Monthly Archives: May 2020

“The Ickabog,” a New Bedtime Fairy-tale by J.K. Rowling (with Illustration Competition)

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Well, J.K. Rowling has done what so many have failed to do. No, I don’t mean write a stunningly original youth fantasy series that changes the future of publication and creates a multimedia empire in books, film, and fan culture. … Continue reading →

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Guest Spot on the Pints With Jack Podcast, Talking About C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Recently I sat down with David Bates of the Pints With Jack podcast to discuss Till We Have Faces. Readers will know that I have been working through Till We Have Faces with some detailed close readings and some guest spots. Over drinks, … Continue reading →

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The Faithful Imagination, a Review by Allison McBain Hudson

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Ricke, Joe, and Ashley Chu, eds. The Faithful Imagination: Papers from the 2018 Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends. Hamden, CT: Taylor University, 2019. The title of this volume refers to the theme of the eleventh Biennial … Continue reading →

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Free Event Today: A Sehnsucht Digital Tea at the C. S. Lewis and Friends Center

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

This summer, my punk rockstar teen and I were planning to go to an epic concert–perhaps one of the biggest of our lives–in the Northeast US. We just got word that the entire tour is postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19. … Continue reading →

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The World as a “Vale of Soul-Making”: A Brief Note on John Keats, C.S. Lewis, and L.M. Montgomery

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

There is a stunning moment in L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valley that continues to itch at my mind. I know that Anne of Green Gables is so filled with life and light that it is hard to ignore, and that Montgomery‘s Emily of New … Continue reading →

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Naturally Holy: Some Thoughts on Till We Have Faces, A Guest Post by Katie Stevenson

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

C.S. Lewis is well known to revere nature in his writings, including vivid pictures in The Narnia series, Perelandra (from his space trilogy), and The Great Divorce. His imagery of purity and wonderful holiness often takes hold of his characters’ … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Valley as Embodied Heaven: Initial Explorations into L.M. Montgomery’s Spirituality in Fiction

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Dear Friends, I am excited to announce the release of my paper, “Rainbow Valley as Embodied Heaven: Initial Explorations into L.M. Montgomery’s Spirituality in Fiction” in the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies. This is a peer-reviewed, scholarly article in the … Continue reading →

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George Macdonald’s “The Princess and the Goblin”: The Animated Movie with a Note by ChrisC

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

C.S. Lewis once observed that with “every tick of the clock, in every inhabited part of the world, an unimaginable richness and variety of ‘history’ falls off the world into total oblivion.” It’s a somewhat cruel fate that’s familiar to … Continue reading →

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“Clarity, Care, Connection, and Credibility: Lessons from 15 Years of Online Teaching”: My Talk the UPEI Community Teaching Conference

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Recently, the University of Prince Edward Island hosted a Teaching Community Conference–an annual event but one moved online due to COVID-19. My talk was called “Clarity, Care, Connection, and Credibility,” and I highlighted the core principles and simple tips I’ve … Continue reading →

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Why Did Star Wars Stick? #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

As much as we wonder about it, it’s a question that is not perfectly easy to answer. Cheesy lines, over-the-top acting, zippers up the back of the monster’s costume–how many films just like it have found their way into the … Continue reading →

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