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The Tolkien Society is a British educational charity and literary society devoted to the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It was started in 1969 by Vera Chapman and held its first meeting in January 1970. Tolkien himself agreed to be its president in 1972, and he remains its Honorary President in perpetuo.
The Society publishes the bulletin Amon Hen and the journal Mallorn, organises Oxonmoot every September in Oxford, a yearly seminar and Tolkien Reading Day on 25 March, and gives the Tolkien Society Awards. Its YouTube channel shares many recorded talks, and local groups called smials meet all over the world.
The UK charity and literary society devoted to Tolkien since 1969, with Oxonmoot, Mallorn and Tolkien Reading Day.
