C.S. Lewis is to be honoured in a week-long festival in Belfast, the city of his birth, this December. The festival, timed to coincide with the release of the film version of ?The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?, will include literary workshops, tours and parades (pictured).

The event is part of Celebrate Belfast which will run through 2006 and will include brass band competitions, a festival of Irish dancing and special opera performances.