Prof. Dimitra Fimi
@dimitrafimi.bsky.social
#Tolkien expert, Professor of #Fantasy and Children’s Literature at the University of Glasgow. Substack: https://dimitrafimi.substack.com
Website: http://dimitrafimi.com
Website: http://dimitrafimi.com
For #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday’s “echoes” theme, thoughts on some unexpected but striking resonances between Nathaniel Chanticleer (in Hope Mirrlees’s Lud-in-the-Mist) and Bilbo Baggins (in Tolkien’s The Hobbit):
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November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
For #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday’s “echoes” theme, thoughts on some unexpected but striking resonances between Nathaniel Chanticleer (in Hope Mirrlees’s Lud-in-the-Mist) and Bilbo Baggins (in Tolkien’s The Hobbit):
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
Looking for Christmas presents? For book lovers who may also appreciate fantasy + myth, two of my books are on sale right now!
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History is £21.75 (down from £24.99)! amzn.to/48eaiF1
Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy is £23.99 (down from £28.99)! amzn.to/47WXvIb
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History is £21.75 (down from £24.99)! amzn.to/48eaiF1
Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy is £23.99 (down from £28.99)! amzn.to/47WXvIb
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Looking for Christmas presents? For book lovers who may also appreciate fantasy + myth, two of my books are on sale right now!
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History is £21.75 (down from £24.99)! amzn.to/48eaiF1
Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy is £23.99 (down from £28.99)! amzn.to/47WXvIb
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History is £21.75 (down from £24.99)! amzn.to/48eaiF1
Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy is £23.99 (down from £28.99)! amzn.to/47WXvIb
For #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday: a piece in which I’m contemplating Tolkien’s unfinished time-travel story The Lost Road, featuring fathers and sons and their shared dreams.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
For #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday: a piece in which I’m contemplating Tolkien’s unfinished time-travel story The Lost Road, featuring fathers and sons and their shared dreams.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
On Rememberance Day, I’m briefly pondering two unexpected moments of Tolkien recalling his war experience.
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On Rememberance Day, I’m briefly pondering two unexpected moments of Tolkien recalling his war experience.
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
Just went out to see the sunrise. The drama that unfolds every morning, and yet I often miss. Grateful for living out here.
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Just went out to see the sunrise. The drama that unfolds every morning, and yet I often miss. Grateful for living out here.
Making crabapple liqueur 🍎🍏
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Making crabapple liqueur 🍎🍏
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 🐈⬛ #Halloween #Halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 🐈⬛ #Halloween #Halloween2025
Allsorts is trying on his #Halloween costume: he’s going as a Tudor courtier, complete with natural ruff! (Obvs, this is a medical “bodysuit” designed to stop him from licking his stitches! The little terror came back with a nasty tear under his back leg last week…) 🐈⬛ 🐾
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Allsorts is trying on his #Halloween costume: he’s going as a Tudor courtier, complete with natural ruff! (Obvs, this is a medical “bodysuit” designed to stop him from licking his stitches! The little terror came back with a nasty tear under his back leg last week…) 🐈⬛ 🐾
A bit of a personal one…
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/parabasis
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Parabasis
A tiny personal tribute to a departed giant
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October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A bit of a personal one…
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dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/parabasis
Σήκω ψυχή μου, δώσε ρεύμα,
βάλε στα ρούχα σου φωτιά
βάλε στα όργανα φωτιά
Να τιναχτεί σαν μαύρο πνεύμα
η τρομερή μας η λαλιά
RIP #ΔιονυσηςΣαββοπουλος
βάλε στα ρούχα σου φωτιά
βάλε στα όργανα φωτιά
Να τιναχτεί σαν μαύρο πνεύμα
η τρομερή μας η λαλιά
RIP #ΔιονυσηςΣαββοπουλος
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Σήκω ψυχή μου, δώσε ρεύμα,
βάλε στα ρούχα σου φωτιά
βάλε στα όργανα φωτιά
Να τιναχτεί σαν μαύρο πνεύμα
η τρομερή μας η λαλιά
RIP #ΔιονυσηςΣαββοπουλος
βάλε στα ρούχα σου φωτιά
βάλε στα όργανα φωτιά
Να τιναχτεί σαν μαύρο πνεύμα
η τρομερή μας η λαλιά
RIP #ΔιονυσηςΣαββοπουλος
The 3rd and final part of my piece on constructing childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium is now out, this time focusing on hobbit childhoods and hobbits *as* children.
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
#TolkienTuesday
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@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
#TolkienTuesday
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Constructions of Childhood in Tolkien’s Legendarium (3): The hobbits as children
This is the third part of a longer piece on constructions of childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium.
dimitrafimi.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The 3rd and final part of my piece on constructing childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium is now out, this time focusing on hobbit childhoods and hobbits *as* children.
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
#TolkienTuesday
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/constructi...
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
#TolkienTuesday
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I’m teaching a seminar on “Constructed Languages in Fantasy Fiction” in a couple of weeks, in which #Tolkien will feature heavily, for a course in our new Masters in Global Communications. This is for my students + everyone fascinated by conlangs + artlangs!
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October 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I’m teaching a seminar on “Constructed Languages in Fantasy Fiction” in a couple of weeks, in which #Tolkien will feature heavily, for a course in our new Masters in Global Communications. This is for my students + everyone fascinated by conlangs + artlangs!
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/creating-i...
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/creating-i...
The text I taught with my Honours children’s literature students today - yes, another George MacDonald, and yes, we ended to talking about the Grandmother and Galadriel (among many other things!)
