The last few months too many things have happened that I have not managed to report in a timely fashion – I have been getting into the habit of using facebook for daily and weekly updates, so feel free to…
Tolkien Society AGM, Tolkien at Kalamazoo, and other news
On 16 April 2011 the Tolkien Society held its Annual General Meeting, this year hosted at The White Hart Royal Hotel, in Moreton-in-Marsh. I was very honoured to be the guest speaker after the formal dinner in the evening, following…
Festival in the Shire and Oxonmoot 2010
This has been a very hectic summer with many commitments, including speaking at various conferences, preparing new teaching material, and carrying out research in a number of different libraries! Here’s a quick update. I took part in Festival in the…
Festival in the Shire Journal – Issue 3
Issue 3 of the online magazine Festival in the Shire Journal has just appeared. The journal includes a range of interesting articles and interviews in an appealing, web-wise layout. I was honoured to be interviewed by Colin Duriez (himself a…
Festival in the Shire gains Welsh Media attention!
The Welsh media have shown great interest in Festival in the Shire! Yesterday’s Western Mail included the article “Tolkien festival to be held in Middle Wales” in which I was quoted, together with the Mark Faith, the man behind the…
Festival in the Shire!
A new exciting Tolkien event has just been announced! Festival in the Shire is a conference, exhibition and fair celebrating themes inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien, which will be held in mid-Wales, in Machynlleth’s historic Y Plas house and grounds between…
Tolkien at Kalamazoo
The International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo at Western Michigan University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious conferences on Medieval Studies in the world. The conference is now in its forty-fourth year, and for the past nine…
The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference
The proceedings of Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On, a conference organized by the Tolkien Society to celebrate 50 years of The Lord of the Rings which took place at Aston University, Birmingham, on 11-15 August 2005, will be…
Space, Time, Machine and Monster
A science fiction, fantasy and horror conference, organised by Academi, will take place on Saturday 21 June 2008. Space, Time, Machine and Monster: A Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Conference for the Valleys will be held at the University of…