327. Why Should Fantasy Fans Learn to Love Classic Fiction? | with Katherine Briggs

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As students return to school, some can’t help dreading their assigned books. Even good readers in good schools will feel burdened by reading classic novels. So how can we remind ourselves and others that we’re not made to read as a duty to adults, but made for reading as part of our joy in Christ? Katherine Briggs, author of The Threshold Duology and part of the upcoming Classics Rebooted series, will teach us how fantasy fans can learn to love timeless classic fiction.[1. Photo by Iñaki del Olmo on Unsplash.]

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Backstory: Katherine Briggs

Katherine Briggs crafted her first monster story at age three. Since graduating from crayons to laptop, she continues to devour and weave fantasy tales while enjoying oolong or chai tea. She, her coadventurer husband, and rescue dog reside outside Houston, where she classically educates amazing middle school students, teaches ESL to adults, and studies other languages. Katherine is the author of The Eternity Gate and The Immortal Abyss from Enclave Publishing as well as Hunting the Forgotten Planet in Volume II of the upcoming Classics Rebooted collection.

1. How to learn the dutiful joy of reading

How Katherine found biblical truth and fantastical imagination.
Career choice to become a classical educator and a novelist.
Reviewing any differences between “literary” and “genre” fiction.
Discerning definitions of “dutiful” versus “joyful” reading of books.
This dutiful joy is unique to reading, starting with Scripture itself.

2. Tips to help anyone read more deeply

We can say that yes, reading books gives greater joy than screens.
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