10th Annual
Inklings Festival
C. S. Lewis
The Urgency of Beauty in the Age of Evil Enchantment
Anno Domini 2024, October 25-27
Wichita, KS
Celebrating literature & over three decades of Eighth Day Books.
The Inklings Festival is a three-day, family-friendly celebration of a group of writers who have shaped the faith and imagination of countless people through The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, and many other life-changing books. Join us as we feast and learn from our favorite authors. And do consider offering a contribution to support cultural renewal for this fall fundraising event.
Activities
Burgers, Bratwursts,
& Local Craft Beer
Bounce Castle with Slide
Drawing Contest
Details Soon!
Inklings Lectures by
Jason M. Baxter and Terry Mattingly
Live Music
Local Microbrewery
Walking Tour with Public Toasts to the Inklings
(Limited to 30 Participants!)
Annual Inklings Lecture
& Seminar by Jason Baxter
C. S. Lewis & the Urgency of Beauty in the Age of Evil Enchantment
Dante's Quest for Beauty That Could Save the World
Click here to learn more about Dr. Baxter
Annual Walking Tour with Toasts led by Jeremy Wagner
Inklings Festival Schedule
Friday 10.25.24
- 6:00 p.m. Keynote Inklings Lecture 1 - "C. S. Lewis & the Urgency of Beauty iin the Age of Evil Enchantment - Part I" by Jason Baxter at the Eighth Day Books Rear Parking Lot
Saturday 10.26.24
- 11:00 a.m. Bonus Inklings Lecture - "The Scariest Five Chapters in the Work of C. S. Lewis" by Terry Mattingly at the Eighth Day Books Rear Parking Lot
- 1-5 p.m. Inklings Walking Tour - meet in front of Eighth Day Books (Separate Registration Required)
- 6:00 p.m. Keynote Inklings Lecture 2 - "C. S. Lewis & the Urgency of Beauty in the Age of Evil Enchantment - Part II" by Jason Baxter at the Eighth Day Books Rear Parking Lot
Sunday 10.27.24
- 12:30-6 p.m. Inklings Festival behind Eighth Day Books
Children’s Activities
- 12:30-5 p.m. Archery and Bounce Castle at Eighth Day Books back parking lot
- 1:30 p.m. Inklings Reading in The Ladder
- 2:30 p.m. Drawing Contest. Winner Announced at 5:30
Live Local Music (schedule to be finalized soon)
- 1-2 p.m. Christena Graves
- 2:30-3:30 p.m. 81/54 Junction
- 4-5:30 p.m. The Jack Korbel Confluence
Seminars
- 1-1:30 p.m. Dante's Quest for a Beauty that Could Save the World
by Jason Baxter at Eighth Day Books
- 2-2:30 p.m. When I Forget the Words: Poetry Reading
by Linda Lobmeyer at Eighth Day Books
- 3-3:30 p.m. The Art of Imitating Heaven: A Cosmology of Lewis & Tolkien
by Joshua Sturgill at Eighth Day Books
- 4-4:30 p.m. The Violent & the Numinous: Arthur Machen as Myth-maker
by Christopher Tompkins at Eighth Day Books
Live Music
Performing live on Sunday, October 22nd behind Eighth Day Books
Christena Graves
81/54 Junction
The Jack Korbel Confluence
Past Inklings Lectures
2021
"Dreamt in Fire: The Dreadful Ecstacy of Arthur Machen" and "Of Sacraments and Ghosts: Comments on Christianity and the Horror Genre" by
Christopher Thompkins
2020
"Saving the Shire Ascetic Renunciation and Love of Home in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings" by Richard Rohlin
David Jones: History & Sacrament as Home" by Fr. Gabrielle Rochelle
2019
The Sacramental Imagination of George MacDonald
by Vigen Guroian
Maddened Beauty: Imagination as Knowing in C. S. Lewis by Jessica Hooten Wilson
2018
G. K. Chesterton: Father of the Inklings by Ralph Wood
2017
World on Fire: How the Inklings Responded with Hope & Creativity by Joseph Pearce
2016
A Society of Gods? Theosis in the Inklings by Ralph Wood
2015
The Ethics of Elfland: Virtue & Vice in Narnia and Middle Earth by Louis Markos
Location and Contact
2838 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67214
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