By Deborah Higgens Colin Duriez, who passed away on November 1, 2025, was a prolific author of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and other fantasy authors and works leaving us with approximately 20 books. These included The C.S. Lewis Encyclopedia, Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings: A Guide to Middle Earth, The Inklings
Call for Papers: Academic Roundtable of the 2024 C.S. Lewis Conference & Faculty Forum
Sponsored by C. S. Lewis Foundation and the C. S. Lewis Study Center, Northfield, MA Longing for Beauty and Justice: Restoring a Commonweal University of Massachusetts, Amherst November 1-3, 2024 Theme Statement: Despite cultural and political tensions there is a prevailing longing for both Beauty and Justice. How do these two important concepts relate? Can
A Tribute in Memory of Dr. J. Stanley Mattson (1937-2024)
Our Founder and first President, Stan Mattson, died this week at age 86. A great man, but more importantly, a good man, he was many things to people over the course of his life – a friend, husband, father, mentor, father-figure, leader, President, Headmaster, Professor, truck stop owner, student, son, sailor, and a formidable “Words
For Lewis Reading Day, 2023
When C. S. Lewis gave his famous “De Descriptione Temporum” speech at Cambridge University, he described himself as a “dinosaur” partly because his education had been of the older type, where it was expected that a youth read the classics in the original Greek or Latin. Though he went on to teach Philosophy and English
Announcing our Writer’s Conference and other events through 2025
Dear Friend, Greetings! We hope you are enjoying these cooler autumn days and that the upcoming holiday season will be a blessing for you and your families. We regularly pray for our friends, supporters, and speakers. If you have a prayer request, simply reply to this email and let us know. ———- We are excited