Audio recordings from the Tolkien Lecture archive are now available on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3RA1OGf.... Whether rediscovering an old favourite lecture or listening for the first time, we hope you enjoy hearing our speakers’ fantastic insights via a new medium! #tolkien #tolkienlecture

The full recording of the 2025 Tolkien Lecture, 'The Uses of Fantasy' by @zenaldehyde.bsky.social, is now available on the Tolkien Lecture YouTube channel!

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Snapshots from the 2025 Tolkien Lecture! It was a pleasure to welcome @zenaldehyde.bsky.social as our speaker—we hope everyone who joined us enjoyed a fantastic evening ✨

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Yes, the video will be posted to our YouTube channel!

Just one week until acclaimed fantasy author @zenaldehyde.bsky.social delivers this year’s Tolkien Lecture! For those unable to attend in person, the lecture will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. We can’t wait to see you all there!

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🧞‍♀️The Tolkien Lecture is free of charge, but tickets are required for entry. An optional donation of £10 goes toward the costs of running the lecture and will help us keep the event free for the public in future years. All donations are greatly appreciated.

✨ Tickets are out now for the 2025 Tolkien Lecture, delivered by Zen Cho (@zenaldehyde.bsky.social)!

🎟️ Visit Eventbrite to reserve your seat: tinyurl.com/2025TolkienL....

🐈‍⬛ The lecture will be held on Monday 19 May at 6:00 pm, in the Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College, Oxford.

Photo © Ilona Denton.

🔮 Zen Cho writes fantasy and romance. She has won the Hugo, Crawford and British Fantasy Awards, and the LA Times Ray Bradbury Prize. Her newest novel, Behind Frenemy Lines, is a contemporary romance set in a London law firm. Born and raised in Malaysia, Zen now lives in the UK.

🪄 For those unable to attend, the lecture will be recorded and available to view afterwards on our website and YouTube channel. We are generously supported by Pembroke College, the Pembroke Pink Grant, and the Kadas Family Charitable Foundation.

🐉Tickets will be released on Wednesday 19 March at 12:00 pm. The lecture is free to the public, but tickets are required for entry.

🧚🏼‍♂️We are thrilled to announce that the 2025 J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature will be delivered by Zen Cho (@zenaldehyde.bsky.social)!

🧙 The lecture will take place on Monday 19 May at 6:00 pm, in the Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College, Oxford (@pembrokeoxford.bsky.social).