Malcolm Guite

YouTube video by Malcolm Guite From ‘Wardrobes and Rings’ my new book about the Inklings

My author copy of Wardrobes and Rings has arrived! In this Spell in the Library I read you an extract youtu.be/_gmO8AAX0q8

Thanks for the shoutout

Time for this lovely book by @malcolmguite.bsky.social to come off the shelf once more. The 1st reading is the beautiful Advent Sunday by Christina Rossetti

Canterbury Press Events

Happy to let my UK readers know that tickets are now available for 'Merlin's Isle: A journey in Words and Music' at the beautiful Temple church in London Feb 17th. There should also be advance copies of the book itself available! canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/events

Thanksgiving: a sonnet There is no feast of Thanksgiving in either the British national or church calendars, but it seems to me a good thing for any nation to set aside a day for the gratitude which is in truth the root …

So I give thanks for our deep coinherence
Inwoven in the web of God’s own grace…
I thank him for the truth behind appearance,
I thank him for his light in every face,
I thank him for you all, with every breath.

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YouTube video by Malcolm Guite Reading in Romania!

For tonight's Spell in the Library you catch up with me in a beautiful library in Romania!
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Hilda and Caedmon Hilda of WhitbyWe have come to the feast day of Abess Hilda of Whitby. Saint Hilda was great leader of the Church in England and the first patron of English Christian poetry. She also presided…

Called to a conflict and a clash of cultures,

Where insults flew whilst synod was in session,

You had the gift to find the gift in others,

A woman’s wisdom, deftness and discretion
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YouTube video by Malcolm Guite Home again with Bilbo!

For tonight's Spell in the Library I return home to my little study and read and reflect on the account of Bilbo's homecoming at the end of The Hobbit youtu.be/Nf-oFmoSiu0

Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner Melancholy can be a source of wisdom, Malcolm Guite reflects

Melancholy can be a source of wisdom, @malcolmguite.bsky.social reflects #poetscorner #poetry

YouTube video by The Wonder of Tolkien Malcom Guite on enchantment and imagination.

The world is enchanted and filled with meaning - and few people have helped me see this in a deeper way than @malcolmguite.bsky.social ! This was one of my favorite conversations; filled with thoughts on Tolkien, Lewis and this wild life. Enjoy!

YouTube video by Malcolm Guite George Herbert’s ‘Prayer’ and some poems inspired by it!

For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me reading George Herbert in Missouri! youtu.be/trDX1-0ekTE

All Hallow’s Eve; a sonnet of reclamation The dark is bright with quiet lives and steady lights undimmedHalloween seems to be creeping up on Christmas in the crass commercialism stakes, even here in England, where the tradition is less str…

The dark is bright
With quiet lives and steady lights undimmed,
The witness of the ones we shunned and shamed.
Plain in our sight and far beyond our seeing
He weaves them with us in the web of being

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All Hallow’s Eve; a sonnet of reclamation The dark is bright with quiet lives and steady lights undimmedHalloween seems to be creeping up on Christmas in the crass commercialism stakes, even here in England, where the tradition is less str…

Though Satan breaks our dark glass into shards
Each shard still shines with Christ’s reflected light,
It glances from the eyes, kindles the words
Of all his unknown saints.

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YouTube video by Malcolm Guite A touch of Tolkien in Manitoba

For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me in Winnipeg dipping into Tolkien's "Leaf by Niggle"! youtu.be/dyeydCpBp88

YouTube video by Malcolm Guite Two new pipes and a touch of Galahad in Tennessee!

Today’s Soell in the Library is a magic encounter in a bookshop in Tennessee

Two new pipes and a touch of Galahad in Tennessee!
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A Sonnet for St. Luke’s Day St. Luke accompanied by his ‘creature’ the winged oxThe 18th of October, is the feast day of St. Luke the Physician and Evangelist, and so I am reposting this sonnet in his honour. This…

Luke is the living pillar of our healing,

A lowly ox, the servant of the four,

We turn his page to find his face revealing

The wonder, and the welcome of the poor.
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A Sonnet for St. Luke’s Day St. Luke accompanied by his ‘creature’ the winged oxThe 18th of October, is the feast day of St. Luke the Physician and Evangelist, and so I am reposting this sonnet in his honour. This…

His gospel is itself a living creature
A ground and glory round the throne of God,
Where earth and heaven breathe through human nature
And One upon the throne sees it is good.

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YouTube video by Malcolm Guite Bilbo finds the ring!

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I can vividly remember being read The Hobbit in Junior School; I think it contributed to my fertile imagination. This is a superb reading of a chunk by Malcolm Guite.

Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner Malcolm Guite and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter

Poet's Corner

@malcolmguite.bsky.social and a friend find common ground in their appreciation of the Psalter

Season 11: Episode 4 | Malcolm Guite | What if Creativity Could Kindle the Imagination for Christ? Watch/listen to Malcolm Guite, English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest & academic, being interviewed by Rev. Dr. Andrew Stirling.

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YouTube video by Malcolm Guite A little Blake in Ely!

For tonight's spell in the Library I read from Balke's Songs of Innocence and Experience in the King's School Library in Ely
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Thanks

A Sonnet for St. Francis St. Francis Day falls on the 4th of October so I thought I would repost this sonnet which reflects the way Francis responded to Christ’s call by casting away the rich trappings he had inherit…

Francis rebuild my church which, as you see
Is falling into ruin.’ From the cross
Your saviour spoke to you and speaks to us
Again through you.

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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner Malcolm Guite and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way

Poet's Corner

@malcolmguite.bsky.social and his friends find hospitality on St Aldhelm’s Way #pilgrimage

Michaelmas: a sonnet for St. Michael the Archangel St. Michael at Mont St. Michell -photo by Margot Krebs NealeThe end of September brings us to the feast of St. Michael and All Angels which is known as Michaelmas in England, and this first autumn …

Archangel bring your balance, help me turn
Upon this turning world with you and dance
In the Great Dance. Draw near, help me discern,
And trace the hidden grace in change and chance.
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Michaelmas: a sonnet for St. Michael the Archangel St. Michael at Mont St. Michell -photo by Margot Krebs NealeThe end of September brings us to the feast of St. Michael and All Angels which is known as Michaelmas in England, and this first autumn …

Michaelmas gales assail the waning year,
And Michael’s scale is true, his blade is bright.
He strips dead leaves; and leaves the living clear
To flourish in the touch and reach of light.

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YouTube video by Malcolm Guite The Advance Reader Copy of Galahad arrives!

In today’s Spell in the Library you find me happily brandishing the galley proofs/advance reader copy of Galahad and the Grail! The Advance Reader Copy of Galahad arrives!
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Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner THE other evening, Maggie and I went to Binham Priory to see, of all things, a production of Ruddigore, set amid the ruins. It was an unlikely combination of two pleasures so distinct that one might have thought them mutually exclusive. One of the...

Poet's Corner

@malcolmguite.bsky.social sees a comic opera in the ruins of an old priory church

Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner A farmer’s woes bring to Malcolm Guite’s mind some prescient Shakespeare

A farmer’s woes bring to @malcolmguite.bsky.social’s mind some prescient #Shakespeare

Turns out my new book is a bit bigger than I expected!