Media & Speaking

Available for interviews, keynotes, and panels

Leslie Baynes is available for podcast interviews, keynotes, academic panels, webinars, book clubs, and church and parish events — in person and online.

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Topics

Leslie speaks on three overlapping areas. Hosts are welcome to choose a published topic or propose something new.

C. S. Lewis and the Bible

  • How Lewis actually read Scripture — and why it matters
  • The marginalia in Lewis’s personal library: what the notes reveal
  • Lewis on the Gospel of John, and why he sometimes got it wrong
  • The “Liar, Lunatic, Lord” argument, revisited
  • Myth as fact or fiction: Lewis vs. Bultmann
  • Lewis and universalism: a reading of The Great Divorce
  • Scripture hidden in plain sight in the Chronicles of Narnia
  • Lewis on biblical inerrancy

Biblical Studies for General Audiences

  • Translating the Catholic American Bible: what the work is like, and why translation choices matter
  • The Book of Revelation: what it is, what it isn’t, and how to read it
  • Apocalyptic literature in the ancient Jewish and Christian world
  • 1 Enoch and the New Testament
  • Heavenly books and divine writing in antiquity
  • What the serious biblical scholar can offer the church and the world
Upcoming

Forthcoming appearances

Recent

Recent appearances

Press

In the press

Formats

Podcast interview

Remote. Standard author interview or deep-dive conversation.

Keynote or public lecture

30–60 minutes plus Q&A. In-person or virtual. Universities, seminaries, conferences, Lewis societies, Inklings societies, literary festivals.

Book club or parish event

20-minute talk plus extended Q&A. Virtual preferred for travel efficiency; in-person negotiable.

Academic panel

Society of Biblical Literature, Catholic Biblical Association, and similar. Contact directly for proposals.

Webinar or online course

Single session or short series.

Contact for booking

For media and speaking inquiries, response within 3–5 business days.

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