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The Tolkien Society is an educational charity, literary society, and international fan club, devoted to promoting the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Tolkien Society Blog
1w ago
We are pleased to announce the winners of The Tolkien Society Awards 2024. The Tolkien Society Awards recognise excellence in the fields of Tolkien scholarship and fandom, highlighting our long-standing charitable objective to “seek to educate the public in, and promote research into, the life and works of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE”. Tolkien ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
2w ago
The Trustees of The Tolkien Society are pleased to announce the shortlist for The Tolkien Society Awards 2024. Voting is open exclusively to members of the Society through the Members’ Area. Shortlist The shortlist for the Awards is as follows: Best Artwork “Frodo’s Inheritance” by Donato Giancola “Ancalagon the Black vs Earendel Sky Battle” by ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
1M ago
Today is The Tolkien Society’s international Tolkien Reading Day! The theme this year is Service and Sacrifice. Share a video, or let us know what you’re reading in the comments below or by using #TolkienReadingDay. What’s going on? Tolkien Reading Day is held on the 25th of March each year. The date of the 25th ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
1M ago
The Tolkien Society’s Annual Dinner Guest Speaker will speaking on the evening of Saturday 13th April at our event in Cambridge. We’re pleased to announce Andrew Higgins as our annual Guest of Honour. Dr. Andrew Higgins is the Director of Development at Imperial War Museums. He is an award-winning Tolkien scholar having published extensively on the ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
1M ago
Tolkien Reading Day normally takes place on 25th March, signifying the fall of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings. However, this year the Tolkien Society are collaborating with the Prancing Pony Podcast and A Long-Expected Soundscape to co-run Tolkien Reading Day 2024. Our theme if ‘Service and Sacrifice‘ and we will be celebrating by ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
2M ago
The first round of nominations for The Tolkien Society Awards 2024 is now open. The Awards recognise excellence in Tolkien scholarship and fandom, furthering the Society’s long-standing charitable objective to “seek to educate the public in, and promote research into, the life and works of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE“. This year’s categories are ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
5M ago
We are now calling for papers for the Tolkien Society 2024 seminar, on the theme Tolkien’s Romantic Resonances, which will be a hybrid event held online and in-person at the Hilton Hotel, Leeds on 6th July 2024. Tolkien’s Romantic Resonances Saturday 6th July (Free Hybrid Event) Hilton Leeds City As early as The Book of ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
8M ago
The Tolkien Society are delighted to announce that Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning composer Bear McCreary, the composer of the score for Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, will be joining us for Oxonmoot this year. Bear McCreary is a lifelong Tolkien fan – having first read The Hobbit at the age of 10 ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
9M ago
A new version of The Lord of the Rings Musical has opened this week at the Watermill Theatre, near Newbury in Berkshire, UK. This reworked version of the 2006 stage musical will run from July to October. This new musical production of The Lord of the Rings takes place at the Watermill Theatre, with production ..read more
The Tolkien Society Blog
9M ago
The official Tolkien Calendar 2024, containing Alan Lee artwork inspired by The Fall of Númenor, is released today. The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley, was published last autumn and provides a chronological account of the Second Age. This Tolkien Calendar 2024 includes artwork by Alan Lee that featured in the book, as well ..read more