I am very pleased to announce that the Tolkien online course (Masters Level) I have been teaching at UWIC will run again in October 2011! The course is entitled J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth and Middle-earth in Context, it is taught entirely…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Thanks to everyone for your interest in the new online courses I will be teaching at UWIC from October 2010! I have now received a lot of e-mails and I am doing my best to reply to all of them!…
Issue 3 of the online magazine Festival in the Shire Journal has just appeared. The journal includes a range of interesting articles and interviews in an appealing, web-wise layout. I was honoured to be interviewed by Colin Duriez (himself a…
The last few months have been very busy, including traditional and online teaching (both undergraduate and postgraduate), a public lecture, work on future publications, and some media work. Here is a list of some of the things I have been…
