Either way, it *has* to be a Fellowship, I would think?

The announcement did not leave much time to shift plans, did it? :-)

Looking forward to seeing you at future sessions/or Signum!

'On Fairy-stories' is just the greatest!! And isn't it cool to re-experience it with like-minded people, guided by expert inputs?

Do check this out for a series of amazing guest lectures (and an okay one [🙋🏼‍♂️] in July), and to join an engaging and interactive international reading club of the works of #Tolkien.

#BigRead #BookClub #TolkienStudies

The Slow LotR Re-read (1): Bilbo as a folklore hero Happy Tolkien Reading Day! And thanks to all of you who have followed and supported my Substack, “A kind of elvish craft”, which celebrates its first birthday today!

Happy Tolkien Reading Day!

This is the first of a series of pieces recording my thoughts as I’m going through a slow re-read of The Lord of the Rings.

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Mason: Dad, there's no real magic in the world, right? Dad: What do you mean? Mason: You know, like elves and stuff. People just made that up. Dad: Oh, I don't know. I mean, what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like a whale? Yoy know what I mean? What if I told you a story about how underneath the ocean, there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs and it was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries? I mean, you'd think that was pretty magical, right?

Saw someone say the world is a boring place because there are no elves or dragons, so I'm legally obliged to share this:

Well, that is certainly a loss...

Michael Hague has passed away.

[He did the legendary 1984 Hobbit]

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Happy Mothering Sunday! #MotheringSunday #MothersDay #Tolkien
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Art by Catherine Chmiel
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Sadly, I mostly produce okayish acceptable stuff but if the muse ever strikes again, it‘s all yours ;-)

José Maria Miranda Boto closing the #SwissTolkien Conference with observations on the practicalities of rulership in Middle-earth, positing Théoden as the perfect traditional King: doesn‘t govern much, dies gloriously = good man!
#Tolkien #TolkienStudies #HisBookMentionsMe

In ‚Elendil: Leading through Echoes‘, Judith Klinger investigates his own #leadership and how he inspires later ideals of #kingship. From refugee leader to intermediary through symbols/heirlooms, Elendil „inhabits a space between worlds and times“.

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Sina and Julia of the #TypischRavenclaw Podcast apply the @economist.com Democracy Index to the Peoples of Middle-earth in 3018 T.A., asking „How authoritarian are the free folks of Middle-earth“ at the #SwissTolkien Conference.

#Tolkien #TolkienStudies #Democracy

Thoughts on ‚The Training, Character and Impact of Gandalf‘ by Matthew Dickerson at the #SwissTolkien Conference: the centrality of lament and him learning at the house of Nienna about #pity and #patience, #endurance and #hope – THE central qualities of his leadership!

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Good to know we are once again attending the same event – although only one of us made it in person :-)

good thing you didn‘t just chastise me for not finishing texts for you… 😇

In ‚Bilbo as Mystical Leader‘ Claudio A. Testi argues Bilbo exemplifies traditional qualities of the mystic: abandonment, action as an end in itself, detachment and the bright darkness.
Most convincing: Bilbo goes on an adventure just for the sake of adventure.
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@clarelmoore.bsky.social you now know who to ask for recommendations regarding your envisioned trip!

@thetolkienist.com speaking at the 2nd Swiss Tolkien Conference in #Zurich – and initiatives on ecologically sound tourism in the #Lauterbrunnen valley is the reason a German was invited to speak about the Swiss countryside.
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Tolkien Seminar 2026 – Call for Papers [EN] & Scholarship The 22st seminar of the German Tolkien Society is supported by Walking Tree Publishers and will take place in cooperation with the Department of Book Science in a hybrid format (mainly in presence but...

📢 #CfP for the 22nd #Tolkien Seminar of the @germantolksoc.bsky.social in cooperation with the Environmental Education Centre in Augsburg and WTP
📜Environment, the World around us, and the Connatural World in Tolkien’s Works
#envhum #ecocrit

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When did the tiny fairy trope begin? In today’s piece (part 2/2) I’m looking at the evidence from the most recent fairy scholarship, incl. by Ronald Hutton and @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social. And, of course, I am closing with a verdict on Tolkien's own view! 🧚
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The @tolkiensociety.org instagram to the rescue:

There‘s a great illustration for that chapter from #Oxonmoot two years ago, as @drhannahmcd.bsky.social and @ashiggins.bsky.social will surely still remember :-)

Fair point…😅

Nonono, Tolkienology is „Did Orcs fuck?“

Every now and again I feel obliged to repost David E. Alter Jr's brilliant 1982 pic Bilbo's Great Adventure. Like a cross between a Victorian neo-medieval tapestry and an 8-bit platform game it condenses the whole story of The Hobbit into one image. My fave #Tolkien detail...that awesome little Bard

Eagerly awaiting the next Digital Tolkien post on this then :-)

New piece, in which I’m tracing the origins of the little people and tiny worlds tradition back to the early modern period (with Tolkien’s “On Fairy-stories as a touchstone)

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I find myself very reluctantly intrigued to know what the result of that might be.
The kind of urge that makes people look at traffic accidents etc…

yeah I’m into LOTR

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