CS Lewis Society
Conferences, retreats, tours
Links (includes Narnia links)
Updated 3/08
Photo by Joel Heck.
The Central Texas C.S. Lewis Society meets at Christ the Lightgiver Bookstore, 800 W. Park St., Cedar Park, Texas. We usually meet on the last Sunday of the month. Premeeting refreshments are available at 6:00 p.m. The meeting begins at 6:30 and ends at 8:00 p.m. Topics are listed below. Meetings are open to the public. All are welcome.
Meetings in 2008:
January 27: More essays from On Stories
February 24: "On Fairy-Stories" by J. R. R. Tolkien
March 30: The Republic by Plato
April 27: Prince Caspian. Meeting at One American Center.
Meetngs in 2007:
January 28: Joy, the "unsatisfied desire which is itself
more desirable than any other satisfaction"
February 25: Till We Have Faces
March 26: Special Monday meeting at Concordia University.
Walter Hooper receive honorary doctorate and speaks
on the legacy of C.S. Lewis. Beto Center, 7 p.m.
April 29: Discussion of Walter Hooper visit and
the Lewis on Education conference
May 27: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
June 24: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
July 29: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
August 26: That Hideous Strength
September 30: That Hideous Strength con't
October 28: Essays from On Stories
November 11 Combined meeting with South Austin
C. S. Lewis reading group at Institute offices
November 25: "A Reply to Professor Haldane"
December 30: no meeting
Meetings in 2006:
January 29: Discussion of the movie version
of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
February 26: Letters to Children and "On Three Ways of
Writing for Children"
March 26: Irrigating Deserts, Dr. Joel Heck's newly
published book on Lewis and education
April -- No meeting. Instead, please attend
C.S. Lewis Conference at St. Edward's University
on April 29. Conference sponsored by
Hill Country Institute of Contemporary Christianity.
May 28: Lewis on Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
Discussion of last month's conference (see above)
June 25: Guest Speaker Louis Markos
July 30: Walter Hooper's Impact on Lewis Studies
August 27: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
September 24: George MacDonald: An Anthology
October 29: Phantastes by George MacDonald
November 26: Articles about Phantastes
December -- No meeting.
Meeting Location:
Christ the Lightgiver Bookstore
800 W. Park St.
Cedar Park, Texas 78613
Map and directions
Meetings are open to the public. All are welcome.
As of September 2007, meetings are announced on the Society's Yahoo! Group site:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/centraltexascslewissociety/
Contact information also available at the Yahoo! Group site.