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How do you say “Bandersnatch” in Old English?
How do you say Bandersnatch in Old English? On Tolkien’s translation of Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” into Old English. In Collected Poems of J.R. R. Tolkien edited by Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond, with commentary by Arden Smith.
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My recent talk: Dreaming the Middle Ages: The Case of Grendel’s Mother

My recent talk: “Dreaming the Middle Ages: The Case of Grendel’s Mother.” Keynote for the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group, Oct. 4, 2024.
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CFP: Medieval Translation: Theory and Practice
Florilegium is the international journal of the Canadian Society of Medievalists / Société canadienne des médiévistes and accepts papers in English or French. The recent call for papers is for a special issue on medieval translation. CfP Florilegium – Translation issue [pdf]
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New from Nodens Books
Nodens Books (managed by Douglas A. Anderson) has just released a translation of The Saga of Hrolf Kraki by Stella Marie Mills (1903-1989). Mills studied with J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon at Leeds University in the 1920s. More details here.