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Charity Volunteers Find Rare Narnia First Edition

Paul Martin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:23:10 +0000

This would be one amazing find, as The Last Battle is my favorite book in the series. A first edition of the book has been discovered by a pair of charity bookshop volunteers. Christine and Robert Williams were sorting through a delivery of donations to the National Trust’s second-hand bookshop at Mottisfont and came across [...]

Narnia Limited Edition Giclee Prints of BBC Paintings by Andrew Skilleter

Paul Martin — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:42:32 +0000

Andrew Skilleter is the artist behind the covers of the BBC radio editions of The Chronicles of Narnia. He asked me to mention that he’s made available, by popular demand, a limited run of 250 of each title as special prints of his artwork. If you missed it, we posted a story about the exhibition [...]

Narnia Book Cover Redesigns by M.S. Corley

Paul Martin — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:21:43 +0000

There’s an artist that has become quite well known for his redesigns of book covers. Most notibly, the Harry Potter series. Unfortunately it doesn’t appear that they’ll ever see publication, but that doesn’t mean we cannot hope that some of his designs will one day see print. I had been watching his blog to see [...]

C.S. Lewis, Narnia Books now available for Amazon Kindle 2

Paul Martin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:40:58 +0000

Amazon.com has today announced the release of their new edition of Kindle. With that announcement comes new additions to the library of books available for Kindle, including many works written by C.S. Lewis. As detailed in the Kindle 2 press release: The Kindle Store currently offers more than 230,000 books — up from 90,000 when Kindle [...]

Pauline Baynes, Narnia’s illustrator, dies at 85 – UPDATED (2)

Paul Martin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:57:00 +0000

We've just received the sad news that the original illustrator of The Chronicles of Narnia has just passed away.

Lewis books raise £34,000

Jonathon Svendsen — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:04:00 +0000

Last month, we informed NarniaFans that CS Lewis' secretary Walter Hooper would be auctioning off signed first edition copies of three of the Narnian Chronicles. We are delighted to report that the books were able to help raise £34,000 .

Narnia books boost appeal

Jonathon Svendsen — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:16:00 +0000

A former secretary of Oxford author CS Lewis is giving away signed first editions of the author's Narnia books to raise money to renovate a city church.

The Oxford Oratory Church of St Aloysius, in Woodstock Road, is set to receive the windfall thanks to the generosity of Walter Hooper.

Parade.com Narnia Quiz

Paul Martin — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:28:00 +0000

The fantasy novel series from C. S. Lewis has sold over 100 million copies. And after the success of the first movie, audiences are ready for the sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Narnia Pop-up Book – In Depth

Paul Martin — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:14:00 +0000

At HarperCollins Childrens, they've added a new video feature and behind the scenes on the making of the Pop-up book.

‘Prince Caspian’ Movie Tie-In Edition Features Exclusive Narnia Timeline Originated by C. S. Lewis

Paul Martin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:16:00 +0000

The countdown to Walt Disney Pictures' and Walden Media's film 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian' begins today with the release of THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION. For the first time, readers can experience Narnia in a collectible edition featuring an 8-page, fold-out insert based on C. S. Lewis's own timeline conceived for Narnia. The stunning cover artwork from 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian' movie introduces a dashing new hero-actor Ben Barnes ('Stardust') as Prince Caspian.