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The text I taught with my Honours children’s literature students today - yes, another George MacDonald, and yes, we ended to talking about the Grandmother and Galadriel (among many other things!)
Reposted by Prof. Dimitra Fimi
It's like we made our card game just for you!
October 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's like we made our card game just for you!
For #TolkienTuesday: the second part (out of three) of my essay on childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium, this time focusing on Túrin Turambar and the tragic hero’s childhood.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/constructi...
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
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@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
Constructions of Childhood in Tolkien’s Legendarium (2): Túrin Turambar's childhood
This is the second part of a longer piece on constructions of childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium.
dimitrafimi.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
For #TolkienTuesday: the second part (out of three) of my essay on childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium, this time focusing on Túrin Turambar and the tragic hero’s childhood.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/constructi...
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/constructi...
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
Reposted by Prof. Dimitra Fimi
So sorry to miss this medieval Ireland-themed event at @uofglasgow.bsky.social; a beautiful film, a brilliant talk by @dimitrafimi.bsky.social & an excellent new Book of Kells-inspired card-game from @matthewcreasy.bsky.social ... surely no better way to spend the evening on Thursday 9 October!
Join us this Thursday, 9 October, at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC to watch the beautifully animated film The Secret of Kells, with a talk on things Celtic and children’s fantasy by me, and a new card game devised by @matthewcreasy.bsky.social!
Book your free ticket👇
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Book your free ticket👇
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October 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So sorry to miss this medieval Ireland-themed event at @uofglasgow.bsky.social; a beautiful film, a brilliant talk by @dimitrafimi.bsky.social & an excellent new Book of Kells-inspired card-game from @matthewcreasy.bsky.social ... surely no better way to spend the evening on Thursday 9 October!
Making crabapple jelly - such a satisfying process! 🍎
October 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Making crabapple jelly - such a satisfying process! 🍎
Join us this Thursday, 9 October, at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC to watch the beautifully animated film The Secret of Kells, with a talk on things Celtic and children’s fantasy by me, and a new card game devised by @matthewcreasy.bsky.social!
Book your free ticket👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/cinemarc-t...
Book your free ticket👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/cinemarc-t...
October 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Join us this Thursday, 9 October, at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC to watch the beautifully animated film The Secret of Kells, with a talk on things Celtic and children’s fantasy by me, and a new card game devised by @matthewcreasy.bsky.social!
Book your free ticket👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/cinemarc-t...
Book your free ticket👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/cinemarc-t...
Apple-ing, crabapple-ing and mushroom-ing before the storm hits 🍎🍏🍄🍄🟫
October 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Apple-ing, crabapple-ing and mushroom-ing before the storm hits 🍎🍏🍄🍄🟫
Our 11th cohort of @uofgfantasy.bsky.social MLitt students have chosen a bird name! Following:
2015-16 Canaries
2016-17 Phoenixes
2017-18 Ravens
2018-19 Merlins
2019-20 Owls
2020-21 Nightingales
2021-22 Sparrowhawks
2022-23 Nightjars
2023-24 Peregrines
2024-25 Starlings
Welcome:
2025-26 the Magpies!
2015-16 Canaries
2016-17 Phoenixes
2017-18 Ravens
2018-19 Merlins
2019-20 Owls
2020-21 Nightingales
2021-22 Sparrowhawks
2022-23 Nightjars
2023-24 Peregrines
2024-25 Starlings
Welcome:
2025-26 the Magpies!
October 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our 11th cohort of @uofgfantasy.bsky.social MLitt students have chosen a bird name! Following:
2015-16 Canaries
2016-17 Phoenixes
2017-18 Ravens
2018-19 Merlins
2019-20 Owls
2020-21 Nightingales
2021-22 Sparrowhawks
2022-23 Nightjars
2023-24 Peregrines
2024-25 Starlings
Welcome:
2025-26 the Magpies!
2015-16 Canaries
2016-17 Phoenixes
2017-18 Ravens
2018-19 Merlins
2019-20 Owls
2020-21 Nightingales
2021-22 Sparrowhawks
2022-23 Nightjars
2023-24 Peregrines
2024-25 Starlings
Welcome:
2025-26 the Magpies!
If you’re working on any area of fantasy and the fantastic, come and join us at Glasgow in June 2026 and do consider presenting or running a workshop! All the info you need and the full CFP is here:
fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you’re working on any area of fantasy and the fantastic, come and join us at Glasgow in June 2026 and do consider presenting or running a workshop! All the info you need and the full CFP is here:
fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
Today’s piece (1/3) reflects on Tolkien’s constructions of childhood, esp. the Elves as perfect children, and what happens when they re-experience childhood after reincarnation.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/constructi...
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/constructi...
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
Constructions of Childhood in Tolkien’s Legendarium (1): Childhood and the Elves
Childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium
dimitrafimi.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today’s piece (1/3) reflects on Tolkien’s constructions of childhood, esp. the Elves as perfect children, and what happens when they re-experience childhood after reincarnation.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/constructi...
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/constructi...
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
Autumn in the garden 🍂🍐🐞
September 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Autumn in the garden 🍂🍐🐞
Mushrooms spotted on an autumn day
🍄 🍁 🍄🟫 🍂
🍄 🍁 🍄🟫 🍂
September 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Mushrooms spotted on an autumn day
🍄 🍁 🍄🟫 🍂
🍄 🍁 🍄🟫 🍂