This podcast is on Madeleine L’Engle, author of one of theall time classic’s, A Wrinkle In Time. The seeker, Madeleine L’Engle, becomes the story teller.

One of the questions at the festival was did her Christianity effect her stories? Or did her stories effect her Christianity? This podcast delves into that question and much much more featuring someone who knew her not just as a friend but as a grandmother.

Lena Roy, who along with her sister, Charlotte Jones Voiklis, wrote the biography: Becoming Madeleine. Lena delves into the writing process and what they discovered along the way.

For more information on the annual CS Lewis Festival each September at the renowned Great Lakes Center for the Arts in Bay Harbor, Michigan please visit us at CSLewisfestival.org in Petoskey, Michigan.

Today’s podcast features Festival co-founder, Sarah Arthur. Sarah is the author of a dozen nonfiction books on the intersection of faith and great literature, including the award-winning A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, Sarah also co-directs, along with Sophfronia Scott, the L’Engle Writing Retreats held annually in the U.S. Sarah’s Young Adult fantasy series: Once A Queen, and recently featured on NBC’s Today Show, is inspired by authors like Lewis and L’Engle.

As part of this growing podcast series we’re taking a look at the
2024 CS Lewis Festival featuring a unique group of speakers,
and authors delving into the theme: The Seeker & the
Storytellers featuring C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, and
Thomas Merton.

This podcast features award winning journalist Sophfronia Scott, founding director of the Alma College MFA in Creative Writing and author of The Seeker & The Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton. Sophfronia also has many other nonfiction and fiction titles to her credit. She is, along with Sarah Arthur, Co-Director of the L’engle Writing Retreat.

As part of this growing podcast series we’re taking a look at the 2024 CS Lewis Festival featuring a unique group of speakers, and authors delving into the theme: The Seeker & the Storytellers featuring C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, and Thomas Merton. All 3 were 20th-century seekers whose moral imagination and spiritual quests were transformed by reading great books. All three went on to become renowned authors, poets, and storytellers of faith whose works are widely influential today.