The Athens Tolkien Symposium May 2022
The Athens Tolkien Symposium II was successfully completed. Over 2 days, books and academic syllabus were presented, speeches were made on interesting aspects of Tolkien’s work, excellent works of paintings were exposed and analyzed, wonderful music was heard. We had the honor of hosting the outstanding illustrator Jay Johnstone , who with his sweet wife added a special air of kindness and generosity to the event.
We enjoyed online speeches by the wonderful Corey Olsen , the unique Dimitra Fimi and Himarodis Brian Sibley .
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