Writing from Ithilien

Tolkien scholarship (conferences, publishing, research, & esp. bibliographies!). ETA: after my June 7 post, I need to warn about an addiction to discursive footnotes and blending academic analysis with reader response (my own!).

Information and CFPs about conferences and publishing opportunities for scholars as well some of my conference presentations.

Various subject-specific bibliographies relating to Tolkien scholarship.

This section began as a place to collect information, and resources on far-right extremism as a global movement and its relationship to Tolkien scholarship (which explains why the URL contains that original language). This section will be expanded in 2026 to include and foreground a wide variety of material on decolonizing/decolonising Tolkien and Anglophone Tolkien scholarship.

Posts relating to a new book project about women and Tolkien's legendarium, its adapations, and transformative works. Working title (6/7/2025): Webs By Women: Feminist Receptions of Tolkien’s Legendarium.

Publications, blogs, stacks, and other nifty things to read!

All about adaptations and transformative works based on Tolkien's legendarium