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.