Hail Fellowship! We're just over one week away from the start of Tolkien Weekend NYC 2019. Please use the hashtag #TolkienNYC2019 on social media to let everyone know what you're up to during the celebration. Follow us on Twitter: @HerenIstarion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NYCTolkienMoot/ A note first concerning the events taking place Saturday, March 16th 2019 and… Continue reading Final Conference Update: Revised Schedule, New Guest Speaker
Tag: Tolkien Reading Day
Concerning Hobbits, Wardrobes and Rings
Hullo fair traveler! Our post Tolkien Reading Day news is long overdue! A few notes concerning our March 23rd event, the Lewis and Tolkien play in NYC, a Narnia Inspired poem by author Ryder Miller, and a few tidbits. On Friday March 23rd we gathered at Baruch College, our NYC Tolkien Fellowship meeting hall, to… Continue reading Concerning Hobbits, Wardrobes and Rings
Tomorrow We Honor the Ringbearers & their great burden
Hail Fellowship, Tomorrow we honor the Ringbearers and their great burden at our first Conference event of 2018 with Guest Presenter Professor Nicholas Birns. The doors open at 12pm, and our program A Great Burden Without Guidance: The Six Mortal Ringbearers begins at 12:30. After the presentation, and a lunch break, we welcome everyone to join us… Continue reading Tomorrow We Honor the Ringbearers & their great burden
In One Week: Our Tolkien Reading Day event — Guest Presentation with Nicholas Birns
Hail Fellowship, It is our hope this finds you all well. As you know Tolkien Reading Day is celebrated worldwide on March 25th. The New York Tolkien Conference is celebrating this event two days earlier this year on Friday March 23rd, which is due to scheduling arrangements and organizing of this event. We took a… Continue reading In One Week: Our Tolkien Reading Day event — Guest Presentation with Nicholas Birns
Tolkien Reading Day Guest Presentation: The Six Mortal Ringbearers
Hail Fellowship! One month from tomorrow The New York Tolkien Conference returns with our Tolkien Reading Day/Spring 2018 event. Tolkien Reading Day is celebrated globally on March 25th and has been organized by The Tolkien Society since 2003. As you know The 25th of March is the date of the downfall of the Lord of the… Continue reading Tolkien Reading Day Guest Presentation: The Six Mortal Ringbearers
Of Ringbearers, Wardrobes & The Maker of Middle-earth
Hail Friends! Today has been quite exciting regarding Tolkien related events being discussed on social media. We are currently finalizing plans for our March 2018 Tolkien Reading Day event with guest speaker Nicholas Birns, who will be presenting A Great Burden Without Guidance: The Six Mortal Ringbearers. The One Ring was made by and meant for Sauron, the… Continue reading Of Ringbearers, Wardrobes & The Maker of Middle-earth
Happy Holidays! New Year, New Event Format
Hail and Happy Holidays Fellowship! It is our hope everyone is having a happy and healthy holiday season! May your holiday celebrations bring peace, love and joy. In our article of November 29th, 2017 we said we would be announcing event(s) and a Conference for 2018. (Read Here) Since making that announcement our planning council… Continue reading Happy Holidays! New Year, New Event Format
Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day Today with Friends!
Today is the Tolkien Society's International Tolkien Reading Day Celebration, which this year the theme is friendship. The Tolkien Society has put together a page of videos from Tolkien Society trustees and Tolkien Scholars reading passages that cover this years theme: John Garth, Dr Mark Atherton, Dr Dimitra Fimi, Dr Stuart D. Lee, and Dr… Continue reading Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day Today with Friends!