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AUGUST 2004 NEWS ARCHIVE
August 11th 2004
Author Anne. C. Petty appearing at DragonCon 2004
DragonCon 2004 Tolkien Scholar and author Anne C. Petty will be reading an excerpt of the chapter about Tolkien's Dragons from her recently published exploration into the Dragons of Fantasy (download a PDF of our review here). Professor Petty will also be speaking about her current research into Tolkien's Finnish influences. DragonCon 2004 is held from September 3-6 in Atlanta, GA. For more information about DragonCon, please visit the official website.
August 19th 2004
The First International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien's Invented Languages
(Informally "Omentielva Minya", or just "Omentielva")
August 4 to 8, 2005
University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Chairman: Bill Welden Papers Coordinator: Beregond, Anders Stenstrцm
Facility Coordinator: Professor Nils-Lennart Johannesson
Membership: USD $90 through July 4, 2005

Everyone with a serious interest in Tolkien's invented languages is invited to participate, and encouraged to prepare, bring, and deliver a paper on any aspect of Tolkien's languages. The program will consist of listening to and discussing the papers; as well as meeting each other, breaking bread together, and generally enjoying each other's company.
For more information, please visit Omentielva