Yesterday, 30th June 2011, I led a “literary walk” on “Tokien’s Wales in the Black Mountains”, organised by Literature Wales in partnership with Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. This walk was part of the Literary Tourism Programme run by Literature…
Tolkien Society AGM, Tolkien at Kalamazoo, and other news
On 16 April 2011 the Tolkien Society held its Annual General Meeting, this year hosted at The White Hart Royal Hotel, in Moreton-in-Marsh. I was very honoured to be the guest speaker after the formal dinner in the evening, following…
Tolkien and Fantasy Online Courses at UWIC to Run Again in May!
The two online courses I run at UWIC last autumn will run again in May, starting on Monday 23rd May 2011. Enrolment is now open! Fantasy Literature: Tales Before and After Tolkien (Year 3 undergraduate level) will examine the origins…
Tom Shippey Lecture at UWIC – all welcome!
I am delighted to announce that the School of Education at UWIC will be hosting an Open Lecture by Tom Shippey entitled: “Writing into the Gap: Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún“ on Wednesday, 23rd March 20011, at 7pm,…
Festival in the Shire and Oxonmoot 2010
This has been a very hectic summer with many commitments, including speaking at various conferences, preparing new teaching material, and carrying out research in a number of different libraries! Here’s a quick update. I took part in Festival in the…
UWIC Tolkien and Fantasy Online Courses: Enrolment open!
Enrolment for my two new online courses is now open! You can enrol online by following the links at the Tolkien and Fantasy Online Courses webpage. Also, you may want to have a look at our facebook page, where you…
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History wins the 2010 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies!
I am absolutely delighted to have found out that my book, Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits, has won the 2010 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies! The winners of this year’s awards were announced today at…
STOP PRESS! Tolkien and Fantasy Online Courses coming up!
I am very excited to announce that from October 2010 I will be teaching online again! University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) have approved two new courses which I will be teaching entirely online from October 2010! The courses are…
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History on paperback!
This has been such a hectic academic year, but Easter holiday is coming up and I hope to have more time to keep updating the “News” section more regularly! Meanwhile, here are some news from the last few months: My…
UWIC Tolkien and Fantasy Online Courses in the Press and Radio
My two new online courses, which will be taught via UWIC starting in October 2010, have attracted some media attention in the last few days. Yesterday, an one-page article appeared on The Western Mail, and this morning I was interviewed…