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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
In Memory of Tammy Rowan Cox, Kate Simcoe, and Debbie Haney
For many summers, I served at C.S. Lewis’s home, “The Kilns,” during our C.S. Lewis Summer Seminars with three wonderful women. Kate Simcoe died of brain cancer in 2012. Debbie Haney died of dementia a few years ago. And, this morning, I learned the last of our beloved troop, Tammy Rowan Cox, bravely passed away […]