Shawn E Marchese
@shawnemarchese.bsky.social
He/him. Co-author of Why We Love Middle-earth. Co-founder and resident word nerd on The Prancing Pony Podcast. Aiya Eärendil elenion ancalima.
Greater Austin Book Festival is this Saturday, April 26! Central Library branch of the Austin Public Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez St. on Sat, April 26 from 10a-5p. FREE to enter!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
April 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Greater Austin Book Festival is this Saturday, April 26! Central Library branch of the Austin Public Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez St. on Sat, April 26 from 10a-5p. FREE to enter!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
GABFest 2025 is less then 2 wks away, Sat April 26! Author meet/greets, book sales/signing, panels & more! FREE to enter!
I’ll be on a panel about world building, and selling and signing copies of Why We Love Middle-earth. Hope to see you there!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
I’ll be on a panel about world building, and selling and signing copies of Why We Love Middle-earth. Hope to see you there!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
April 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
GABFest 2025 is less then 2 wks away, Sat April 26! Author meet/greets, book sales/signing, panels & more! FREE to enter!
I’ll be on a panel about world building, and selling and signing copies of Why We Love Middle-earth. Hope to see you there!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
I’ll be on a panel about world building, and selling and signing copies of Why We Love Middle-earth. Hope to see you there!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
Join me at GABFest 2025, all day Saturday April 26! Author meet/greets, book sales/signing, panels & more! FREE to enter!
I’ll be on a panel about world building, and selling and signing copies of Why We Love Middle-earth. Hope to see you there!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
I’ll be on a panel about world building, and selling and signing copies of Why We Love Middle-earth. Hope to see you there!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
April 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Join me at GABFest 2025, all day Saturday April 26! Author meet/greets, book sales/signing, panels & more! FREE to enter!
I’ll be on a panel about world building, and selling and signing copies of Why We Love Middle-earth. Hope to see you there!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
I’ll be on a panel about world building, and selling and signing copies of Why We Love Middle-earth. Hope to see you there!
#GABFest2025 #greateraustinbookfest #Tolkien #atx
Happy #TolkienReadingDay! I had the pleasure of rejoining @prancingponypod.bsky.social for the 10th annual TRD episode, and joined a stellar lineup of readers for A Long Expected Soundscape’s TRD Special on YouTube on Sunday.
What are you reading, and why?
What are you reading, and why?
March 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy #TolkienReadingDay! I had the pleasure of rejoining @prancingponypod.bsky.social for the 10th annual TRD episode, and joined a stellar lineup of readers for A Long Expected Soundscape’s TRD Special on YouTube on Sunday.
What are you reading, and why?
What are you reading, and why?
To Christopher!
November 22, 2024 at 4:35 AM
To Christopher!
A toast to Christopher Tolkien on what would have been his 100th birthday, for his lifelong dedication to his father‘s literary legacy and for bringing so much more Middle-earth to light for fans around the world. His importance to us fans cannot be overstated. Eglerio! Praise him with great praise!
November 22, 2024 at 2:31 AM
A toast to Christopher Tolkien on what would have been his 100th birthday, for his lifelong dedication to his father‘s literary legacy and for bringing so much more Middle-earth to light for fans around the world. His importance to us fans cannot be overstated. Eglerio! Praise him with great praise!
This is him. He’s quite the troublemaker, just like Tevildo. 😂
November 21, 2024 at 3:19 PM
This is him. He’s quite the troublemaker, just like Tevildo. 😂
#TolkienTrewsday: “Christopher”
In the preface to The Fall of Gondolin (2018), Christopher Tolkien wrote these words. As a tribute to him, please join me in recognizing how masterfully he achieved this “underlying purpose” and acknowledging the debt we owe him as fans of Middle-earth.
In the preface to The Fall of Gondolin (2018), Christopher Tolkien wrote these words. As a tribute to him, please join me in recognizing how masterfully he achieved this “underlying purpose” and acknowledging the debt we owe him as fans of Middle-earth.
November 19, 2024 at 11:28 PM
#TolkienTrewsday: “Christopher”
In the preface to The Fall of Gondolin (2018), Christopher Tolkien wrote these words. As a tribute to him, please join me in recognizing how masterfully he achieved this “underlying purpose” and acknowledging the debt we owe him as fans of Middle-earth.
In the preface to The Fall of Gondolin (2018), Christopher Tolkien wrote these words. As a tribute to him, please join me in recognizing how masterfully he achieved this “underlying purpose” and acknowledging the debt we owe him as fans of Middle-earth.
My new favorite passage in Tolkien’s expanded Letters, from No. 36a to Michael Tolkien, March 1, 1939.
The “infernal lecture” he had not yet written would turn out to be “On Fairy-stories,” and was presented in Scotland *seven days later.*
The “infernal lecture” he had not yet written would turn out to be “On Fairy-stories,” and was presented in Scotland *seven days later.*
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
My new favorite passage in Tolkien’s expanded Letters, from No. 36a to Michael Tolkien, March 1, 1939.
The “infernal lecture” he had not yet written would turn out to be “On Fairy-stories,” and was presented in Scotland *seven days later.*
The “infernal lecture” he had not yet written would turn out to be “On Fairy-stories,” and was presented in Scotland *seven days later.*
Out of the Great Sea to Bluesky I am come! In this place will I abide… but my kids will inevitably end up on TikTok.
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Out of the Great Sea to Bluesky I am come! In this place will I abide… but my kids will inevitably end up on TikTok.