The final deadline for proposals for Fantasy's Present Pasts (Glasgow, 23rd-25th June 2026) is this Friday (12th December). The abstracts we've received so far are very exciting - it's shaping up to be a really good programme. More information here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20....

A helpful dragon to remind you that the Call for Papers and Sessions for the inaugural European Conference on the Fantastic, Fantasy's Present Pasts (23rd-25th June 2026 in Glasgow), closes on Friday 12th December. More details here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20....

Very excited for this. Sofia Samatar is one of my favourite living writers so I will be attending!

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!

#CfP 🎓 es ist soweit: der CfP für die erste European Conference on the Fantastic zum Thema „Fantasy‘s Present Pasts“ ist da 🐉 wir freuen uns schon auf unsere Zeit im Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic in Glasgow am 23.-25. Juni 2026 ✨🦄 1/2

A reminder that we're hosting the first European Conference on the Fantastic, Fantasy's Present Pasts, in Glasgow next summer (23rd-25th June 2026). The Call for Papers and Sessions can be found here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20.... Closes 12th December. Please do consider submitting!

Call for Papers and Sessions Fantasy’s Present Pasts University of Glasgow Tuesday 23rd – Thursday 25th June 2026 Keynote Speakers: Stefan Ekman, Sofia Samatar and Helen Young More details on the conference in the post linked below - deadline for proposals is Friday 12th December.

Have you ever wanted to discover more about the mythological, legendary history of snakes? Well here's your chance! Join the University of Glasgow at The Hunterian for a series of evening events this summer! More details below 👇

At The City of Lost Books: a tribute to the late Peter Winnington, in the form of my essay-review on his Mervyn Peake monograph, The Voice of the Heart. @uofgfantasy.bsky.social thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/peter-winnin...

Today’s piece is my Oxonmoot 2021 talk, on the 40th anniversary of #Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales, focusing on “Aldarion and Erendis”, Galadriel’s hair, and Gandalf’s character development. @tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @uofgfantasy.bsky.social dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/reflection...

A very big thank you to the @gifcon.bsky.social team for their dedication and hard work in giving us all a fantastical GifCon conference year after year, and to all of the speakers and attendees for being a part of it! Catch up on some of the talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We have been devouring every word of the last two days of @gifcon.bsky.social We're both excited for tomorrow and sad it's the last day. What have been your highlights so far? #FantasyLiterature #QueeringTheFantastic #GIFCon

What a wonderful day of @gifcon.bsky.social again!

Have you reserved your spot? GIFCon 2025: Qeering the Fantastic starts TOMORROW at 12:30 BST Don’t miss a moment: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

It's GIFCon week!!! Who's going to be there?

Did you hear about the new Gruffalo story coming out in September? I was live on BBC Radio Scotland’s #Drivetime programme this evening to chat about this. Link to listen again here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (I am on from 2:02:59) @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

I'm honoured to be taking part in the annual @uofgfantasy.bsky.social conference, @gifcon.bsky.social, with a keynote on queer pregnancy in fantastika. It's completely online next week, registration is still open #medicalhumanities #sciencefiction #cfp fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Today's the day! Get those applications in! #SummerSchoolHereWeCome Sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti... 📚 🏷️ #FantasyLiterature #SciFiLiterature #BookLover #SummerSchool #InternationalCourses

There's a new blog post at The City of Lost Books, on Patricia Lynch's The Grey Goose of Kilnevin (1939). This is a lovely book, and worth reading in the first edition (or an early one published by J M Dent)! @uofgfantasy.bsky.social thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/fantasy-1939...

Tomorrow! The deadline is tomorrow! www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti... #summerschool #fantasyliterature

Congratulations to @dimitrafimi.bsky.social and Dr Andoni Cossio for winning Best Article at the @tolkiensociety.org 2025 Awards! Access their article below⬇️

We won! Many congratulations to all other winners and shortlisted #Tolkien scholars too! Here’s the full list: www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/winn... @tolkiensociety.org @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

Who? What? When? Where? See below for our International Summer School info and let us know if you have any questions! www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti... #FantasyBooks #literature #Glasgow

The APPLICATION DEADLINE for our International Summer School is coming up! Don't miss out! www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...

