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A previously-unknown poem by CS Lewis, in which he finds inspiration in whisky, warm blankets and the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, has been discovered.

(OSV News) -- In a rambling red-brick house on the western edge of Oxford, England, a melancholy desk sits at a bay window looking out over tangled woodland. In the foreground, an ancient ashtray stands broodingly against a worn leather armchair, surrounded by wall maps and pictures depicting a fantasy landscape. When Clive Staples Lewis

The 2023 Mythopoeic Award winners were revealed during the Mythopoeic Society’s Online Midsummer Seminar 2023, "Fantasy Goes to Hell", on August 6. MYTHOPOEIC FANTASY AWARD FOR ADULT LITERATURE Sacha Lamb, When the Angels Left the Old Country (Levine Querido, 2022) 2023 MYTHOPOEIC FANTASY AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans (Algonquin Young Readers, 2022) 2023

This book reveals the unique contribution made by the three founding fathers of British fantasy – Lord Dunsany, E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkien – and traces the poetic, philosophical and theological roots of that striking preoccupation with mortality and temporality