Educational charity and literary society devoted to the life and works of J. R. R. Tolkien
The Tolkien Society
Established
6 November 1969; 54 years ago (1969-11-06)
Founder
Vera Chapman
Legal status
Educational charity
Focus
Education
Location
United Kingdom
Region served
Global
President
J. R. R. Tolkien (in perpetuo)
Vice-President
Priscilla Tolkien
Chair
Shaun Gunner
Affiliations
Alliance of Literary Societies
Website
www.tolkiensociety.org
The Tolkien Society is an educational charity and literary society devoted to the study and promotion of the life and works of the author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien.[1][2]
It began informally in 1969, and held its inaugural meeting in 1970. It holds five annual events, namely a Birthday Toast, a Tolkien Reading Day, an AGM and Springmoot, a Seminar, and the Oxonmoot conference-and-convention.
The society publishes a bulletin named Amon Hen, and a peer-reviewed journal, Mallorn. It has local groups called "smials", one of which, the Cambridge Tolkien Society, publishes the open access journal Anor.
^Scull, Christina; Hammond, Wayne G. (2006). The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide. Vol. Reader's Guide. London: HarperCollins. p. 287. ISBN 0-00-714918-2.
^Barella, Cecilia (2013) [2007]. "Tolkien Scholarship: Institutions". In Drout, Michael D. C. (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. p. 658. ISBN 978-0-415-86511-1.
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