Are you hungry for a Tolkien chat? Come to the Carrock meeting tonight, they are talking about Tolkien and feasting! Delicious!

Happy new AthraPlay episode day! Our sister podcast @athraplay.athrabeth.com just dropped a new episode! Have you checked out AthraPlay yet? 💚

Mythcon news! Mythcon 54: Get Your Fantasy Kicks on Route 66 will be taking place the weekend of July 24th 2026 in Weatherford, OK ! Please note that this will be a hybrid event. More info (including the CFP and registration) is forthcoming. Watch our socials and mythcon.org for news!

Happy birthday to the podcast host with the most, @jude.athrabeth.com! Or should I say, happy bird-day! 🦅

This month, we interview #Tolkien educator Don Marshall about his new book, “J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy” being published on November 25, by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster! Thanks for joining us, @donmarshall72.bsky.social! www.athrabethnetwork.com/athrabethepi...

With the thinning of the veil comes our annual autumnal offering! Just when you thought you were safe from repulsive repast, pilfered plates, and things that slither in the night- Hobbitween 6 has arrived!  Happy Hobbitween!  athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/hob... #hobbitween

So apparently, the US Gov, in their most recent series of dog whistles, are pulling LOTR references and are outright saying that their fascist reign of terror is akin to protecting the Shire. Absolutely fucking not. The comparison is a straightforward dogwhistle, don't let them confuse you.

By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes! Check back here tomorrow for a little Halloween treato from your pals at Athrabeth! 🎃👻💀

Thank you so much our dear friend @roac.bsky.social for including our podcast in the most recent issue of “Bree Crossroads - 13th Edition Part Two”! That was such a lovely surprise! Your support means the world to us, Katie! Thank you again! 💚

HEY! YOU! are you an athrabeth listener who does fanfiction? GET IN HERE! The excellent and oft mentioned Dawn Walls-Thumma and Maria K. Alberto are doing a THIRD EDITION of their Tolkien Fanfiction Survey. This is super important work, and incredibly valuable. Please do the survey if you can.

Wishing our favorite podcast producer and Lore Master @james.athrabeth.com a very happy birthday! We hope your birthday is filled with honey-cakes of the Beornings, we hear those are pretty tasty! 🎂

Come for the bat-fells and fiery fiends, stay for the friends and fellowship! The Carrock Smial of Northern California is meeting tonight on Zoom! 8-9 PM pacific, open to all! 🦇🎃💀 Swoop in wearing your bat-fell as say hi! @thecarrocksmial.bsky.social 💚

Another awesome @tolkiensociety.org seminar in the books! Thank you to the organizers Hannah McDonald @drhannahmcd.bsky.social, Clare Moore @clarelmoore.bsky.social, and Journee Cotton for putting this together! Thank you to all the amazing and inspiring presenters! #TolkienSocietySeminar

Loved “‘Alas for the gulls!’: the Sundering Sea as (dis)abling force in The Lord of the Rings” by Hannah Mendro, employing Disability Studies to examine the sea as both an enabling and disabling force for different characters: Frodo, Arwen and Legolas. Thanks Hannah! #TolkienSocietySeminar

Really enjoyed Erik Jampa Andersson’s “The Lost Spirits of Arda: Eco-daemonology and New Animism in Tolkien’s Legendarium” exploring Tolkien’s use of and inspiration for Animism in the various characters and creatures in his legendarium. Thank you, @erikjampa.bsky.social! #TolkienSocietySeminar

Fascinating and poignant presentation, “’They Found the Way Barred:’ Anishinaabe Perspective on the Impacts of the Scouring of the Shire” by Alina Himango Fairbanks analyzing the #Tolkien’s “The Scouring of the Shire” in relation to the colonization of the Anishinaabe people. #TolkienSocietySeminar

I loved “Contact and Conflict in the Rohan-Dunland Borderland” by Erin Warford, examining the Dunlendings as a marginalized people trying to survive in the shadow of powerful groups through an exploration of their history in M-e and the effect they have on the borderlands. #TolkienSocietySeminar

I really enjoyed James Moffett’s “Entwined Fates: The Body and the Environment in Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur and The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun” exploring the effect of the individual on the environment, and vice versa, through the lens of fate, loss, and redemption. #TolkienSocietySeminar

Finally joined @tolkiensociety.org’s “Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Environments” seminar! Let’s go! #TolkienSocietySeminar

This fantastic seminar is happening on Saturday, October 18! It’s freeeee! The lineup is amazing! Will we see you there online? There is still time to register! ✨💖✨

New issue of Mythlore is up: dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol...

We love this fantastic cosplay moment by attendees Lea @silmarilleanne.bsky.social and Bree @narusasu.bsky.social at #Westmoot25! Are you planning a Tolkien cosplay for Halloween this year? Or perhaps for #Westmoot26 next year? #intothewest #westmoot

It’s our pal @clarelmoore.bsky.social! Can’t wait to check this out! ✨

We are so excited for the upcoming @tolkiensociety.org Seminar, “Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Environments”! The sessions look absolutely ✨fantastic✨! It’s free for Tolkien Society members and it’s online! Check out the website below to register! www.tolkiensociety.org/events/semin...

