- Carpenter, Humphrey. The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends. London: HarperCollins, 1997.
- Hadfield, Alice Mary. Charles Williams: An Exploration of His Life and Work. New York: Oxford UP, 1983.
- ---. An Introduction To Charles Williams. London: Robert Hale Limited, 1959.
- Lindop, Grevel. Charles Williams: The Third Inkling. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Topolewski, Nancy E. “Under the Mercy: An Introduction to Charles Williams.” VII Vol. 12 Wheaton, IL: The Marion E. Wade Center, 1995: 49-64.
- Zaleski, Philip & Carol. The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of The Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Charles Williams Resources
Select Bibliography of the Works of Charles Williams
Reading Williams: Where to Begin
Charles Williams Resources
[Note that for many of the Wade authors there are numerous smaller collections which hold primary materials in addition to those listed above. For more information, contact the Wade Center archival staff.]
- The Charles Williams Society
- Azusa Pacific Inklings Collection: Contains materials relating to the Inklings group, including publications from many of the lesser-known members
Film footage of Canterbury Festival Plays and Dorothy L. Sayers
Enjoy viewing rare 1930s footage from three Canterbury Festival play productions by Charles Williams and Dorothy L. Sayers, and footage of Sayers herself, in these silent film excerpts by amateur British filmmaker Sydney Bligh, discovered in 2011.
Film footage by Sydney Bligh, shared by kind permission of Helen Jarrett and The Canterbury Amateur Film Archive at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Footage in this clip is from the productions of Cranmer of Canterbury by Charles Williams (1936), The Zeal of Thy House (1937), and The Devil to Pay (1939) by Dorothy L. Sayers. These were performed during the Canterbury Festival, and the film footage is on the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral. Sayers herself appears briefly as well. More information on the plays and these films may be found in the short film Seeking Sydney about the life and work of Sydney Bligh.