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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 1d

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!)

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Matthew Creasy @matthewcreasy.bsky.social · 1d

It's like we made our card game just for you!

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 1d

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

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.

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Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social · 3d

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!

Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 4d

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...

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 3d

Making crabapple jelly - such a satisfying process! 🍎

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, lovely! 😊

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 4d

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...

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 5d

Apple-ing, crabapple-ing and mushroom-ing before the storm hits 🍎🍏🍄🍄‍🟫

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 6d

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!

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 8d

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

Constructions of Childhood in Tolkien’s Legendarium (1): Childhood and the Elves

Childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 10d

Autumn in the garden 🍂🍐🐞

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 12d

Mushrooms spotted on an autumn day
🍄 🍁 🍄‍🟫 🍂

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 12d

After 5 years in Scotland, we got to see, at last, red squirrels in action!!!

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 15d

In bed with stinking cold, trying to rest so that I can still teach tomorrow. Kitty is keeping my feet warm in solidarity… 🐈‍⬛🐾
(It’s not COVID, thank goodness, I tested, but one of those nasty sneezy, throat-hurt-y, headachy, blocked-nose-y things that doesn’t let you sleep…)

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 17d

Tiny autumn garden things
🍎 🍂 🌺 🍁 #autumn

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 17d

Happy birthday to J.R.R. #Tolkien’s The Hobbit, published #OTD in 1937, with a gorgeous dust jacket and illustrations by Tolkien himself! @tolkiensociety.org @tolkienwonder.bsky.social @uofgfantasy.bsky.social #Hobbit 🐉

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 19d

Tolkien’s A Secret Vice, his “manifesto” on invented languages edited from his manuscripts by me and @ashiggins.bsky.social, has now been released by HarperCollins as a Tolkien “signature” edition. Amazing to see my name on a book cover alongside Tolkien’s authorised signature!

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Joel Merriner @joelmerriner.bsky.social · 20d

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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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 22d

A wonderful induction with our new cohort of Fantasy MLitt students! Despite the tons of info we bombarded them with, there was still time for a team game of invented creatures doing battle! (Thanks @tattersdill.bsky.social for organising!)
@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 23d

JRR #Tolkien’s The #Silmarillion was published #OTD 48 years ago. Here is a majestic depiction by kuliszu of its epic opening, the Ainulindalë: the harmony of the Music of the Ainur and the Discord of Melkor.

www.deviantart.com/kuliszu/art/...

www.deviantart.com/kuliszu/art/...

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · 23d

Apple and blackberry jam - all fruit from our garden! 🍏 (where is the blackberry emoji when you need it???!!!) 🍂 🍁 #autumnvibes

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

Safely home from Oxford and found this lovely thing whilst checking on the garden this morning. Waxgills: highly poisonous, apparently, but very pretty! Like marshmallow on the grass. 🍄‍🟫 🍄 #fungi

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · Sep 7

Homeward bound after a lovely Oxonmoot and a very moving Enyalië. I leave you with photos from Wolvercote Cemetery, where we paid our respects not only to J.R.R. Tolkien, but to Priscilla Tolkien too, whom I had the good fortune to meet a few times. @tolkiensociety.org

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Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social · Sep 6

With @shaungunner.bsky.social, Brian Sibley, Jay Johnstone, and @aranelparmadil.bsky.social, making fools of ourselves in “Just a minute in Middle-earth” at #Oxonmoot!
@tolkiensociety.org

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