This month we discuss Oxonmoot and our session “Tolkien’s Try-hard Troublemakers” with Dr. Kristine Larsen and @aranelparmadil.bsky.social. Thank you Kris and Sara for joining us! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi... For the slides, check out the episode on YouTube: youtu.be/i--2o37rayM

Ooh hey! It’s us and @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social! 💚

Today feels like a good day to remind folks that our next season of Cast Away will be raising funds for @lambdalegal.org In these, uh, "times" we continue to seek out the orgs and people who are doing the most good for the most people We stand with the Trans Community. Always.

My book Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc is released into the wild today! Here's a quick peek at a few more pages, artwork here by Győző Vida, Yassen Panov, Alexander Korotich and Sergei Iukhimov #Tolkien www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...

Today is the day! Folks attending #Oxonmoot in person or online, come join us at 11:00 am BST for “Athrabeth Podcast Live: Tolkien's Try-hard Troublemakers” with the extremely cool @aranelparmadil.bsky.social and @jrrtastrochick.bsky.social! See you soon @tolkiensociety.org!

Oxonmoot has officially begun and Stef, Jude, and Tori are there! Please stop by and say hi to us and drop by @podcast.athrabeth.com 's live podcast recording on Saturday! #oxonmoot

Westmoot folks who are attending Oxonmoot this weekend- we’re going to take a Westmoot group photo in front of the dining hall at 11:30! Spread the word! #westmoot #oxonmoot #intothewest

🎼🎶The boys are back in town!🎵🎶 #oxonmoot

Hey folks attending #oxonmoot in person- we have a special Athrabeth sticker and badge for the event! Jude and Stef would love to give you one, so please come find us! Design is by the amazing Shawn Decker! (For those coming to our panel on Saturday, there is a sparkly one!) #athrabethpodcast

The band is back together! We are in Oxford and we’re ready to MOOT! See you tomorrow @tolkiensociety.org! #oxonmoot #athrabethpodcast

When you first read the LotR, which character did you most relate to? This month, Dr. Luke Shelton @lukebshelton.bsky.social explores reader response theory and the ways that personal experience and interpretation interact with criticism. Thanks, Luke! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

The Carrock Northern California Smial meets tonight on Zoom, please join if you can! It is a lovely group! 💚 The theme tonight is Estel. We hope to see you soon! (See what we did there?)

This month in our HoMe series, Jude and Stef discuss The War of the Ring, volume 8. We chat about the development of Tolkien fan favorites Faramir, Éowyn, and the Witch King. Episode 85 is available now! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

Thank you @mythsoc.bsky.social for a wonderful conference! Thank you to the amazing co-chairs Cami Agan, Clare Moore, and Robin Anne Reid and Steward Tim Lenz for all your hard work to make this happen! Thank you to all the presenters for your inspiring work! I learned so much from you all! #oms4

I enjoyed the final paper of the weekend, Jane Beal’s “The Influence of the Pearl-Maiden on the Imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien”, exploring three strong characters in Tolkien’s legendarium inspired by the Pearl Maiden and her strength: Lúthien, Elwing the White, and Galadriel. Thank you, Jane! #oms4

I loved Christopher Vaccaro’s @chrisvaccaro.bsky.social presentation, “From Hildeburh to Héra: Recuperating Women’s Presence in Beowulf, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, and Kenji Kamiyama’s The War of the Rohirrim”! #oms4 (1/2)

Fantastic roundtable with Janet Brennan Croft, Leslie Donovan, Cami Agan, Kristine Larsen, Melanie Rawls, Robin Reid, and Una McCormack: “Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy: What Lies Ahead?” Fascinating insights on the fear that stems from critical examination of beloved works. #oms4

Great presentation from Lelie Brémont, “The Lay(er)s of the Corrigan”, examining the importance of the Corrigan in Tolkien’s work through the lens of The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, arguing that Tolkien’s portrayal of the Corrigan is unfair. #oms4

I enjoyed Alexandra Filonenko’s presentation, “Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans”: Melian’s and Lúthien’s Numinosity”. A fascinating exploration of Melian and Lúthien and their roles in Middle-earth through the lens of the Numinous, the Great Mother Archetype, and the Two Goddess Complex.   #oms4

Day two of the Online MidSummer Seminar 2025 “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy” from the Mythopoeic Society @mythsoc.bsky.social! Let’s do this! #oms4

Loved Alicia Fox-Lenz, Grace Moone, & Leah Hagan’s “She Chose Her Fate: The Genderqueer Women of Tolkien and Freedom Beyond the Patriarchal Binary”. An exploration of Galadriel, Éowyn and Lúthien- their nuanced forms of power, gender identity, and agency! Thanks @queerlodgings.bsky.social! #oms4

A fascinating presentation by Kris Larsen @jrrtastrochick.bsky.social: ““The gift which was withheld I take”: The Rape of the Sun Maiden in Tolkien’s Legendarium”. A hugely important look at Tolkien’s use of sexual assault in his legendarium throughout the decades of his writing. Thanks, Kris. #oms4

Sara Brown @aranelparmadil.bsky.social just presented ““Her hair was held a marvel unmatched”: The Significance of Long, Blonde Hair in Tolkien’s Imagination” oh omg it was EXCELLENT! Such an engaging exploration of the ways Tolkien used hair imagery in his female characters. Thank you, Sara! #oms4

It’s time for the Online MidSummer Seminar 2025 “More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy” from the Mythopoeic Society @mythsoc.bsky.social! Éowyn and I are SO excited!!! www.mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm #oms4

See you all soon! We’re getting our coffee and tea brewed! ☕️🫖

The lineup is phenomenal! We can’t wait!