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Welcome to the Inland Empire Tolkien Society website, a resource for Tolkien enthusiasts and scholars alike.

This site is intended as a central repository for Tolkien enthusiasts and scholars looking for a single location to aide in learning and researching information related to J.R.R. Tolkien and his works.

This is the home for the Inland Empire Tolkien Society, a registered  official "Smial" of the U.K. Tolkien Society: http://tolkiensociety.org/

We meet every 2nd Saturday of the month from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm  at Cafe Delicio on 2301 N. Monroe in Spokane, WA.

We are also the founders and primary sponsors for Tolkien Moot ( http://www.tolkienmoot.org ), an annual convention dedicated to Tolkien-inspired enthusiasts, scholars, gamers, artists, authors, and performers from around the world running since 2005.

Admittance to the Tolkien Society is free and open to the public. You may also freely join the email discussion and announcement list by sending a blank email to:

list-subscribe@nwtolkien.com , watch for the confirmation email which should arrive within a few minutes (check your spam folder too), then reply to the confirmation email to activate your subscription to the email list.

MICROSOFT EMAIL USERS PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, you will be unable to subscribe to the site or the email list if you send email from a Microsoft-based email address (live.com, bing, msn, hotmail, etc.). So please use email from another provider to subscribe.

 

If you wish to join the meetings, be added as a "Tolkien Scholar", help out with the website or meetings as a volunteer, or need additional information,  please feel free to Contact Us here.

Anyone is welcome to join the meetings any time they wish.

The Inland Empire Tolkien Society meetings are free monthly gatherings open to the public. Discussions cover Tolkien's many works, and many other authors or works that inspired Tolkien or author's that were directly inspired by Tolkien's works. 

We discuss not just The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, but also all the History of Middle-earth, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, and his many non-Middle-earth works such as Roverrandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, and many others, including his various translations of others' works such as Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, and often include readings and discussions of Beowulf, and the Finnish Kalevala in addition to other works that Tolkien frequently drew from.

Some of the other authors discussed include C.S. Lewis (of course), George MacDonald, and many others.

Here are a number of other Tolkien-related sites you may find of interest:

  • Tolkien Moot and MerpCon annual conventions - http://www.tolkienmoot.org  http://www.merpcon.com
  • Other Minds Magazine - http://www.omzine.org
  • Middle-earth Radio - http://www.middle-earthradio.com
  • Middle-earth Radio Talk Show - http://www.middle-earthtalk.com
  • Ea RPG - http://www.earpg.com
  • Middle-earth Role-playing community - http://www.merp.com

 

Join us on your favorite social medium:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tolkienscholars

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/tolkienscholars

Live chatroom: http://www.tolkienscholars.org/chat

 

Namarie!

 

Disclaimer: This site is not affiliated with, or approved by, in any way by the Tolkien Estate, Tolkien Enterprises/Middle-earth Enterprises (a Saul Zaentz company), or any of the myriad other Tolkien copyright holders. The Inland Empire Tolkien Society is a not-for-profit literary community organization.