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Celebration cake for Hobbit Day at the Green Dragon Tavern on the Hobbiton Movie Set, in 2016. Hobbit Day is a name used for September 22nd in reference to its being the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's popular set of books The Hobbit (first published on September 21, 1937) and The Lord of the Rings.
J. R. R. Tolkien accompanied his Middle-earth fantasy writings with a wide variety of non-narrative materials, including paintings and drawings, calligraphy, and maps.In his lifetime, some of his artworks were included in his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; others were used on the covers of different editions of these books, and later on the cover of The Silmarillion.
Tolkien's illustration of the Doors of Durin for The Fellowship of the Ring, with Sindarin inscription in Tengwar script, both being his inventions. Despite his best efforts, this was the only drawing, other than maps and calligraphy, in the first edition of The Lord of the Rings. [1]
Oxonmoot takes place over a weekend and includes talks, art shows, reading circles, theatre performances, [11] workshops, and social events such as quizzes, a banquet and a masquerade. [12] The event closes with a remembrance ceremony called Enyalië at Tolkien's grave in Wolvercote cemetery . [ 13 ]
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The Tolkien Society Seminar is a day-long event held over the summer, consisting of a series of papers on a selected theme. [T 2] [11] Oxonmoot is held on a weekend near to Hobbit Day, Bilbo and Frodo's birthday on 22 September. [12] It is a conference-cum-convention held in an Oxford college since 1991.