Celebrating literature, local culture & over three decades of Eighth Day Books.
The Inklings Festival is a three-day, family-friendly celebration of a group of writers who have shaped the faith and imagination of countless people through The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, and many other life-changing books. Join us as we feast and learn from our favorite authors.

This year the annual Inklings Lecture will include three lectures.

Schedule of Events

October 22, 2024

Live Music

The Cottonwood Trio
Charlie Frisch
The Jack Korbel Confluence

Location:
Behind Eighth Day Books

Inklings Oktoberfest Schedule

October 25, 2024

6:00 p.m. - Keynote Inklings Lecture 1 - "C. S. Lewis & the Urgency of Beauty iin the Age of Evil Enchantment - Part I" by Jason Baxter at the Eighth Day Books Rear Parking Lot

October 26, 2024

11:00 a.m. - Bonus Inklings Lecture - "The Scariest Five Chapters in the Work of C. S. Lewis" by Terry Mattingly at the Eighth Day Books Rear Parking Lot

1-5 p.m. - Inklings Walking Tour - meet in front of Eighth Day Books (Separate Registration Required)

6:00 p.m. - Keynote Inklings Lecture 2 - "C. S. Lewis & the Urgency of Beauty in the Age of Evil Enchantment - Part II" by Jason Baxter at the Eighth Day Books Rear Parking Lot

October 27, 2024

12:30-6 p.m. - Inklings Festival behind Eighth Day Books

Children's Activities

12:30-5 p.m. - Archery, Bounce Castle and Inflatable Joust at Eighth Day Books back parking lot
1:30 p.m. - Inklings Reading in The Ladder
2:30 p.m. - Drawing Contest (theme TBA soon). Winner Announced at 5:30

Live Local Music

1-2 p.m. - Matthew Ebberwein
2:30-3:30 p.m. - Christena Graves
4-5:30 p.m. - The Jack Korbel Confluence

Seminars

1-1:30 p.m. - When I Forget the Words: Poetry Reading by Linda Lobmeyer at Eighth Day Books
2-2:30 p.m. - Dante's Quest for a Beauty that Could Save the World by Jason Baxter at Eighth Day Books
3-3:30 p.m. - The Art of Imitating Heaven: A Cosmology of Lewis & Tolkien by Joshua Sturgill at Eighth Day Books
4-4:30 p.m. - The Violent & the Numinous: Arthur Machen as Myth-maker by Christopher Tompkins at Eighth Day Books

Date:
October 25-27, 2024

Location:
Eighth Day Books, 2838 E Douglas Avenue
Wichita, KS 67214

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