Fanzines

[jallanite]

My book An Introduction to Elvish (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...tion+to+elvish) originally contained a list of Tolkien-oriented fanzines at the end. This contained information on the various zines, including cost, and soon became out of date. Unknown to me, the publisher solved this problem by omitting the pages, not noticing that these page are referenced in the text.

The publisher is quite willing to have a new listing included in the next reprinting. Since information is now available on the web it is possible to list the web URL here and the information should therefore stay up to date for several years at least.

Please advise anything that you think should be changed since I don’t know everything and want to have a version printed that hopefully will not need changing again for some time.

As to webzines, the Festival in the Shire Journal is, so far as I know, no longer being printed and Legendarium has not come out yet. And I don’t want to list forum after forum.

The “Help the Aged” information includes charities which correspond to those originally recommended by Christopher Tolkien to which royalties were donated. The royalties were actually donated to the British Help the Aged, now Age UK.


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English-Language General Tolkien Groups

The Tolkien Society

The Tolkien Society, founded in 1969, is an international organization registered in the U.K. as an educational charity, whose aim is to encourage and further interest in the life and works of the late Professor J. R. R. Tolkien. Their bulletin Amon Hen comes out 6 times a year. Their twice-yearly journal is named Mallorn.
Information: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/

The American Tolkien Society

The American Tolkien Society, founded in 1975, is dedicated exclusively to the study and fuller appreciation of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and his son, Christopher Tolkien.
They publish a thrice-yearly journal named Minas Tirith Evening-Star, this publication founded in 1967.
Information: http://www.americantolkiensociety.org/

Tolkien Special Interest Group of American Mensa

Mensa is “a high-IQ Society”. It has many special interest groups, including one devoted to Tolkien, effectively founded in May, 1981.
They publish a monthly bulletin named Beyond Bree.
Information: http://www.cep.unt.edu/bree.html

Cambridge Tolkien Society

The Cambridge Tolkien Society was founded in 1983 “to further interest in the life and works of Professor Tolkien”.
They publish a journal named Anor once or twice a year.
Information: http://tolkien.soc.ucam.org/

The Mythopoeic Society

The Mythopoeic Society, founded in 1967, is a non-profit organization devoted to the study of mythopoeic literature, particularly the works of members of the informal Oxford literary circle known as the “Inklings”, principally J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams.
They publish a monthly bulletin named Mythprint and a twice-yearly journal named Mythlore. They also produce other publications.
Information: http://www.mythsoc.org

English-Language Independent Tolkien Publications

The Tolkien Collector

An occasional magazine for collectors of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christina Scull. Each issue, usually 32 or 36 pages, includes news about new and forthcoming books by and about Tolkien, translations of Tolkien’s works, recordings, videos, and other Tolkieniana; and feature articles on aspects of collecting Tolkien and Tolkien bibliography. First issue published in 1992.
Information: http://www.hammondandscull.com/collect.html

Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review

An annual journal presenting the growing body of critical commentary and scholarship on both J. R. R. Tolkien’s voluminous fiction and his academic work in literary and linguistic fields. First issue in 2004.
Information: http://wvupressonline.com/journals/tolkien_studies

The White Tree Fund

The White Tree Fund is an incorporated non-profit organization, founded December 26, 2004, supporting charities engaged in crisis response, humanitarian programs, literacy & environmental initiatives. It is an affiliation of Tolkien and Lord of the Rings communities around the world.
Its journal, mostly Tolkien-oriented, is an irregular publication named Silver Leaves.
Information: http://www.whitetreefund.org

English-Language Tolkien Linguistic Studies

The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship

The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E.L.F.), a special interest group of the Mythopoeic Society, is devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien. This is the successor to the Mythopoeic Linguistic Fellowship.
They publish an irregular journal named Parma Eldamberon, first published in 1971. They also publish another journal named Vinyar Tengwar, first published in 1988. Beginning in 1992, with the support of Christopher Tolkien and the Tolkien estate, these publications mostly contain otherwise unpublished linguistic material by J. R. R. Tolkien and commentary on it.
Information: http://www.elvish.org/

Some Web Sites

Ardalambion is the largest Tolkien language website. It also contains links to somewhat similar sites:http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/
Omniglot: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/fictional.php#tolkein

Information on Help the Aged

Age UK

In 2009 the UK charity Help the Aged merged with the similar charity Age Concern under the name Age UK. Their current postal address is Age UK, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9NA, U.K. Information: http://www.ageuk.org.uk/

Help the Aged (USA)

No large general organization appears to currently exist. There are organizations covering various individual needs associated with aging.

HelpAge Canada

In 2010 Help the Aged (Canada) renamed itself to HelpAge Canada. Their current postal address is HelpAge Canada, 1300 Carling Ave., # 205, Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7L2, Canada. Information: http://helpagecanada.ca/