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
No spoilers please, but…
…lovely reference to the Doors of Durin in Stranger Things, S5E7!
If you know, you know!
#StrangerThings5 #Tolkien
…lovely reference to the Doors of Durin in Stranger Things, S5E7!
If you know, you know!
#StrangerThings5 #Tolkien
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 PM
No spoilers please, but…
…lovely reference to the Doors of Durin in Stranger Things, S5E7!
If you know, you know!
#StrangerThings5 #Tolkien
…lovely reference to the Doors of Durin in Stranger Things, S5E7!
If you know, you know!
#StrangerThings5 #Tolkien
Watching Meriadoc Brandybuck as a juvenile delinquent turned assistant detective wasn’t quite on my Bingo card this evening! (What a great concept for a series, though! We need more intergenerational stuff on TV!)
#HettyWainthroppInvestigates
#HettyWainthroppInvestigates
January 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Watching Meriadoc Brandybuck as a juvenile delinquent turned assistant detective wasn’t quite on my Bingo card this evening! (What a great concept for a series, though! We need more intergenerational stuff on TV!)
#HettyWainthroppInvestigates
#HettyWainthroppInvestigates
I taught Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan this week - here are some of the many covers over the years. It’s interesting what each of them chooses to depict, isn’t it?
January 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I taught Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Tombs of Atuan this week - here are some of the many covers over the years. It’s interesting what each of them chooses to depict, isn’t it?
The #Tolkien Family Album was published 34 years ago this week. Here are a few gems from this rare book:
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/a-few-gems...
Included are some thoughts about the early years of the @tolkiensociety.org and an absent friend…
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/a-few-gems...
Included are some thoughts about the early years of the @tolkiensociety.org and an absent friend…
January 11, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The #Tolkien Family Album was published 34 years ago this week. Here are a few gems from this rare book:
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/a-few-gems...
Included are some thoughts about the early years of the @tolkiensociety.org and an absent friend…
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/a-few-gems...
Included are some thoughts about the early years of the @tolkiensociety.org and an absent friend…
Happy birthday J.R.R. Tolkien! Here’s my latest tribute to “On Fairy-stories” and the way it shaped the thinking (and writing!) of later fantasy authors.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/in-tolkien...
@tolkiensociety.org @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/in-tolkien...
@tolkiensociety.org @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Happy birthday J.R.R. Tolkien! Here’s my latest tribute to “On Fairy-stories” and the way it shaped the thinking (and writing!) of later fantasy authors.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/in-tolkien...
@tolkiensociety.org @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/in-tolkien...
@tolkiensociety.org @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
Tree on fire 🌳 🔥
(Seriously, 2026 has been treating us to some amazing skies so far!)
(Seriously, 2026 has been treating us to some amazing skies so far!)
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Tree on fire 🌳 🔥
(Seriously, 2026 has been treating us to some amazing skies so far!)
(Seriously, 2026 has been treating us to some amazing skies so far!)
First sunrise of the year! Happy New Year everyone! 🔔❄️☀️
January 1, 2026 at 8:47 AM
First sunrise of the year! Happy New Year everyone! 🔔❄️☀️
Reflections
(Forth and Clyde Canal)
(Forth and Clyde Canal)
December 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reflections
(Forth and Clyde Canal)
(Forth and Clyde Canal)
Lovely Boxing Day walk. Cold but sunny! Somewhere in there is our house, with the Campsie Fells in the background. 🏴🌞🎄
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Lovely Boxing Day walk. Cold but sunny! Somewhere in there is our house, with the Campsie Fells in the background. 🏴🌞🎄
Christmas sunset for you all 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Christmas sunset for you all 🎄
“Twas the Night before Christmas” (aka “A Visit from St. Nicholas”) by Clement Clarke Moore, illustrated by Douglas Gorsline, Arthur Rackham, Jessie Willcox Smith, and P.J. Lynch.
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
🎅🎄
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
🎅🎄
December 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Twas the Night before Christmas” (aka “A Visit from St. Nicholas”) by Clement Clarke Moore, illustrated by Douglas Gorsline, Arthur Rackham, Jessie Willcox Smith, and P.J. Lynch.
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
🎅🎄
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
🎅🎄
General Christmas sugar business by my amazing husband @andyd99.bsky.social! 🎄❄️🧁
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
General Christmas sugar business by my amazing husband @andyd99.bsky.social! 🎄❄️🧁
He’s had another hard day… 🐈⬛ 🐾
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
He’s had another hard day… 🐈⬛ 🐾
Auto-reply now on till January 2026! On couch, under old duvet, on to serious business! 🐈⬛ 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Auto-reply now on till January 2026! On couch, under old duvet, on to serious business! 🐈⬛ 🎄
First batch of κουραμπιέδες (kourabiedes)! These are a traditional Greek treat for Christmas: lovely biscuits, made with plenty of butter (a bit like shortbread) and roasted almonds, and coated in icing sugar.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
First batch of κουραμπιέδες (kourabiedes)! These are a traditional Greek treat for Christmas: lovely biscuits, made with plenty of butter (a bit like shortbread) and roasted almonds, and coated in icing sugar.
🇬🇷🎄
🇬🇷🎄
A clip from my Substack “live” on J.R.R. #Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters earlier on today.
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @digitaltolkien.com
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @digitaltolkien.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A clip from my Substack “live” on J.R.R. #Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters earlier on today.
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @digitaltolkien.com
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @digitaltolkien.com
This is a public service announcement: Santa’s Express has been intercepted by giant cat. Expect delays!
🎅🎄🐈⬛🐾🎁
🎅🎄🐈⬛🐾🎁
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a public service announcement: Santa’s Express has been intercepted by giant cat. Expect delays!
🎅🎄🐈⬛🐾🎁
🎅🎄🐈⬛🐾🎁
Our front garden right now! (Photos by me and my husband)
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our front garden right now! (Photos by me and my husband)
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...
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.
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
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
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
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
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
@tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/tolkien-tu...
@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