Fantasy Literature

CBeebies Alice in Wonderland: A Journey of Imagination

Having a nearly three-year-old means that I’m always attuned to what’s new on CBeebies and, naturally, there’s a lot of bespoke Christmas entertainment this time of the year, including the ever-popular Christmas panto. Last year it was Peter Pan, the…

By Dimitra Fimi | 20th December 2015 | Books, Children's Fantasy, Children's Literature, Fantasy Literature, Media | No Comments |

Two tiny Tolkienian parallels in Susan Cooper’s reflections

As I have written in previous entry, I am currently working on a monograph on Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy for the Palgrave Macmillan Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature series. I have, therefore, been reading and re-reading primary and…

By Dimitra Fimi | 9th October 2015 | Books, Children's Fantasy, Children's Literature, Fantasy Literature, Tolkien | No Comments |

Oxonmoot 2015 and forthcoming Oxford event

Well, the autumn term is nearly upon me, but I did manage to escape to Oxford a couple of weeks ago to take part in Oxonmoot, Tolkien Society’s annual gathering that combines a conference, art exhibition, performances, etc. Oxonmoot has been…

By Dimitra Fimi | 27th September 2015 | Conferences, Fantasy Literature, Public Lecture, Tolkien, Uncategorized | No Comments |

Two books, two conferences, and other news

I am on annual leave at last (hooray!) and it’s time for another long-overdue update. It’s been a very busy few months, mainly taken up by working on two books (!) and being involved in a number of events. First…

By Dimitra Fimi | 5th August 2015 | Academic Teaching, Books, Children's Fantasy, Conferences, Fantasy Literature, Media, Public Lecture, Tolkien | No Comments |

A little Elvish love story in The Lord of the Rings

Stuck in trains for hours yesterday, I was revisiting favourite passages from The Lord of the Rings. It’s almost a cliche to say that every re-reading rewards you with new details of Tolkien’s invented world that you hadn’t quite noticed…

By Dimitra Fimi | 14th February 2015 | Books, Fantasy Literature, Myth and Folklore, Tolkien | No Comments |

Tolkien, Fantasy and Medievalism at IMC Leeds 2015

During the last few years I have been attending the Tolkien sessions at Kalamazoo semi-regularly (once every two years, on average). The International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo, hosted by Western Michigan University, has been running for over 50 years, and the…

By Dimitra Fimi | 8th February 2015 | Books, Children's Fantasy, Children's Literature, Conferences, Fantasy Literature, Journal Articles, Tolkien | No Comments |

Fantasy Literature

CBeebies Alice in Wonderland: A Journey of Imagination

Two tiny Tolkienian parallels in Susan Cooper’s reflections

Oxonmoot 2015 and forthcoming Oxford event

Two books, two conferences, and other news

A little Elvish love story in The Lord of the Rings

Tolkien, Fantasy and Medievalism at IMC Leeds 2015

Tolkien and the Welsh language (and other news)

Mythgard classes, Tolkien’s Beowulf, JTR, Tolkien Companion and Kalamazoo

Science Fiction Festival, new Mythgard Course and “things Celtic”

A much delayed update: Salem Press’ The Fantastic, (re) reading The Hobbit and Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur