Mythmakers
By Oxford Centre for Fantasy
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Mythmakers is the podcast for fantasy fans and creatives, brought to you by the Oxford Centre for Fantasy. In each episode, we embark on an exploration of the world of fantasy—both classic and contemporary. From the stories behind your favourite series to expert tips for aspiring writers, we dive into books, films, TV shows, and the creative process behind them.
Brought to you from the heart of Oxford—home to literary greats like J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Lewis Carroll—we continue the storytelling tradition in the very city where Narnia, Middle-earth, and even Wonderland took shape drawing on the city’s magical blend of ancient buildings, labyrinthine libraries, and gentle river meadows.
Ready to step into the Wardrobe with us into your next big adventure? Visit https://oxfordcentreforfantasy.org/ to learn more!
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Rock Music in Narnia and 1980s Fantasy Highlights
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Then I Will Declare My Doom - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 4 Ch 6
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Were you a friend of Boromir? - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 4 Ch 5
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The Rainshadow Orphans: Naomi Ishiguro and Anime Inspired Fantasy
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May 28, 2026 |
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Something Hot Out of the Pot - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 4 Ch 4
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May 21, 2026 |
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The Best Fantasy Books of the 1990s
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May 14, 2026 |
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Galahad and the Grail: Malcolm Guite Is on a Quest
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May 07, 2026 |
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Nursery Toys, Their Fantastical Journeys and Which Is the Best Cinematic Universe
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Casting, Colbert and Contracts: Big News of Lotr Films and the Best Way to Get a Book Contract
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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The Call: Peadar Ó Guilín, Irish Fantasy and the Nature of Fairy Stories
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Notorious Virtues: Alwyn Hamilton and a 1920s Heiress Fantasy
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Mammoth Rider: SJ Poyton's Long Road to Publishing
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Celebrating King Arthur on Tolkien Reading Day
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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I Know No Other Way - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 4 Ch 3
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Dead Faces in the Water! - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 4 Ch 2
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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LOTR: An Author's Journey - Wrap Up of The Two Towers, Book 3
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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He's Much More Dangerous than He Looks - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 4 Ch 1
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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A Most Unquenchable Hobbit! - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 11
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Love Is in the Air: Romance and Fantasy
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Come Back, Saruman! - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 10
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Chamber of Secrets and the Most Famous Film You've (Probably) Never Heard Of!
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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One Who Cannot Cast Away a Treasure at Need Is in Fetters - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 9
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Classical Stories and Fantasy: The Birder and Other Tales
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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You Have Passed My Score by One - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 8
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Christmas in Narnia or Middle-earth: the Pros and Cons
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Tolkien, Lewis, the Inklings and Audiobooks
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Pullman on Audio: Our Verdict!
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Devilry of Saruman - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 7
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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75th Anniversary of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - How Does It Read Today?
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Dark Have Been My Dreams of Late - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 6
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Wingardium Leviosa! Harry Potter Audiobook With Full Cast: Our Verdict
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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At the Turn of the Tide - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 5
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Greta Gerwig's Narnia
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Root and Twig - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 4
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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The Circle of Shadows: Dark Academia with Marisa Linton
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Can't Take His Medicine - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 3
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Thirst: Horror Folk Stories, Uncanny Rivers and the Walking Dead
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Not Idly Do The Leaves Of Lorien Fall - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 2
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Marve and the Firstborn of the Sun: Mining Your Culture for New Fantasy Ideas
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Forth the Three Hunters! - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Bk 3 Ch 1
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Climate Change and Fantasy: H.S. Norup and The Changeling Child
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Encore: Andy Serkis Audio Book of The Lord of the Rings - Our Verdict
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Encore: Did Peter Jackson Get It Right? The Return of the King Movie Reconsidered
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Encore: Did Peter Jackson Get It Right? The Two Towers Movie Reconsidered
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Encore: Did Peter Jackson Get It Right? The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Reconsidered
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Encore: Tolkien's Modern Reading with Holly Ordway
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Encore: The Oddest Inkling - Charles Williams with Sørina Higgins
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Encore: The Wonderful Worlds Of TA White
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: Wrap Up of The Fellowship of the Ring
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Season 7 Wrap Up
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 10
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 9
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Emily J. Taylor: The Otherwhere Post
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 8
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Tolkien's Tales from the Perilous Realm
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May 29, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 7
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May 22, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 6
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May 15, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 5
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May 08, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 4
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May 01, 2025 |
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William Morris, Tolkien and The House of the Wolfings
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 3
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Tolkien the Poet: Our verdict on the New Collected Poems of JRR Tolkien
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 2
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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The Curse of the Silvan Oaks: Meet Debut Fantasy Writer, Georgia Channon
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 2 Chapter 1
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Twenty-First Century Tolkien: Prof Nick Groom and What Tolkien Means to Us Today—Part 2
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Twenty-First Century Tolkien: Prof Nick Groom and What Tolkien Means to Us Today—Part 1
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Dr Eleanor Baker: Book of Curses and the Power of the Word
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 12
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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The Discarded Image and the Key to Narnia
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Dragons, Victorians and Forests: Professor John Holmes on Performing Tolkien's Lecture, William Morris and Much More!
