Anna Smol
@annasmol.bsky.social
Professor Emerita Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with interests in Tolkien Studies, medievalism, Old English, translation studies, fandom.
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Many university presses have holiday sales this time of year. Here's some of the books of Tolkien scholarship you can get for discounts right now:
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Many university presses have holiday sales this time of year. Here's some of the books of Tolkien scholarship you can get for discounts right now:
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Now through 12/31/25, Kent State University Press is having a 60th anniversary sale.
Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien
Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Now through 12/31/25, Kent State University Press is having a 60th anniversary sale.
Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien
Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien
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This may be of interest:
"Empowering Voices: The Influence of Old Norse Mythology on Women’s Writing from 1950-2012"
The chosen authors to examine are Sylvia Plath, A.S. Byatt, and Kathleen Jamie.
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"Empowering Voices: The Influence of Old Norse Mythology on Women’s Writing from 1950-2012"
The chosen authors to examine are Sylvia Plath, A.S. Byatt, and Kathleen Jamie.
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This may be of interest:
"Empowering Voices: The Influence of Old Norse Mythology on Women’s Writing from 1950-2012"
The chosen authors to examine are Sylvia Plath, A.S. Byatt, and Kathleen Jamie.
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
"Empowering Voices: The Influence of Old Norse Mythology on Women’s Writing from 1950-2012"
The chosen authors to examine are Sylvia Plath, A.S. Byatt, and Kathleen Jamie.
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
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The CSM Online: Tune in Wednesday 5 Nov. 2025, at 11am EST to hear 2025 Boyle Prize Winner Laura Moncion talk about her dissertation, "Being a Recluse is No Small Thing: Late Medieval Women’s Reclusion in Theory and Practice."
Register for the Zoom link: forms.gle/n6LJh7JYKvRD...
Register for the Zoom link: forms.gle/n6LJh7JYKvRD...
Laura Moncion – Boyle Prize Presentation / Colloque du prix Boyle - REGISTRATION / INSCRIPTION
On 5 Nov. 2025 at 11h00 (EST), the Canadian Society of Medievalists will hold its second annual Boyle Prize Online Presentation, when Laura Moncion, the winner of the Society's Leonard E. Boyle Prize ...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The CSM Online: Tune in Wednesday 5 Nov. 2025, at 11am EST to hear 2025 Boyle Prize Winner Laura Moncion talk about her dissertation, "Being a Recluse is No Small Thing: Late Medieval Women’s Reclusion in Theory and Practice."
Register for the Zoom link: forms.gle/n6LJh7JYKvRD...
Register for the Zoom link: forms.gle/n6LJh7JYKvRD...
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386 – Got to Get You into My Life
Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we find ourselves moving swiftly through our 10-part series on Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales.
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Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we find ourselves moving swiftly through our 10-part series on Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
386 – Got to Get You into My Life
Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we find ourselves moving swiftly through our 10-part series on Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales.
pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...
Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we find ourselves moving swiftly through our 10-part series on Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales.
pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...
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I am going to bea keynote speaker at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 this December 18-21. The theme of the moot is “Creating Historical Depth within Fantastical Worlds.”
theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/
My working title is:
“From Words to Worlds: Elvish Roots of Tolkien’s Mythology.”
theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/
My working title is:
“From Words to Worlds: Elvish Roots of Tolkien’s Mythology.”
The Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 – The Prancing Pony Podcast
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October 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I am going to bea keynote speaker at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 this December 18-21. The theme of the moot is “Creating Historical Depth within Fantastical Worlds.”
theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/
My working title is:
“From Words to Worlds: Elvish Roots of Tolkien’s Mythology.”
theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/
My working title is:
“From Words to Worlds: Elvish Roots of Tolkien’s Mythology.”
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New Tolkien Society publication!
Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...
Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...
New Tolkien Society publication – <em>Númenor, The Mighty and Frail</em>
The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that Númenor, the Mighty and Frail: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2023, the twenty-fifth book in the Peter Roe series, is now available to pre-o...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New Tolkien Society publication!
Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...
Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...
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Good interview with @RichardOvenden on the upcoming release of the NEW #Tolkien book The Bovadium Fragments youtube.com/watch?v=IGuQ... @harpercollins.bsky.social
Richard Ovenden OBE talks Tolkien and The Bovadium Fragments
YouTube video by TolkienGuide
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October 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Good interview with @RichardOvenden on the upcoming release of the NEW #Tolkien book The Bovadium Fragments youtube.com/watch?v=IGuQ... @harpercollins.bsky.social
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@onthetrail.tolkienguide.com and myself interviewed @richove.bsky.social about the new #Tolkien book The Bovadium Fragments. You can read our review here www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
The Bovadium Fragments: TolkienGuide review
=THE BOVADIUM FRAGMENTS: a review= INTRODUCTION Earlier this year it was announced by HarperCollins that they were due to publish for the first time &qu...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
@onthetrail.tolkienguide.com and myself interviewed @richove.bsky.social about the new #Tolkien book The Bovadium Fragments. You can read our review here www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
Free online seminar: Arda's Entangled Bodies and Environments, featuring analyses across Tolkien's works. October 18, sponsored by the Tolkien Society and the Uni. of Glasgow's Centre for Fantasy & the Fantastic. Details in the link or go to the Tolkien Society Events page. wp.me/p2vwHX-2gZ
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Free online seminar: Arda's Entangled Bodies and Environments, featuring analyses across Tolkien's works. October 18, sponsored by the Tolkien Society and the Uni. of Glasgow's Centre for Fantasy & the Fantastic. Details in the link or go to the Tolkien Society Events page. wp.me/p2vwHX-2gZ
An exciting new event: the inaugural European Conference on the Fantastic at University of Glasgow in June 2026. Theme:Fantasy’s Present Pasts. CfP in the link. fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...
