Wardrobes and Rings
Through Lenten Lands with the Inklings
Malcolm Guite author Simon Horobin author Julia Golding author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Canterbury Press Norwich
Publishing:28th Nov '25
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 28th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Journey through Lent with the insight and imagination of the Oxford Inklings - a group of writers who reshaped Christian thought and storytelling in the twentieth century. Drawing on the work of some of the Inklings’ most well-known members, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as friends of the Inklings such as Dorothy Sayers and T.S. Eliot, Wardrobes and Rings explores through their eyes a faith which is tinged with seriousness, creativity and joy. This devotional draws on their writings - fiction, poetry, and essays - offering daily readings and reflections that illuminate the path to the cross and resurrection. Weekly themes such as temptation, time, nature and creativity guide the way. Written by Julia Golding, Malcolm Guite and Simon Horobin: a novelist, a poet-priest, and an Oxford professor all deeply immersed in the Inklings’ world and wisdom, Wardrobes and Rings invites you to rediscover Lent through the lens of imagination-infused faith.
"C.S. Lewis once famously said, at an Inklings meeting in The Eagle & Child, after drinking only three pints before lunch, that he was “going short for Lent.” I felt a similar sense of abstemiousness as I read this book. If it counts as an ascetic journey through the wilderness to read Lewis, Tolkien and other writers in their circle, while enjoying the richly helpful guidance of Golding, Guite and Horobin, then I can hardly imagine what I’m going to do for Christmas. Feast on this fast!" -- Michael Ward
ISBN: 9781786226891
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128 pages