Ursula K. Le Guin’s Manifesto Against Genre Snobbery
One of our greatest speculative fiction writers, Ursula K. Le Guin, has never been one to turn down a fight. A genius in two of my favourite genres, science fiction and fantasy–especially planetary...
View ArticleA Time to Listen: Rebecca Roanhorse’s Astonishing Novel Black Sun (Blogging...
As part of my “Blogging the Hugos” series, I have just finished Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. Normally as I am reading a book, a theme or image or idea emerges that gives me a chance to write a...
View ArticleChristmas With J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father Christmas Letters
My little 2015 piece on J.R.R. Tolkien’s funny and endearing Father Christmas Letters has had quite a spin around the internet this week. I cannot think of a better Christmas note for you, dear readers...
View ArticleCFP: Gardeners of the Galaxies: How Imaginary Worlds Teach Us to Care for...
Hello dear readers! I am super pleased to announce that I am co-editing an academic book with my long-time friend and scholar, Dr. Sørina Higgins (of The Oddest Inkling fame, with edited volumes like...
View ArticleThe Pilgrim’s Progress and the Nursery Bookshelf: A Book’s Journey (Throwback...
At A Pilgrim in Narnia, we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” By raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s, I find a blog post from the past and throw it back out into the...
View Article“Gardeners of the Galaxies” Discussion with Sørina Higgins and Brenton...
“Gardeners of the Galaxies? How Imaginary Worlds Teach Us to Care for This One”: A discussion with Sørina Higgins and Brenton Dickieson on Inkling Folk Fellowship (Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 4pm Eastern) In...
View ArticleCFP: “Gardeners of the Galaxies: How Imaginary Worlds Teach Us to Care for...
I am about to talk about gardening while my own garden is suffering from busy-related neglect. Even my little seedlings, planted with plenty of time for our last frost day (usually about June 10th in...
View ArticleLiving in a World with Octobers: An Anne of Green Gables Greeting from Prince...
It is another gorgeous and breezy October day here in Prince Edward Island. Our Autumns usually begin about the third week of August: the evenings turn cool while fine days are punctuated with ocean...
View ArticleA Brace of Tolkien Posts for his 132nd Birthday (#TolkienBirthdayToast)
As J.R.R. Tolkien was born 69,425,820 minutes ago, give or take. The Tolkien Society is again raising a toast to the Professor on his birthday, 3 January 2023 (see here). After Bilbo left the Shire on...
View ArticleC.S. Lewis and the Total Eclipse of the Heavens, with An Unauthorized...
Well, it has been quite some time since I wrote my “I’m still here but just exhausted” blog post. I am still here! I am less exhausted, but the tumbling forward of incomplete work continues. Moreover,...
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