Fantasy’s Present Pasts – Call for Papers and Sessions – Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic
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October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
An exciting new event: the inaugural European Conference on the Fantastic at University of Glasgow in June 2026. Theme:Fantasy’s Present Pasts. CfP in the link. fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...
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Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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This month we discuss Oxonmoot and our session “Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with Dr. Kristine Larsen and @aranelparmadil.bsky.social. Thank you Kris and Sara for joining us!
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For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM
October 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This month we discuss Oxonmoot and our session “Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with Dr. Kristine Larsen and @aranelparmadil.bsky.social. Thank you Kris and Sara for joining us!
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM
athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...
For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM
Thanks for the mention, Paul! (And it serves as another reminder that I need to make some updates, including your list of alliterative poems in the Collected Poems volume ).
Another great resource on Tolkien and alliterative verse is @annasmol.bsky.social's website:
tolkienalliterative.ca
tolkienalliterative.ca
Tolkien and Alliterative Verse
A resource for students, poets, researchers, and anyone interested in J.R.R. Tolkien's poetry
tolkienalliterative.ca
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thanks for the mention, Paul! (And it serves as another reminder that I need to make some updates, including your list of alliterative poems in the Collected Poems volume ).
Rereading Tolkien's The Notion Club Papers: Sauron and the Barber. Some thoughts on how evil makes inroads with decent people. annasmol.net/2025/09/26/r...
September 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Rereading Tolkien's The Notion Club Papers: Sauron and the Barber. Some thoughts on how evil makes inroads with decent people. annasmol.net/2025/09/26/r...
Canadians: urge the government to maintain its commitments to sciences and humanities research funding.
September 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Canadians: urge the government to maintain its commitments to sciences and humanities research funding.
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"The Muster at Marquette" is a documentary premiering today featuring friend of the show Dr. Bill Fliss and his work on the Tolkien Fandom Oral History Collection at Marquette University. Follow the link to give it a watch! youtu.be/QC-JkWDq7dk?...
The Muster at Marquette | Short Documentary | 2025
YouTube video by Village Pictures
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September 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"The Muster at Marquette" is a documentary premiering today featuring friend of the show Dr. Bill Fliss and his work on the Tolkien Fandom Oral History Collection at Marquette University. Follow the link to give it a watch! youtu.be/QC-JkWDq7dk?...
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New episode alert! zencastr.com/z/_gLEDrCs We have a special treat with you this episode... a discussion about "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" with the film's credited "Tolkien Expert" (and a Lodger herself), Janet Brennan Croft!
September 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New episode alert! zencastr.com/z/_gLEDrCs We have a special treat with you this episode... a discussion about "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" with the film's credited "Tolkien Expert" (and a Lodger herself), Janet Brennan Croft!
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My book Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc is released into the wild today! Here's a quick peek at a few more pages, artwork here by Győző Vida, Yassen Panov, Alexander Korotich and Sergei Iukhimov #Tolkien www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...
September 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
My book Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc is released into the wild today! Here's a quick peek at a few more pages, artwork here by Győző Vida, Yassen Panov, Alexander Korotich and Sergei Iukhimov #Tolkien www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...
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📨You are warmly invited to our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
September 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
📨You are warmly invited to our next annual conference at University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
📜The theme is "Education and Early Medieval England" and our programme is available to view online.
📲Registration is now open: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1631647263...
I’ve added my voice to the collection and you can too! Learn about the oral fandom collection here: www2.mu.edu/library/arch...
September 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve added my voice to the collection and you can too! Learn about the oral fandom collection here: www2.mu.edu/library/arch...
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Brilliant.
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
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September 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Brilliant.
A recording of my talk, "Grendel's Mother Talks Back: Contemporary Women's Mythopoeic Revisions," is now available. This presentation was part of the Online Midsummer Seminar sponsored by the Mythopoeic Society last month. @mythsoc.bsky.social. annasmol.net/2025/09/05/g...
Grendel’s Mother Talks Back
“Grendel’s Mother Talks Back: Contemporary Women’s Mythopoeic Revisions” is a talk I gave for the Midsummer Online Seminar of the Mythopoeic Society in August. A link to the…
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September 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A recording of my talk, "Grendel's Mother Talks Back: Contemporary Women's Mythopoeic Revisions," is now available. This presentation was part of the Online Midsummer Seminar sponsored by the Mythopoeic Society last month. @mythsoc.bsky.social. annasmol.net/2025/09/05/g...
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We are delighted to announce our September meeting’s guest speaker, @willsherwood.bsky.social from @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Also the Education Secretary for @tolkiensociety.org, we can’t wait to hear him present!
Join us at 6pm BST on Monday 29th September via Teams. DM or email us to attend.
Join us at 6pm BST on Monday 29th September via Teams. DM or email us to attend.
September 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We are delighted to announce our September meeting’s guest speaker, @willsherwood.bsky.social from @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Also the Education Secretary for @tolkiensociety.org, we can’t wait to hear him present!
Join us at 6pm BST on Monday 29th September via Teams. DM or email us to attend.
Join us at 6pm BST on Monday 29th September via Teams. DM or email us to attend.
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A belated thank you to everyone who helped make this year's OMS truly exceptional! Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Mythopoeic Press's Perilous and Fair was such an honor. We're pleased to announce that the presentations are now live at dc.swosu.edu/oms/oms4/ for everyone to enjoy!
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August 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A belated thank you to everyone who helped make this year's OMS truly exceptional! Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Mythopoeic Press's Perilous and Fair was such an honor. We're pleased to announce that the presentations are now live at dc.swosu.edu/oms/oms4/ for everyone to enjoy!