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C.S. Lewis and the Shape of Story: An Interactive Book Talk on Inkling Folk Fellowship

Posted on November 5, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

What is the shape of story? In an early talk that became “On Stories“–published as an essay for the first time together with J.R.R. Tolkien‘s classic “On Fairy-Stories,” C.S. Lewis wants us to think about the lost art of atmosphere … Continue reading →

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Blame Canada? Is “The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis” Lost on the American Border? (Print Release Update)

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

If you are not in North America, you may not know that there are some border tensions between the USA and its closest cultural cousin, Canada. Before last week, apparently, the wildfires that devastated our forests and consumed our towns … Continue reading →

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“Houston, we are go for launch, Canada, we have a problem” (Print Release Update)

Posted on August 17, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

It was good fun last week to share my experience of unpacking my new book, The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis. The front-porch video got a few thousand spins on social media and hundreds of comments from friends. It was … Continue reading →

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Wishing Upon a Narnian Star: Unboxing “The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis”

Posted on August 7, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

I don’t have a clear idea about how Austen and Dickens handled their social media platforms, but I suspect the videos of them unboxing their author’s copies were quite popular. I decided to join in the tradition and open “the … Continue reading →

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Out on Kindle/ePub Today: The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Brenton Dickieson (and it’s a top-selling new release!)

Posted on July 28, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

Though I still have not had the pleasure of unpacking a box of author’s copies, I am kind of jazzed to see that my OUP book, The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis, is out today on Kindle and ePub (Kobo, … Continue reading →

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