We're surveying these texts at summer school! You have until next week to sign up!

Can you guess which fantasy series each map belongs to? We're surveying these texts and more across different media while exploring critical approaches and recent theoretical debates. You will also have an opportunity to try your hand at writing fantasy in a Creative Writing workshop!

What's on our reading list for our fantasy summer school? Explore these and more in "Fantastic Texts and Where to Find Them" this summer in Glasgow: Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti... #FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool #shortcourse #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity

A fantastical summer of fantasy books await you. Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti... #FantasyLiterature #InternationalSummerSchool University short course, summer school, fantasy books #UofG #Glasgow #ScottishUniversity

There is still time to register for our one and only summer school! Explore fantasy and fantastic texts in different forms and media, consider their cultural context with us and join us for a fantastical summer: www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...

🎉 FANTASTIC NEWS 🎉 One of our PhD students, @realtomemanuel.bsky.social, and @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social, an affiliate and former tutor on our Fantasy MLitt, have published articles in the new issue of Mythlore: dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/ Scroll down to find out more👇

We are ecstatic to share the news that our members and affiliates have been shortlisted for the @tolkiensociety.org 2025 Awards! Voting is open to all Society members until Friday 25th April. Scroll down to find out what's made the final 👇 www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/vote...

As the sky clouds over, look forward to joining us in Glasgow for this year's summer school (19.6-5.7)! 'Fantastic Texts and Where to Find Them' covers a variety of Fantasy texts while introducing you to new media that will swiftly become lifelong favourites! www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...

One of our PhD students, Marita Arvaniti, recently guest featured on the Hugo Nominated podcast 'A Meal of Thorns' to talk about Hope Mirrlees's novel 'Lud-in-the-Mist'. Listen now for free for excellent Faerie content and book recommendations! ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/04/07/a...

One of our PhD students, Marita Arvaniti, recently guest featured on the Hugo Nominated podcast 'A Meal of Thorns' to talk about Hope Mirrlees's novel 'Lud-in-the-Mist'. Listen now for free for excellent Faerie content and book recommendations! ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/04/07/a...

We always love to hear about what our MLitt Fantasy graduates are doing now 😍

This was a joyous and fascinating day. I loved hearing all the papers, and being interviewed by for the keynote session. Many thanks to the @uofglasgow.bsky.social's Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, @mjrsangster.bsky.social and everybody else who made me feel so welcome!

Thank you to everyone who came to our PFYR Symposium! We are grateful to our speakers and participants for a wonderful day of presentations, insights, critical reflections, practical advice, and conversation. See you at @gifcon.bsky.social in May?

What do you think are the upcoming trends in publishing for young readers? Is it all the romantasy boom or is there more? We're finding out in our roundtable! 📚

It's ROUNDTABLE time! This is not a drill!

Such interesting points, argument and stories (gossip) from the publishing and editing worlds from each of our speakers today 📚

Such interesting points, argument and stories (gossip) from the publishing and editing worlds from each of our speakers today 📚

We are ready for a second round of panels 😎

Get yourself friends who 'steal' your chapters to send them to a publisher on your behalf. - one of our takeaways on the importance of friendship and community as a writer from our keynote speaker @franceshardinge.bsky.social

Getting to hear from a published author about their research and writing process is one of our favourite things (and magical exploding cheeses) @franceshardinge.bsky.social 🤩

Who wants cupcakes? 😋

Follow along for updates on the symposium today!

We're here and talks have commenced!

It's symposium day!

Tomorrow! Who is coming?? 🤩 🏷️ #PublishingFantasy #YoungReaders #Symposium #Publishing #GlasgowEvents #UofG Academic Events, Fantasy Academia, University of Glasgow, Ursula K. le Guin, #UrsulaLeGuin #BookRecs

A recent trip to London got us thinking about urban fantasy so it is good timing that we get to hear Amanda Landegren give their talk on 'The Emergence of Children's Urban Fantasy: A Case Study of Michael De Larrabeiti's "The Borribles"' at the symposium this Thursday!