Tag Archives: Walter Hooper

On the Nobody Somebody Has Inside: A Post About Bullying For Pink Shirt Day

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

By all accounts the famous children’s author, C.S. Lewis, was bullied badly in the English private school that he was subjected to as a child. His first school, Wynyard, had a bully as a headmaster. Robert Capron–nicknamed “Oldie” by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged bullies, bullying, C.S. Lewis, children's literature, Letters to an America Lady, Narnia, Pink Shirt Day, Surprised by Joy, the Narnian, Walter Hooper | 8 Comments

A Bargain at Twice the Price

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I have blogged before about my problematic love for books, especially the need to own books, to have them around me as a I live and move and have my being. It’s okay: I am working through it. And confederates … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, coffee lovers, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, letters, literature, Out of Print Books, Walter Hooper | 33 Comments

Shedding Light on Lost Manuscripts: A Review of Charlie Starr’s “Light”

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

It was by instinct that I went to the Wade archive for C.S. Lewis this past summer. I didn’t know what I would find, and when I got there the project I had proposed pretty much fell flat. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Reviews | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis Hoax, Charlie Starr, Kathryn Lindskoog, Light, literature, manuscript history, Q, The Man Born Blind, Walter Hooper | 43 Comments

The Surprising Danger of Light

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Years ago I remember watching the Val Kilmer film At First Sight. I’ve attached the trailer below; it is a basic boy-meets-girl story with an intriguing premise. A fifty-year-old man has been blind since childhood, but is offered sight through … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Charlie Starr, Death, Light, literature, neurologist oliver sacks, The Dark Tower, The Man Born Blind, Walter Hooper | 3 Comments

The Screwtape Letters Special Illustrated Edition by Artist Wayland Moore: A Bookstore Find Review

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Some of my favourite books are found at out-of-the-way second hand bookstores—a dying breed, I’m afraid. During a rainy drive through New Brunswick in June my wife and I stopped at Rags of Time bookstore, a tight, well-organized and overstocked … Continue reading →