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LIBRARYLATES 15-MINUTE TASTER TALKS Catherine McIlwaine on Curating Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, Andrew Higgins on Tolkien’s Language Invention, Helen Leith Spencer on Tolkien and Dragons, and Peter Gilliver EXHIBITION on Tolkien and the OED. Enjoy free-flow entry toTolkien: Maker of Middle-earth

WRITING TENGWAR Lecture Theatre Discover Tengwar, the alphabet Tolkien invented to write the DRAWING MIDDLE-EARTH languages of Middle-earth. Learn to write your name and then create Join artist Clive Goddard to sketch scenes from Middle-earth. a beautiful calligraphic bookmark. ST Lee Exhibition Sappho to Suffrage Gallery SILMARILLION CRESTS exhibition open in Design and make a badge based on Tolkien’s heraldic devices, The Treasury READING RUNES created for characters in The Silmarillion. Use a rune wheel to decipher secret messages on maps.

THE REAL RIDERS OF ROHAN Meet Anglo-Saxon re-enactors to find out more about the TOLKIEN’S OXFORD ARMCHAIR TOUR material culture which inspired Tolkien’s creation of the Rohirrim. Consult the map to see if you have visited all of Tolkien’s Oxford haunts.

RIDDLES IN THE CAFÉ OLD ENGLISH & OLD NORSE LANGUAGE TASTERS Write your own riddles to baffle Gollum. Ever wanted to speak like an Anglo-Saxon or a Viking? The Bodleian Learn some essential phrases and discover the poetry which Café Tolkien loved. F Blackwell Hall BEER AND BEOWULF Enjoy a drink from the café while you discuss Tolkien’s recently published translation of Beowulf, and his ideas M d LIVING LIBRARY

about translation itself. f Borrow from our living library, where books have been replaced by real researchers. Informal chats about Tolkien’s f life and medieval inspirations.

LEGENDARY BEASTS GAME The Norse myths of dragons, trolls, and dwarfs (or Bodleian dwarves…) caught Tolkien’s imagination at an early Shop age. Play this mini board game to find out more. Open until 8:30pm LIVE MUSIC Songs for the Philologists written by Tolkien and folk music in the café. Broad Street Tolkien Library Lates: Evening Schedule

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Tolkien’s Tolkien: the Mini talks Curator talk Language Professor who Tolkien and Invention loved Dragons the OED

Language tasters Old English Old Norse Old English Old Norse Old English Old Norse Old English Old Norse Old English Old Norse

Beer & Beowulf

Live Music

Writing Tengwar

Silmarillion Crests

Drawing Middle-earth

The real riders of Rohan?

Tolkien’s Oxford Armchair Tour

Reading Runes

Riddles in the Café

Legendary Beasts Game

Visit the exhibition galleries

Drinks and snacks in the café

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