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The War of the Rohirrim: Our Verdict
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Mythmakers Season 6 Wrap Up
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Hannah Kingsley: Soul Hate and Battling Your Fate
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Set sail with Rose Black and her Fantasy Pirate Adventure: Fated Winds and Promising Seas
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Helen Glynn Jones and The Last Raven: Vampires, Humans and Other Monsters
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Tad Williams and the Navigator's Children: How to Wrap up a Vast Epic Fantasy
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 11
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Mythmakers meets The Mythmakers: John Hendrix and his Graphic Novel about Tolkien and Lewis
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 10
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Let's talk about mermaids: Berlie Doherty, Tamsin Rosewell and The Seamaiden's Odyssey
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 9
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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C.S. Lewis's Oxford
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 8
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Heroes and Villains: Ana Sampson and Chris Riddell
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 7
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The Rings of Power Season 2: The Verdict
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Kate Dylan: Until We Shatter and 'New Adult' Fantasy
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 6
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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This Ravenous Fate: Hayley Dennings, Vampires and the Harlem Renaissance
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 5
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Megan Whalen Turner: The Queen's Thief and the Secret of a Long Career as a Fantasy Writer
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Mythmakers Season 5 Wrap Up
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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We Review The Letters of JRR Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Samantha Shannon: The Bone Season 10th Anniversary Edition
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Movies Showing Nowhere: Yorick Goldewijk and Memories in Fantasy
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 4
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Who's your Robin Hood: T.K. Hall & 'Shadow of the Wolf'
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 3
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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The Twelve: Liz Hyder and Timeslip Fantasy
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 2
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The War of the Rohirrim: New LotR Film
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Sidecast - LOTR: An Author's Journey, Book 1 Chapter 1
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Lucy Strange: The Island at the Edge of Night
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May 30, 2024 |
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The Rings of Power, Season 2: Our Hopes and Fears
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May 23, 2024 |
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Hunt for Gollum: What Might Be in Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis' New Film
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May 16, 2024 |
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Should Dark Lords be Rationed? Evil in Fantasy - Part 2
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May 09, 2024 |
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Should Dark Lords be Rationed? Evil in Fantasy - Part 1
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May 02, 2024 |
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Top 5 Moments in The Lord of the Rings
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Historical v. Fantasy Fiction
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Romantasy: Rebecca Yarros and the Latest Fantasy Craze
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Cultural Takeover? 3 Body Problem and Other Adaptations
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Percy Jackson... Our Verdict on the Adaptations
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Damsels Not in Distress
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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New Zealand and Peter Jackson
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The Oscars and Fantasy Movies
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Mythmakers Season 4 Wrap Up: Season Highlights
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Universes - Good or Bad for Creativity
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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The Dr Who Episode: Steve Cole and MG Harris - Part 2
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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The Dr Who Episode: Steve Cole and MG Harris - Part 1
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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CS Lewis 60 Years On
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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David D. Levine: The Kuiper Belt Job – Part 2
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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David D. Levine: The Kuiper Belt Job – Part 1
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Vampires v. Werewolves - the Halloween Edition
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Result of the Oxford/Pushkin Children's Fantasy Prize
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Fantasy Writing - Why Go Small?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Anna Waterworth - The Girl Who Grew Wings
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Why it is dangerous to study Tolkien?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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An Evening with the Inklings - JRR Tolkien
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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An Evening with the Inklings - Owen Barfield
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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The Rings of Power v. The Lord of the Rings Musical
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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An Evening with the Inklings - Meet the Inklings Experts
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Tolkien's Faith - a Spiritual Biography
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Andy Serkis Reads The Silmarillion - The Verdict (Season 4 Premiere!)
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Mythmakers Season 3 Finale: The Tolkien Top 5
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Best and Worst Fathers in The Lord of the Rings
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Celebrating Fantasy Illustrators - John Tenniel
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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From Colours to Makeovers – Mythmakers Ask us Anything
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Tolkien's Modern Reading with Holly Ordway
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May 26, 2023 |
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The Hobbit Tea Party - Readathon Livestream
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May 18, 2023 |
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Behind the Scenes at the Oxford Centre for Fantasy – Part 2: Where Next?
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May 11, 2023 |
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Top Ten Fantasy Royals - Coronation Special
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May 04, 2023 |
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Behind the Scenes at the Oxford Centre for Fantasy – Part 1: How We Got Here
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - Our Verdict
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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AI Revolution: What should writers and artists do? Part 2: Text
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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AI Revolution: What should writers and artists do? Part 1: Images
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Eggs! Cracking open Myths and Legends
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Tolkien and Creativity: Creation as Jazz - Part 2
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Tolkien and Creativity: Creation as Jazz - Part 1
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Katherine Livesey: Girls in Love
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Jennifer Hayashi Danns: Adventures with Gender
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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H.S. Norup: Do Faeries Need a Makeover?
