Weekly essays on Tolkien, fantasy, children’s literature, folklore, and miniature worlds, drawn from two current book projects.
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A route through the open archive: fairies, folklore, and the making of fantasy
J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Shores of Faery”
The archive of A kind of elvish craft is currently open to all subscribers until 7 September 2026, just after the final day of Oxonmoot. After that, the archive will return to paid access. So, during t...
From the Tolkien Notebook: Why Does Gollum Steal Babies?
From the Tolkien Notebook is a series of shorter exploratory pieces in which I follow unusual details, odd references, and unfinished questions arising from my Tolkien research.
From the Tolkien Notebook is a series of shorter exploratory...
Inside Brambly Hedge
Mice, miniatures, cross-sections, and the pleasure of hidden worlds
Mice have often served as stand-ins for tiny humans in children’s literature and illustration. We see this in Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor of Gloucester and The Tale of Two...
The Slow LotR Re-read (12): Why does Gollum not look up?
Platonic, Biblical, Mythological and Literary echoes in Gollum's portrayal
One of the questions that is driving my current Tolkien book project is how small textual details open onto much larger patterns of myth, folklore, material culture...
A route through the open archive: little people and miniature worlds
The archive of A kind of elvish craft is currently open to all subscribers until 7 September 2026, the final day of Oxonmoot. After that, the archive will return to paid access. So, over the next few weeks, I’m offering a few suggested rout...
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Professor of Fantasy and Children’s Literature. Award-winning Tolkien and children’s fantasy scholar. Writing on Tolkien, folklore, fairies, tiny people, and miniature worlds.
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