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Rereading The Notion Club Papers: Sauron and the Barber
Rereading Tolkien’s The Notion Club Papers: Sauron and the Barber. Some thoughts on how evil makes inroads with decent people.
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Grendel’s Mother Talks Back
“Grendel’s Mother Talks Back: Contemporary Women’s Mythopoeic Revisions” is a talk I gave for the Midsummer Online Seminar of the Mythopoeic Society in August. A link to the recorded talk is included.
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Tolkien at IMC Leeds 2025
Tolkien studies sessions at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, 2025.
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Some glimpses into Westmoot 2025
Some glimpses into Westmoot 2025 including a summary of my keynote and links to other talks that have been since uploaded.
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Shortlisted for a Tolkien Society Best Article Award!
I’m thrilled to find that my article “Tolkien, The Battle of Maldon, and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth: Poetic Allusions and the Experience of Time” has been shortlisted for a Tolkien Society Award! Voting for TS members open until Friday 25 April.
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Two new articles on Tolkien’s ‘The Homecoming’
Links to two articles available for free download on J.R.R. Tolkien’s play, “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth” and a video recording of a conference presentation on Tolkien as a playwright. These essays discuss manuscript revisions, ideas about drama, and allusions to medieval poetry.
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It’s here! The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien: First Impressions
First impressions of the three-volume Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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20th Annual Tolkien at UVM Conference
Final program for the 20th Annual Tolkien at the University of Vermont Conference. April 13, 2024.
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Drawing your way into a fantasy landscape
Drawing your way into a fantasy landscape – John Howe’s process compared to J.R.R. Tolkien’s drawings of Shelob’s Lair and the Tower of Cirith Ungol.
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