comes to engendering an atmosphere of support for emerging scholars while remaining critical on the material. Part of this is no doubt … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research | Tagged archival research, art, C.S. Lewis, Devin Brown, Diana Pavlac Glyer, Emily Austin, Harry Potter, L.M. Montgomery, Michael Ward, PhD Research, Prince Edward Island, Ransom Cycle, Roger White, Taylor University, The Problem of Pain, theology | 16 Comments

In an Age of Literary Groups, L.M. Montgomery was Alone (L.M. Montgomery Series)

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I first saw the trend with the Oxford Inklings. Out of an informal Nordic literary society in the late 20s where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien first met, the Inklings began gathering in the early 30s. Although C.S. Lewis wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Agatha Christie, Anne of Green Gables, Bloomsbury Set, D.H. Lawrence, Detection Club, Dorothy L. Sayers, E.M. Forster, g k chesterton, Hemingway and Gellhorn, L.M. Montgomery, Midnight in Paris, Paris Expats, Rilla of Ingleside, Smart Set, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf | 51 Comments

Why the C.S. Lewis and Friends Colloquium is Awesome: Wordless

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Just a quick note to say that I have had an amazing conference at Taylor University this past week. The C.S. Lewis and Friends Colloquium is truly awesome, and I hope to come back to why I think so. My heart … Continue reading →