After a long and pretty nasty illness, I am back online to report – somewhat belatedly – some really exciting news! A new Tolkien book is scheduled to be released in May 2009. HarperCollins will publish Tolkien’s retelling of the…
Exploring Tolkien: Online Tolkien Course runs again
First of all Happy New Year to all! My online Tolkien course Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again will run again for the second time this academic year, starting on 19 January 2009. There are still a few places left…
New “Choices” just published
The Centre for Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University has just launched its Spring/Summer 2009 programme of part-time courses for undergraduates and adult learners in the new Choices prospectus. The new Spring/Summer 2009 programme kicks off the New Year with almost…
Book Launch
On Friday 28 November at 6pm the official launch of my book, Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits, took place at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, Cardiff University. Dr Juliette Wood introduced me and I then had…
Radion Interview with Roy Noble at BBC Radio Wales
Earlier today I was interviewed on the Roy Noble show at BBC Radio Wales and answered questions about my new book, including the links of Tolkien’s work with Wales and the Welsh language. To listen to this short interview click…
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History published
My book Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan. My book aspires to be a major new contribution to Tolkien studies, as it aims to contextualise Tolkien’s work, bring to light…
Exploring Tolkien: Online Tolkien Course
For the third academic year I will be teaching an on-line course on Tolkien taught in 10 weekly units, via the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University. The course is titled Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again, and it…
Book Cover of Tolkien, Race and Cultural History is now online
The dust jacket for my forthcoming book Tolkien, Race and Cultural History is now online on the Palgrave Macmillan website. The photo figuring on the book cover is of my own design, which I created by manipulating a photograph I…
The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference
The proceedings of Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On, a conference organized by the Tolkien Society to celebrate 50 years of The Lord of the Rings which took place at Aston University, Birmingham, on 11-15 August 2005, will be…
Fifth volume of the journal Tolkien Studies
The fifth volume of the journal Tolkien Studies has just been published. As always it contains a great selection of scholarly articles, shorter notes and book reviews on many different aspects of Tolkien’s creativity. The leading article is a masteful…