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Lilly Inkwood and the Fantasy Spy Thriller
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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The Problem with Orcs
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Tolkien 50 Years On
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Season 3 Premiere! - Rabbits in Fantasy
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Mythmakers Season 2 Finale - Seasonal Round-Up
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Bramble Fox - Prize-Winning German Fantasy Writer, Kathrin Tordasi, and Portal Fantasy
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Retelling Fairytales - A Lost Writer We Need To Rediscover - Madame D'Aulnoy
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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The Silmarillion Readathon Livestream Event
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Must-read Fantasy Novels - A Christmas Carol
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Surprised by Oxford - Academic and author Carolyn Weber on her book and biopic about her experience in the city
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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The Rings of Power Livestream
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Best Of Mythmakers Replay: Oxford As A Fantasy Hotspot
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Must-Read Fantasy Novels - Frankenstein
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Rings of Power - Halfway Point Check In
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Everything You Need To Know About The Silmarillion But Were Too Afraid To Ask (Part 2)
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Everything You Need To Know About The Silmarillion But Were Too Afraid To Ask
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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The Spell Tailors: A Magical Book Launch with Elizabeth Clark and James Nicol
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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First Reactions To The Rings Of Power (Amazon Prime)
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Rings of Power - The Story Perspective (Amazon Prime)
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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The Welsh Episode with Claire Fayers - Part 2
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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The Welsh Episode with Claire Fayers - Part 1
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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What about the stone-giants? A user's guide to the giantic in Tolkien and elsewhere - Part 2
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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What about the stone-giants? A user's guide to the giantic in Tolkien and elsewhere - Part 1
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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A Publisher's Perspective: the Pushkin Press and Fantasy in Translation Part 2 of 2 - Guest Daniel Seton
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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A Publisher's Perspective: the Pushkin Press and Fantasy in Translation Part 1 of 2 - Guest Daniel Seton
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Alice Worth Series and Writing Urban Fantasy - Part 2 of 2
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Alice Worth Series and Writing Urban Fantasy - Part 1
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Stargazy Pies And Imperial Stories - Part 2
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Stargazy Pies And Imperial Stories - Part 1
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Space Opera and Fantasy from Down Under
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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From Fairly Odd-Parents To The Garden: A Life In Animation With Butch Hartman
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Bonus Podcast: Top Ten Fantasy Royals
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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King Arthur and the Tolkien Lecture
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May 30, 2022 |
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Bonus Podcast: Readathon Live Event!
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May 28, 2022 |
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Top Five Fantasy Books - Audio Version With Guest Andrew Head
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May 23, 2022 |
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From Dragon-ridden To Firebird Chronicles: The Wonderful Worlds Of TA White
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May 16, 2022 |
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Lord of Stariel: An Independent Route To Publishing
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May 09, 2022 |
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Fantastic Beast: Secrets of Dumbledore Film Review
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May 03, 2022 |
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Did Peter Jackson Get It Right? - The Return of the King Movie Reconsidered
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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The Dog Episode - with SQuire and Louise DuArt Rushnell
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Did Peter Jackson get it right? - The Two Towers movie reconsidered - with Jacob Rennaker
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Did Peter Jackson Get It Right? - The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Reconsidered
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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The Oddest Inkling - Charles William... with Sørina Higgins
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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A Magical Blend: Writing Historical Fantasies...with Lucy Strange
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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The problem With Witches...With James Nicol
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Bingo, Odo and Frodo: Tolkien, Lewis And The Discovery Writer
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Title Reveal
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Review of The Nature of Middle-earth by JRR Tolkien ed. Carl F. Hostetter
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Spiderman No Way Home - a review of all things Spidey!
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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From Sir Gawain to COVID: A Composer's view of storytelling and fantasy
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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William Morris - the incredible life of the man who influenced the Inklings
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Tolkien And The Nature Of Good And Evil
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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LIVE STREAM Replay: Always Winter and Never Christmas?
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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The Oxford Story Museum
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Where Can You Find A Real Warg? Elfdalian and Tolkien's Languages
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Beyond Andy Serkis - Other Audiobook Versions of Tolkien's Works
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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On Re-reading The Lord of the Rings
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Tolkien and Transcendent Beauty - A Theologian’s Perspective
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Fantasy Subcultures - from Dungeons & Dragons to LARPing - find out more from an expert
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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A Life In Film Making - The Star Wars Episode!
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Mythmakers Go To War
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Andy Serkis Audio book of The Lord of the Rings - Our Verdict
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Recent Big Fantasy Dramas - From The Witcher To The New Amazon Tolkien Series
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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The Second Age - Amazon Series Livestream (Podcast Replay)
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Comic Book City
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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The Magic of Middle Earth
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Things You Don't Know About Tolkien, CS Lewis And Oxford
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Oxford As A Fantasy Hotspot
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Mythmakers - The Trailer
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Aug 16, 2021 |