Online
Oxonmoot is much more than just a big seminar. To complement the programme of Talks and Papers, we are programming the following activities:
- The Telerin Circle at which delegates can read their favourite passage from Tolkien’s works
- A Poetry Reading to showcase members own poetry, and provide an opportunity for members to read their favourite poems by Tolkien and his associates
- Discussions:
- The Expanding Fandom: Tolkien through a multicultural lens
- Many Meetings: Tolkien societies as hubs for international youth events
- Side by Side with a Friend: Friendship and togetherness in Tolkien’s writing
- Fantasies of Time and Death
- How archaeology influenced and informed JRR Tolkien’s legendarium
- Creative Workshops:
- Baking masterclass with Beorn’s (secret) wife Maggie
- Fëanor’s Workshop – Papercraft
- Fëanor’s Workshop – Crafting with paper circuits & LEDs
- Runes, Cirth and Tengwar: An introduction and workshop
- Yarnbombing
- “Show and Tell” following the Costume Masquerade
- Writing Workshops:
- Epic Style: Learn to write and distinguish Germanic & Celtic narrative techniques
- So you want to write fanfiction? Writers’ roundtable
- So you want to write fanfiction? Drabbles & short works
- So you want to write fanfiction? Character development
- Games:
- Middle-earth in the Age of Quarantine
- Dungeons, Dragons & Denethor (A D&D workshop)
- Who am I? A riddle game
- Music & Video:
- Echoes from Middle-earth: a music-visual journey through The Lord of the Rings
- Mormegil, the Black Sword of Doom: a dramatic presentation of part of the Narn i Hîn Húrin.
- Other:
- U. MOve! Slaying Darkness through Dance
- Introduction to the Tolkien Society Archive
The timing for these will be announced in the next few days.