All About Jack: A C.s. Lewis Podcast

IN THIS REPEAT: This is the single interview done with Dr. Devin Brown about his book The Christian World of The Hobbit. I also did a five part series on his book.   PLEASE NOTE: This stand-alone interview was recorded before the FIVE part series on the book was created.   Devin Brown has written several books dealing with The Chronicles of Narnia, and just releasing next month is The Christian World of The Hobbit. Devin is a Professor of English at Asbury University in Kentucky. William O'Flaherty had a chance to speak with him recently about the new book and some issues related to C.S. Lewis.   Purchase The Christian World of The Hobbit Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Visit Sørina Higgins's Iambic Admonit Website Visit Sehnsucht: The C.S. Lewis Journal Page

IN THIS REPEAT:  A chat with Drs. Don King and Hal Poe on writing.   What can a person learn about how to improve one's writing from C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien? That was the subject Dr. Don King and Dr. Hal Poe addressed in a session I moderated to kick off a Creative Writing Festival held for high school students at Montreat College on March 31, 2017. This was held just prior to the start of and apart from the Inklings Fellowship Weekend Retreat. At the last minute it ended up being recorded and the results were better than expected, so I thought I'd share the enjoyable time I had with Don and Hal chatting about Lewis and Tolkien in relation to writing. Note that below is are links to an online list of Lewis' works as well as a handout that Dr. King makes reference to that you might find useful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See List of Lewis' Writings (online) Handout from Dr. Don King (download Word file) Visit Inklings Fellowship Website Listen to Previous Interviews with Dr. Don King List

Timely and timeless news and information about Lewis and selected related authors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Watch it on YouTube: Last “Latest on Lewis” Post https://essentialcslewis.com/2023/08/23/latest-on-lewis-august-2023-update/ The New York C.S. Lewis Society (Lewis Manuscripts w/ Charlie Starr) http://www.nycslsociety.com/meetings C.S. Lewis Society of Central Indiana (Misquotes w/ William O’Flaherty) https://www.facebook.com/CSLewisofCentralIndiana – Classic Book About Lewis – The A-Z of C.S. Lewis https://amzn.to/3R4Ug5z Listen to a podcast interview about The A-Z of C.S. Lewis: https://allaboutjack.podbean.com/e/re-post-the-a-%e2%80%93-z-of-cs-lewis-colin-duriez-1651188267/ – YouTube Shorts on Lewis Misquotes – Did Lewis REALLY say “Children are not a distraction”? Did Lewis REALLY say “You Can’t Go Back and Change”? All About Jack Podcast: https://allaboutjack.podbean.com/ Essential C.S. Lewis website: https://essentialcslewis.com/ THE MISQUOTABLE C.S. LEWIS. https://amzn.to/2IUTJBr C

IN THIS REPEAT: There are a lot of biographies on Tolkien. Back in 2014 I shared about a SHORT one that is written by Dr. Devin Brown, author of several popular books on Narnia and Middle Earth. Dr. Devin Brown is back with another book about C.S. Lewis's (more famous) friend, J.R.R. Tolkien. This one is a brief biography simply called Tolkien. At the time I'm releasing this podcast, the final part of the movie version of The Hobbit will be out in a few weeks. Learn, or be reminded of, the interesting story of how Tolkien went from being "an obscure Oxford Professor" to "become the most beloved author of the century."  Purchase Tolkien Purchase The Christian World of The Hobbit Purchase Hobbit Lessons  Listen to The Christian World of The Hobbit (Interview or Series) Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL  Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis  

IN THIS REPEAT: Learn about Holly Ordway's 2021 book Tolkien's Modern Reading with co-host Lisa Coutras.  - - - -  C.S. Lewis had many friends...the most famous was J.R.R. Tolkien, whom he worked with for many years at Oxford University. Just as with Lewis, there are many misconceptions about Tolkien. One is that he "read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it." Dr. Holly Ordway has studied the issue for many years and discovered Tolkien was much more aware of modern culture and the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was not only medieval. She joined William O'Flaherty for a podcast interview to share her insightful findings. Dr. Lisa Coutras also joined the show to help with co-hosting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via Amazon Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via the Publisher (and see Holly's videos) LISTEN to Apologetics and the Christian Imagination INTERVIEW LISTEN to Not God's Type INTERVIEW Hear Holly as a Guest on Some of