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To view previous Calendars of Events for the C. S. Lewis Festival, please download our PDF.

2024 (September 13 – 15)

  • Theme: The Seeker and the Storytellers
  • Featured Speakers: Sophfronia Scott, Sarah Arthur, Lena Roy/Charlotte Jones Voiklis

2023 (September 21 – 24)

  • Theme: Writing and Friendship with C.S. Lewis
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. Jerry Root, Dr. Wayne Martindale, Don W. King

2022 (September 15 – 17)

  • Theme: Women and C.S. Lewis
  • Featured Speakers: Ann Voskamp, Sarah Arthur, Carolyn Curtis

2021 (September 10 – 12)

  • Theme: C.S. Lewis and Friendship
  • Featured Speakers: Philip Yancey, Trygve Johnson, Kristen Deede Johnson

2020 (September 25 – October 23 – Virtual festival due to COVID-19)

  • Theme: Revisiting The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis (2016)
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. Jerry Root, Mark Neal, Phil Jamieson

2019 (September 19 – 22)

  • Theme: C.S. Lewis and Film
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. David C. Downing, Dr. Crystal Downing, Chip Duncan

2018 (September 20 – November 19)

  • Theme: C.S. Lewis in Music and Poetry: The Divine Comedy
  • Featured Speakers: Rev. Dr. Michael Ward, Rev. Malcolm Guite

2017 (September 11 – November 7)

  • Theme: The Magic Never Ends, 15th Anniversary
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. Peter J. Kreeft, Chip Duncan, Suzanne Shumway, Dr. Kenneth (Kip) Murphy

2016 (September 12 – November 14)

  • Theme: The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. Jerry Root, Mark Neal, Phil Jamieson

2015 (September 22 – November 4)

  • Theme: C.S. Lewis and War
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. Joseph Loconte, David C. Downing, Crystal Downing, Tony Campolo, Sarah Arthur

2014 (October 23 – November 24)

  • Theme: A Quest for Meaning: Myth, Imagination, and Faith in the Lives and Literature of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Featured Speakers: Chip Duncan, David Crouse, Verlyn Flieger, Dr. Peter Schakel

2013 (October 3 – November 25)

  • Theme: Celebrating C.S. Lewis and his 50-Year Legacy
  • Featured Speakers: Philip Yancey, Tom Arthur, Sarah Arthur, Dr. Wayne Martindale

2012 (October 15 – November 19)

  • Theme: C.S. Lewis and Today’s Reader
  • Featured Speakers: Mickey Maudlin, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Sarah Arthur, Dr. Peter Schakel

2011 (October 17 – November 21)

  • Theme: The Magician’s Nephew; Let the Adventure Begin
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. Marjorie Lamp Mead, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Sarah Arthur

2010 (October 7 – November 22)

  • Theme: Lewis and Tolkien: The Story Behind the Phenomenon
  • Featured Speakers: Sarah Arthur, Dr. Diane Glyer, Douglas Anderson

2009 (October 1 – November 23)

  • Theme: C.S. Lewis and Friends
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. James Como, Walter Hooper, Kim Gilnett, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Dr. Marjorie Lamp Mead

2008 (November 3 – 25)

  • Theme: C.S. Lewis and the Cosmos
  • Featured Speakers: Mathew Hazelwood, Dr. Owen Gingerich, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Dr. Wayne Martindale, Rev. Dr. Michael Ward

2007 (October 26 – November 18)

  • Theme: The Question of God
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. Jerry Root, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Tim Strauss

2006 (October 26 – November 12)

  • Theme: Myth, Imagination, and Faith
  • Featured Speakers: Reza Aslan, David Crouse, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Chip Duncan, Dr. Peter Schakel, Dr. Leland Ryken, Tim Strauss, Suzanne Shumway, Sarah Arthur

2005 (October 27 – November 20)

  • Theme: The Mind Behind Narnia
  • Featured Speakers: Sarah Arthur, Chip Duncan, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Dr. Andrew P. Cuneo, Rev. Douglas Gresham

2004 (November 1 – 21)

  • Theme: C.S. Lewis as Imaginative Theologian
  • Featured Speakers: Suzanne Shumway, Sarah Arthur, Chip Duncan, Rev. Rev. Dr. Michael Ward, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Tim Strauss, Dabney Hart

2003 (November 6 – 30)

  • Theme: An Uncommon Friendship: C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Featured Speakers: Dr. Christopher Mitchell, Chip Duncan, David Crouse