Dr. Anna Smol

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Dr. Anna Smol

Dr. Anna Smol

@AnnaMSmol

Professor Emerita at Mount Saint Vincent U. with interests in Tolkien, medieval lit, medievalism, and fandom.Posts now on BSky: https://t.co/0j6Auh9juE

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Sumali Kasım 2011
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Dr. Anna Smol
Dr. Anna Smol@AnnaMSmol·
Thank you to the Tolkien Society for inviting me to speak at #Westmoot 2025! Take a look at the other keynote speakers — I’m honoured to be in their company! tolkiensociety.org/events/westmoo…
Luke Shelton PhD@LukeBShelton

#Westmoot is delighted to introduce Anna Smol as one of the keynote speakers for Westmoot 2025! Anna is a Professor Emerita from the Department of English at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. @TeawithTolkien

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Luke Shelton PhD
Luke Shelton PhD@LukeBShelton·
#Westmoot is excited to welcome Donato Giancola as our second keynote speaker for 2025! Donato is a renowned artist who bridges the worlds of contemporary and historical narrative arts. @TolkienSociety
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Luke Shelton PhD
Luke Shelton PhD@LukeBShelton·
Yesterday #Westmoot announced our first keynote speaker: Janet Brennan Croft! @TolkienSociety Janet is Associate University Librarian for Content Delivery at the University of Northern Iowa and the award-winning author of War in the Works of JRR Tolkien
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Tolkien Society
Tolkien Society@TolkienSociety·
Tomorrow the Society is bringing together an unparalleled list of speakers to celebrate the life and works of Christopher #Tolkien. Some of these talks contain unpublished content, so some talks can only be seen live. You can still sign up on our website! tolkiensociety.org/events/christo…
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The Walrus
The Walrus@thewalrus·
Notebook connoisseur @roly_allen’s interest extends beyond the commercial: with a personal collection of battered notebooks and diaries granting personal joy, he thinks the rewards of writing on paper may just surprise. thewalrus.ca/moleskine/
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Ashley Castelino
Ashley Castelino@ashcastelino1·
If you're the slightest bit interested in Old Norse, Iceland, medievalism, mythology, poetry, or music, this absolutely *incredible* performance is a must-watch!
Oxford Medieval Studies@OxMedStud

The long wait is over! We are extremely excited to finally present a complete video recording of last year's performance of the Old Norse eddic poem Vǫluspá (The Seeress’s Prophecy) by @clare_poet 🧙‍♀️ Read more and watch the full performance at medieval.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/21/vol…

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Eric Weiskott
Eric Weiskott@ericweiskott·
this is your annual reminder that the medieval volume of the Norton Anthology of English Literature 10e is slim *not* because there is little surviving medieval English literature, but because the general editor had an ax to grind.
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Luke Shelton PhD
Luke Shelton PhD@LukeBShelton·
Remembered this blog post from a few years ago. Most people don’t know that the animated Hobbit movie by Rankin and Bass was not the first animated adaptation of the book: luke-shelton.com/2020/02/20/the…
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