Monthly Archives: June 2009
Dawn Treader in New Zealand?
Stuff.co.nz reports: “Most of the third film in the Narnia series is likely to be shot in Queensland – although it is still possible that some of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader could be shot in New Zealand. Queensland …
Focus on the Family to Adapt “The Screwtape Letters”
Focus on the Family has announced that their next project in their C.S. Lewis adaptions will be Lewis’ famous tale of two demons conjuring to lead a human to sin and ultimately to Hell: The Screwtape Letters. (Believe me, it’s …
Town in Italy “Proven” to Have Inspired C.S.Lewis!
An Umbrian hill-town is celebrating after finally receiving ’proof’ that it provided Irish author C. S. Lewis with the inspiration for his classic children’s fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis’s former personal secretary and biographer, Walter Hooper, has now …
Howard Berger to Speak at IMATs Conference
From Makeupmag.com: “Oscar® winner Howard Berger and special make-up effects artist Gino Acevedo have been added as guest speakers for the International Make-Up Artist Trade Show (IMATS), held Sept. 12-13 at the Sydney Convention Centre in Sydney, Australia. Berger, who …
C.S. Lewis’ Church Celebrating 160 Years
“The house in Oxford (England) that inspired CS Lewis to write The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be open to the public for a festival of flowers. The event is organized by the local Christian community as part …
Inspiration for Lewis’ Writing Endangered
From the Malvern Gazette: “ACADEMIC fans of Narnia creator C S Lewis could come to the defence of Malvern’s gas lamps, which inspired a famous scene in one of his novels. The future of the gas lamps has once again …
“Last Battle” First Ed. at Auction
From Woolley & Wallis: An unexpected treasure, discovered by two sharp-eyed volunteers in the National Trust’s second-hand bookshop at Mottisfont, is being sold in Woolley and Wallis’s next book auction. Christine and Robert Williams are keen amateur antiquarians who run …