News for Apr. 20, 2006

UC Riverside to Host Conference on C.S. Lewis’ ‘Narnia’ Chronicles

4/20/06, 8:10 pm EST - Xoanon

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) -- You might want to grab one of the old coats hanging in that big closet: It can be chilly where UC Riverside is taking scholars and fans of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia books, even though travelers will remain in the Humanities 1500 lecture hall the whole time. Fortunately, guides for the journey -- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 5 -- have had some experience with fantasy worlds. “Through the Wardrobe: A Narnia Conference” follows October’s very successful “Pottermania” conference, which drew an enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd. [More]