The Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen

The Tolkien Professor, in conjunction with Signum University, and Mythgard Institute, is excited to announce that courses are now featured on iTunes U! The iTunes U site provides access to all three partners-in-learning — the best of Tolkien Professor, full lectures from Signum and Mythgard, and much more!

Check it out today on iTunes U!

We are also pleased to announce The Hobbit and The Silmarillion courses are available as iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch friendly downloads!

Silmarillion Seminar 30 is posted! Find out what Mr. T and Voldemort have to do with the War of Wrath in this episode entitled “I Pity the Fool!” Find all the episodes of the Silmarillion Seminar here, or subscribe to the Tolkien Professor’s feed through iTunes.

The next to last installment of the Faerie and Fantasy course is available! Professor Olsen and his class continue with Garth Nix’s “Sabriel”. Listen here or on iTunes.

A friend of The Tolkien Professor for years and collaborator on Dr. Olsen’s Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon, Heath Dill is crowdfunding the development of a Tolkien-themed cookbook!  Get in on the action at Kickstarter to support this project. Several of the contribution tiers feature Tolkien Professor and Mythgard-themed bonuses, so choose the one that’s right for you.  Bon appétit!

Hard on the heels of FF 37 comes episode 38! Prof. Olsen and class tackle chapters 17-23 of the Young Adult Fantasy “Sabriel” by Garth Nix. Listen to this episode (or the entire series) here or on iTunes.

The new episode of the Faerie and Fantasy course is out! This installment covers chapters 12-17 of Garth Nix’s YA fantasy novel, “Sabriel.” Listen here or on iTunes.

A nip of fall in the air? Cozy up with the Tolkien Professor and his class as they make their way through Garth Nix’s “Sabriel”. Listen here or subscribe on iTunes.

If you are hoping to get a personalized and signed copy of Dr. Olsen’s Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, make sure you submit your order by sending an email with your name and personalized note request to [email protected] – no later than Tuesday, September 11th at 12:00 pm (UTC-5).

When preparing payment, be sure to include the the shipping cost, calculated based on your address for international orders or $6.95 for the first book + $1.00 for each additional copy domestically.

Dr. Olsen will be readying his signing hand for next week and you should expect your very own copy of his book in your mailbox soon after!

Faerie and Fantasy 33 is now available! Professor Olsen’s class discusses Peter S. Beagle’s “The Last Unicorn”, Chapters 9-11. Listen here or on iTunes.

It’s a Silmarillion Seminar Double Header! In Seminar 23 we delve into the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, Chapter 20 of the Quenta Silmarillion, for “Dragon 1.0”. Seminar 24 covers Chapter 21 “Of Turin Turambar”, and dives into even more gloomy territory. This session is aptly named “Don’t Blame it on Turin, Blame it on the Boogie” You can listen to them here or subscribe to The Tolkien Professor feed on iTunes.