Greetings! Since I’ve been spending nearly every day from 9am until 7pm or so in the Sir Charles Mackerras Reading Room of the Weston Special Collections, then walking and riding buses and eating and working on the Fahrenheit 2451: Ideas … Read More
I am utterly delighted to announce to you who our keynote speakers will be for Fahrenheit 2451: Ideas Worth Saving, the conference Jordan Modell and I are planning in San Francisco in January. * Owen A. Barfield, grandson of Owen Barfield the Inkling; … Read More
How about a little good news? I am delighted to announce that I have been accepted as a Scholar in Residence at the Kilns, C.S. Lewis’s residence in Oxford, England! I’ll be heading over there for about three weeks, probably … Read More
Join me Jan 31-Feb 1, 2025, at the Internet Archive in San Francisco to explore the Future of Theology & Human Thought at a conference I’m organizing with Jordan Modell of Northwind Seminary. Visit https://ideasworthsaving.org/ to get all the details, … Read More
Commentator David French, in his New York Times newsletter, warns against misreading Tolkien to justify seizing power, even ostensibly in the service of goodness and right causes. Here is his piece, below. ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Is Not the … Read More
This morning (at 7am my time!) I had the honor of being the opening speaker at the Encontro Internacional de Estudos Mitopoéticos (International Meeting of Mythopoetic Studies) event “O SENHOR DOS ANÉIS: 70 anos de A Sociedade do Anel” (LORD … Read More
Work over at Wyrdhoard: Services for Writers is going very well. In fact, I finished my work on my first-ever client’s book last week. What a milestone! I thought you might be interested in knowing what I’m currently editing and … Read More
Hello, friends. If you’re here, chances are you like the works of the Inklings and their ilk. May I recommend a podcast to you? It’s called The Inklings Variety Hour, and it’s run by my friend Chris Pipkin. It’s one … Read More
Greetings and salutations. The Wyrd Wymen of Wyrdhoard are offering some upcoming training sessions and classes for Wryters? Here are the upcoming ones. All times are U.S. eastern. Contact Sørina for more information. Monday, Mar 25th @ 6pm — Workshop … Read More
Dear Readers! I’ve got a contract for The Oddest Inkling: An Introduction to Charles Williams (the book) to be published by Apocryphile Press. The manuscript is due on June 1st. I’ve dumped into one huge document all the stuff I’ve … Read More