CS Lewis Tour
The world knows Clive Staples Lewis as CS Lewis the
creative mind that produced the Chronicles of Narnia, but few
people know him as the prolific intellect who was also an academic,
medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and
Christian apologist. Our summer Sunday tour will open up a world of
adventure and imagination that will enthral and astound you; Lewis
was born and grew up in Belfast and that is where the tour begins.
It is here in the city of his birth that ‘Jack’ as he was known to
his friends was first influenced; it was here that the seeds of
Narnia, The Screwtape Letters and the Space Trilogy amongst a great
many other works both fiction and non-fiction were sown in that
young impressionable mind.
CS Lewis would be proud to have his story
related by Sandy Smith. Sandy is a true story teller in the age old
tradition of the bards of Ireland; he weaves the story of ‘Jack’
like a great maestro, a seanchaí. The seanchaí or storytellers of
Ireland were held in the highest esteem and made use of a range of
storytelling conventions, styles of speech and gestures that were
peculiar to the Irish folk tradition and characterized them as
practitioners of their art.
Lewis's works have been translated into more
than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies over the years
so if you are ambivalent about this great writer, this son of
Belfast, then take this tour and be prepared to convert to admirer
status if not to outright fan.
Guided C.S. Lewis coach tours run every Sunday from
5th June until Sunday 25th
September 2011 (inclusive).
Price: £10 for adults and £8 for children (under
16), students and senior citizens (over 65).
Please note that the tour is unsuitable for very young
children (under 10 approx).
Tour Time: Tours depart at 14.00 from outside the
Linen Hall Library, Donegall Square North, Belfast and last
approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. Tickets can be
purchased from Belfast Welcome Centre, 47 Donegall Place,
Belfast.
Tickets are available from:
Belfast Welcome Centre
47 Donegall Place
Belfast BT1 5AD
T: +44 (0) 28 9024 6609
Or book online here
Private tours:
Can be arranged outside the above
time by contacting Sandy Smith on:
T: +44 (0) 7816926186
E: sandysm1th@hotmail.co.uk