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Over the weekend of 3rd-4th July, the Society hosted its Summer Seminar on the theme of Tolkien and Diversity. Hosted online on Zoom, we welcomed 16 speakers and over 700 audience members to what was a spectacular event. The individual paper recordings are now available for free on the Tolkien Society’s YouTube channel.

Posted by on 8 May 2016

The Tolkien Society was honoured to host renowned Tolkien artist Alan Lee at its Annual Dinner in York on 9 April 2016. Watch as he discusses his artwork over the past decade or so.

Posted by on 1 July 2015

We had the great honour of hosting Tolkien in Oxford producer Leslie Megahey at our Annual Dinner back in April. Watch as he talks about making the film, and meeting and working with J.R.R. Tolkien.

Posted by on 15 May 2016

King Edward’s School, Birmingham, has produced a short documentary on Robert Quilter Gilson, a close friend of Tolkien who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

The Bodleian Libraries and TORCH have released the video from “The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien’s Legacy”, an event held on 29th October to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings.

Posted by on 4 June 2015

Lev Grossman, author of the critically-acclaimed Magicians Trilogy, delivered the third annual Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford, on 13 May 2015.

Over the weekend of 3rd-4th July, the Society hosted its Summer Seminar on the theme of Tolkien and Diversity. Hosted online on Zoom, we welcomed 16 speakers and over 700 audience members to what was a spectacular event. The individual paper recordings are now available for free on the Tolkien Society’s YouTube channel.

Posted by on 15 May 2016

King Edward’s School, Birmingham, has produced a short documentary on Robert Quilter Gilson, a close friend of Tolkien who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Posted by on 8 May 2016

The Tolkien Society was honoured to host renowned Tolkien artist Alan Lee at its Annual Dinner in York on 9 April 2016. Watch as he discusses his artwork over the past decade or so.

The Bodleian Libraries and TORCH have released the video from “The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien’s Legacy”, an event held on 29th October to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings.

Posted by on 1 July 2015

We had the great honour of hosting Tolkien in Oxford producer Leslie Megahey at our Annual Dinner back in April. Watch as he talks about making the film, and meeting and working with J.R.R. Tolkien.

Posted by on 4 June 2015

Lev Grossman, author of the critically-acclaimed Magicians Trilogy, delivered the third annual Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford, on 13 May 2015.