Events I was part of
A hopefully exhaustive list by about 2027 (?) Backwards, chronologically.
Meetings at my regulars’ table only count as one per year, excepting events out of regular order.
My thanks go out to a number of people who have always been pestering me in recent years to come up with this list (you know who you are!) – and most recently Katie with the PPP/ Bree Crossroads!
Total: 14.
2025
October. 31. Hobbit Halloween. Co-organiser.
October. 16. Frankfurt Book Fair. Speaker with German Tolkien publisher Hobbitpresse, including a chat with Tad Williams. [IG]
September. 27. Thuringian Tolkien Day. Volunteer & panelist. Prosecc-aggadon. [IG]
September 14-16. Visit to Lauterbrunnen on behalf of Lauterbrunnen Tourist Authority; asked to be a consultant for sustainable Tolkien tourism. [Post in the making]
August 13. Tolkien regulars’ table, Jena. [founder; FB]
July 18-20. Tolkien Thing, German Tolkien Society [founder of the society and the event; official website]
June 13-16. Tolkien Tage (Tolkien Days), German Tolkien Society. [founder of the society and the event; official website; largest Tolkien-centred event in the world; speaker and podcast coordinator]
June 7. Visit to Tolkien regulars’ table in Paderborn, Germany. [IG]
May 10. Visit to Tolkien Tapestries’ exhibition in Paris, also graves of the Famille Sauron. [my report]
March 29. Visit to Leipzig Book Fair; guest to German Tolkien publisher Hobbitpresse [Eolian Club; IG; resident Tolkienist]
March 25. Tolkien Reading Day at Tillis Boardgaming Café, Jena, run by Tolkien regulars’ table [IG; speaker]
March 22. Happening of the most successful German-speaking Tolkien podcast, Tollkühn. [quasi speaker; guest]
March 13-16. Tolkien Tagung ( Conference), Zürich [guest; social media helper; my report]
Jan 3. Tolkien Birthday Toast, Jena. [IG; participant]