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Mythical Knights & Magic Swords: Intention and Reputation in Tolkien’s Farmer Giles of Ham
We’re wrapping up our September reading of Tolkien’s short stories, Leaf by Niggle and Farmer Giles of Ham. If you haven’t checked out the shirefolktales guest post on Leaf by Niggle yet, you can read it in full here!
We’re wrapping up our...
Guest Post from Shirefolktales
It’s my absolute pleasure to bring you this guest post today from the creative duo behind Shirefolktales! Endarion and Emily are some of the kindest people I’ve met through the Tolkien community and I’ve personally been huge fan of their ph...
An Introduction to Tolkien’s short stories: Farmer Giles of Ham and Leaf by Niggle
“Before him stood the Tree, his Tree, finished. If you could say that of a Tree that was alive, its leaves opening, its branches growing and bending in the wind that Niggle had so often felt or guessed, and had so often failed to catch.”...
An Interview with Tolkien Scholar Verlyn Flieger
It is my absolute honor to present to you all my interview with the one and only Verlyn Flieger! Verlyn has been a pillar of Tolkien scholarship for over 50 years and her writing on Tolkien’s works has been fundamental to my own Tolkien stu...
“A song without victory”: Beowulf & Tolkien's long defeat
Guest post by Zachary Hyde @entishtook
This past month we’ve been reading Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf (if you missed the introduction to this text you can read it in full here)! I’m honored to have this Beowulf deep dive for you all t...
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A Year of Tolkien Book Club (2026), Tolkien academia, cozy vibes, thoughts on fantasy & medieval stories
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