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a journey through the imaginative worlds of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings

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

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

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

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

Book Announcement: The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Brenton Dickieson (and it’s on sale!)

Dear friends, I am happy to announce the launch dates for my new book! The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis (OUP, 2026) is now available in eBook format, and it is on its way to bookshelves near you. What holds Continue reading

What Makes the Montgomery Conference Awesome, with Allison Hudson and Caroline Jones (MaudCast S03E02)

Hello kindred spirits! We re back with another episode of the MaudCast, the podcast of the Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute. And today, we re talking about the Conference. Allison Hudson and Caroline Jones are two of the organizers of the next biennial Continue reading

The Hundred Acre Wood: (Stuffed) Animals in Literature (The Plunge Podcast with Derek Holser)

Happy spring Monday dear readers! I m hardening off my tomato and pepper seedlings as I work on a plan to combat invasive Japanese beetles before they can shred my Bing Holla! cheery tree, which is now in flower. The days Continue reading

Trumpkin Derangement Syndrome and Book Review Bulverism

I have a book on the way to print. Woo! and hoo! I thought my dominant feeling would be pride when I finally spoke those words. I probably will feel pride when, in the tradition of authors for the last Continue reading

L.M. Montgomery’s Backwoods Tale of Hilarity and Romance: Carolyn Strom Collins and The Blue Castle Manuscript (MaudCast S03E01)

Hello kindred spirits! I m back with another episode of the MaudCast, the podcast of the Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute. In S03E01, we are talking about The Blue Castle manuscript. This conversation with Carolyn Strom Collins is inspired by a book Continue reading

Walk With Me Through Narnia (March SPACE Class on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)

You have probably guessed by now that I m pretty committed to the idea of pilgrimage. I chose A Pilgrim in Narnia as the name for this site because I wanted to capture that feeling of walking with characters in a Continue reading

Hard Reading and Hip Hop After Humanity: A Review of Michael Ward’s Guide to C.S. Lewis’ Abolition of Man

I don t know if I ve mentioned it here, but it took me a long time to get what C.S. Lewis was doing in The Abolition of Man. It s the kind of book that gets name-dropped by columnists, philosophers, theologians, and knowing Continue reading

Fake Memes, Broken Dreams, and C.S. Lewis’s Apocalypse of the Imagination (Mythmoot Keynote)

Dear Friends, I am very pleased to share this talk with everyone: The Long Defeat: C.S. Lewis’s Apocalypse of the Imagination. For various reasons, I was unable to deliver my keynote live to the folks at Mythmoot X. Rather than Continue reading