On November 29th, 2024, we will be celebrating the second annual C. S. Lewis Reading Day.
Why should Tolkien nerds have all the fun?
The Tolkien fandom has had a Tolkien Reading Day on March 25th since it was established by The Tolkien Society in 2003.
On this day, Tolkien fans share their favourite quotations from Tolkien’s works on social media, as well as watch (typically the extended editions!) of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Tolkien podcasts and YouTube channels host special episodes and events are often held at schools, museums, and libraries.
We felt like it was time for Lewis to be likewise honoured! Here’s what we have planned for our inaugural celebration…
Share quotations…
On C. S. Lewis Reading Day, we invite all C. S. Lewis fans to share their favourite quotations on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
We’re asking everyone to tag their posts with #CSLewisReadingDay. Let’s get that hashtag trending!
We encourage everyone to produce beautiful graphical versions of their favourite Lewis quotations, but if you’d like to save some time, we have also amassed a very large collection of quotation graphics over the past seven years. Please feel free to download and share any of them.
An “ussie” with Jack
This year on #CSLewisReadingDay, we are also encouraging people to take a selfie with their favourite C. S. Lewis book. Since it’s a picture with Jack, it’s probably should be called an ussie…
All together, in one place…
The main event of November 29th will be a series of YouTube and Facebook livestreams.
We’ll have content-creators, super fans, and Lewis scholars coming on the streams this year. We’ll be discussing:
- Our favourite Lewis books and quotations
- The upcoming Netflix Narnia adaptation
- Lewis’ neglected works
- The theme for next year’s Reading Day celebration!
The livestream will be divided into two sessions, each with a panel of Inklings-related content creators:
- 7-8 (British)
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- 7-8 (US Eastern)
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- 7-8 (US Pacific)
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Win free books!
During these livestreams we will be giving away hundreds of dollars of Inkling-related books! For your chance to win some, please sign-up here:
Community Events
In addition to these livestreams, our Reading Day partners will be producing special videos, podcasts, and articles…
| Organisation | Planned Reading Day Activity |
|---|---|
| @MedicalInkling | – |
| All About Jack podcast | – |
| Kyle King | – |
| Cartas De Narnia Instagram channel | – |
| C.S. Lewis Foundation | – |
| C. S. Lewis Institute | – |
| C. S. Lewis Society of California | – |
| Forefront Festival | – |
| Hazel’s Stories | – |
| Into the Wardrobe YouTube channel | – |
| Lesser-Known Lewis podcast | – |
| Lorehaven website and podcast | – |
| Michael Kelley | – |
| Men with Chests podcast | – |
| Mere C.S. Lewis podcast | – |
| Northwind Seminary | – |
| Once a Narnian podcast | – |
| Oxford Center for Fantasy | – |
| PostlesLodge IG Channel | – |
| Pints With Jack podcast | – |
| Reading Jack with Jack substack | – |
| Talking Beasts podcast | – |
| The Thinklings | – |
| The Arizona C. S. Lewis Society | – |
| The Anselm Society | – |
| The C.S. Lewis Book Club | – |
| The C.S. Lewis Podcast | – |
| The C. S. Lewis Society of Chattanooga | – |
| The C.S. Lewis Symposium at Ulster University | – |
| The Inkling Folk Fellowship | – |
| The Inklings Variety Hour podcast | – |
| The Lamp-post Listener podcast | – |
| The Oxford C. S. Lewis Society | – |
| The New York C.S. Lewis Society | – |
| The Portland C.S. Lewis Society | – |
| Torah from Narnia blog | – |
If you would like to get involved, please contact us!