Tolkien Reading Day 2022 - a TolkienGuide celebration

Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly. 'My lord, you called me, I come. What does the king command?'

Art by Norloth, used with permission

Every year on March 25th, Tolkien fans around the world celebrate Tolkien Reading Day - chosen by the Tolkien Society to celebrate the day that the One Ring was destroyed. This year the theme for Tolkien Reading Day is "Love and Friendship". Here at TolkienGuide we will be gathering for a few hours of fun discussion of our favorite stories and passages, some giveaways, and maybe even a few visits from some special guests! The rights holders have kindly requested that we not livestream any copyrighted materials this time, so there will not be any Tolkien readings during our event, but it will still be a lot of fun. As like the prior two events, the live streaming event will primarily take place on Discord. If you just want to listen, the live stream will be available on YouTube and will stay up for later listening as well.

Previous guests have included notable scholars, media personalities and a plethora of fans. You can see full details of those events here: Tolkien Reading Day 2020 and Tolkien Reading Day 2021.

Guests for 2022, in alphabetical order

• Marcel Aubron-Bülles - The Tolkienist and co-host on SmallTolk Podcast
  
• Emily Austin - Artist
  
• Chad Bornholdt - Co-host on The Texas Tolkien Talk Podcast
  
• Clifford "Quickbeam" Broadway - TheOneRing.net's "TORnTuesdays" co-host
  
• Dr. Sara Brown - Faculty Chair for the Lang & Lit M.A. Program at Signum University, co-host of The Tolkien Experience Podcast
  
• Elise Trudel Cedeño - Educator and Fantasy Literature Scholar
  
• Jenny Dolfen - Artist
  
• Anke Eissmann - Artist
  
• Robert Foster - Author of The Guide to Middle-earth and The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
  
• Donato Giancola - Artist
  
• Matt Graf - The Nerd of the Rings on YouTube
  
• Chad High - Co-host on The Texas Tolkien Talk Podcast (and TolkienGuide moderator)
  
• Shawn E. Marchese - Co-host on The Prancing Pony Podcast
  
• Ted Nasmith - Artist
  
• Dick Plotz - Founder of the Tolkien Society of America (1965), corresponded with Tolkien (Letters #276 and more), interviewed Tolkien for Seventeen magazine (Jan 1967)
  
• Jordan Rannells - Music of Middle-earth podcast, Prancing Pony Podcast audio editor, Audio for John Howe's Ultimate Fantasy Art Academy audiobook, forthcoming Kickstarter for "A Long Expected Soundscape"
  
• Dr. Luke Shelton - Tolkien Scholar, founder of The Tolkien Experience Project & Podcast, Editor of the Tolkien Society peer reviewed journal Mallorn
  
• Alan Sisto - Co-host on The Prancing Pony Podcast
  
• James Tauber - The Digital Tolkien Project
  
• Sarah Westvik - Tolkien scholar, co-host of The Tolkien Experience Podcast
  

Hosts

• Jeremy Edmonds Urulókë
  
• Chad High Mr. Underhill
  
• Andrew Ferguson Trotter
  

The event was livestreamed on YouTube, and recorded there for later viewing for those that miss the event. Here is a link for the event on YouTube

Maybe subscribe to the TolkienGuide channel while you are at it! (I know it has been quiet so far, but we have big things planned this year... starting with Tolkien Reading Day!)

Chapters:
00:00 - start of the livestream
05:13 - Artists Panel - Jenny Dolfen, Emily Austin, Anke Eissmann, Donato Giancola, Ted Nasmith
1:05:00 - The Tolkien Experience Podcast - Dr. Luke Shelton, Dr. Sara Brown, Sarah Westvik
1:36:45 - More Podcasting - Shawn Marchese and Alan Sisto (The Prancing Pony Podcast), Marcel Aubron-Bülles (SmallTolk Podcast), Chad Bornholdt and Chad High (The Texas Tolkien Talk Podcast)
2:04:00 - Digital Humanities and Education - Elise Trudel Cedeño and James Tauber
2:37:30 - Video and Media - Matt Graf (Nerd of the Rings) - Note that Clifford "Quickbeam" Broadway (TheOneRing.net) was unavoidably delayed and appears later in the event instead
3:10:00 - Guides to Middle-earth - Dick Plotz (Founder of the Tolkien Society of America, 1965) and Robert "Bob" Foster (author of The Guide to Middle-earth and The Complete Guide to Middle-earth)
3:36:50 - Audio and Audiobooks - Jordan Rannells
4:16:20 - Open Mic! Joined by Clifford Broadway (TheOneRing.net), Pieter Collier (The Tolkien Library) and many more



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PDT (-7)	MDT (-6)	CDT (-5)	EDT (-4)	GMT	CET (+1)	JST (+9)	NZDT (+13)	Topic	Guest(s)
11:00 AM	12:00 PM	1:00 PM	2:00 PM	6:00 PM	7:00 PM	3:00 AM	7:00 AM	Artists of Middle-earth	Donato Giancola, Ted Nasmith, Jenny Dolfen, Emily Austin, Anke Eissmann
11:30 AM	12:30 PM	1:30 PM	2:30 PM	6:30 PM	7:30 PM	3:30 AM	7:30 AM
12:00 PM	1:00 PM	2:00 PM	3:00 PM	7:00 PM	8:00 PM	4:00 AM	8:00 AM	Tolkien Experience Podcast	Dr. Luke Shelton, Dr. Sara Brown, Sarah Westvik
12:30 PM	1:30 PM	2:30 PM	3:30 PM	7:30 PM	8:30 PM	4:30 AM	8:30 AM	Podcasting	Shawn Marchese and Alan Sisto (Prancing Pony Podcast), Marcel Aubron-Bülles (SmallTolk Podcast), Chad High (Texas Tolkien Talk Podcast), Chad Bornholdt (Texas Tolkien Talk Podcast)
1:00 PM	2:00 PM	3:00 PM	4:00 PM	8:00 PM	9:00 PM	5:00 AM	9:00 AM	Digital Humanities and Education	James Tauber and Elise Trudel Cedeño
1:30 PM	2:30 PM	3:30 PM	4:30 PM	8:30 PM	9:30 PM	5:30 AM	9:30 AM	Video and Media	Clifford "Quickbeam" Broadway (TheOneRing.net), Matt Graf (Nerd of the Rings)
2:00 PM	3:00 PM	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	9:00 PM	10:00 PM	6:00 AM	10:00 AM	Guides to Middle-earth	Robert Foster and Dick Plotz
2:30 PM	3:30 PM	4:30 PM	5:30 PM	9:30 PM	10:30 PM	6:30 AM	10:30 AM	Audio and Audiobooks	Jordan Rannells
3:00 PM	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	6:00 PM	10:00 PM	11:00 PM	7:00 AM	11:00 AM	Fans, Open Mic, Giveaways	Your hosts and you!
3:30 PM	4:30 PM	5:30 PM	6:30 PM	10:30 PM	11:30 PM	7:30 AM	11:30 AM

The community chat was primarily on Discord - where you could submit questions for the various guests, and hang out and generally chat and enjoy the day.