Pacific Inklings Festival

The Southern California C.S. Lewis Society Presents:

The Pacific Inklings Festival
and General Meeting

Saturday, March 9^th, 9:00am–3:00pm
Heath Building 100 & The Great Commission Hall
Vanguard University
55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA

Featured Speaker:
Sørina Higgins
Editor of The Inklings and King Arthur
Keynote Address: “The Inklings Among Other Arthurs”

Other speakers will explore the Inklings
Merchants of Rare & Exotic Wares will be present

$5 Admission at the door
Free with student ID
Cosplay is encouraged!

PIF poster

Call For Papers:

In addition to a keynote speech, awards presentations, cosplay, vendors, and festive fellowship, the Pacific Inklings Festival would like to offer its attendees a few select talks by noteworthy Inklings scholars. Therefore, we invite submission of proposals for 5-page papers on the following topics. Please bear in mind that the selection process will be rigorous, as only a few papers will be chosen.

Suggested topics:

The Inklings Among Other Moderns: How were Lewis, Tolkien, Williams, Barfield et al engaged in literary dialogue with their “modernist” contemporaries?
Bright Drops of Spilled Religion: The Inklings and Romanticism. In what ways did these writers reinvent Romanticism for their own age?
Inklings in the Digital Age. How are the works of these writers continuing to survive and thrive as they are adapted into the age of the internet, VR, video games, film franchises, and choose-your-own-adventure TV series?

Please send your proposal to drjimprothero@gmail.com by Feb. 14th, 2019.

Invitation to Vendors:

If you would like to sell your Inklings-related books, art, music, merchandise, etc., at the Pacific Inklings Festival, please contact drjimprothero@gmail.com to make arrangements.

About Sørina Higgins

Dr. Sørina Higgins is an editor, writer, English teacher, public speaker, blogger, podcaster, and scholar of British modernist literature. She once founded and ran a University Press and has served as a writing tutor and consultant for everything from doctoral dissertations to a Jungian dream-journal. Her academic work focuses on Charles Williams (The Oddest Inkling) and magic in modern drama. She is currently revising a volume of short stories, Shall these Bones Breathe?, and previously published two books of poetry: Caduceus & The Significance of Swans. You can hire Sørina to edit your work, guide you through elements of creative or academic writing, teach courses on literature and writing, or speak to your group about any of these topics. Visit https://wyrdhoard.com/about/sorina-higgins/.

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3 Responses to Pacific Inklings Festival

Mark Allen Sommer says:

26 January 2019 at 22:21

Looks like a great conference. Wish I could be there.

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- David Llewellyn Dodds says:
  
  6 February 2019 at 19:48
  
  I’ll second that! And, what interesting topic suggestions!
  
  I’m learning from some Young People about the world of Computer Gaming, where there’s lots (fantasy) Mediaeval, and I’m not sure whether more Lovecraftian or Tolkienesque, but not, so far as I know, much Lewisian, Barfieldian, or Williamsian – yet…
  
  But ‘The Inklings and Romanticism’ really looks attractive! Maybe some contributors would also like to consider submitting something to my friend, Fr. Anthony Chadwick’s, newly-re-purposed ‘Blue Flower’ blog:
  
  https://sarumuse.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/christian-romanticism-for-the-2020s/
  
  Meanwhile, this is now available online, though even nearly three pages was not enough to try to do it justice…:
  
  https://journals.wheaton.edu/index.php/vii/article/view/553
  
  Best wishes to you and all for and at the Conference!
  
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David Llewellyn Dodds says:

11 March 2019 at 19:03

How did it go? (And, where else can we read more about that?)

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