Welcome to Wellinghall: Smial lunch

We will be holding a semi-impromptu lunch this Satuday, April 30, at the Elephant and Castle (212 King Street West), at 1:00pm.

Until then...

Greetings!

Welcome to Wellinghall smial! We're a smial of the Tolkien Society (UK) located the Greater Toronto Area. We invite everyone who loves to talk about Middle-earth, Tolkien or the Inklings to check out our Facebook group for fun discussions and general joviality. Suggestions for events or moots? Want to submit an event report, news, photos, quote, Entwives sighting, or share your musing about photosynthesis? Let us know here or at the Facebook group. If you'd like to join, send an email to wellinghall.smial[AT}gmail[DOT]com. We might be hasty, we like you already and look forward to meeting!

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Got a question? Check out our FAQs ...

So ... what is a smial? A smial is a group affiliated with the UK Tolkien Society which meets locally or for certain specific reasons. There are postal and cyberspace smials too. For some more info on what a smial is, check out the Tolkien Society.

Have there been smials in Toronto before? There was something like a smial a few years ago, but it faded away (we hope we can find some of these members again!). We're hoping that we can keep in touch, chat, and study together by meeting with each other and through the wonders cyberspace: this blog and the our Facebook group.

What will the smial do? Well, we'll study together, talk about all things related to LOTR / Tolkien / the Inklings, and we'll have some cozy and interesting moots (get-togethers). We get together to celebrate things like the Tolkien Toast and Tolkien Reading Day.

Do I need to be a member of the Tolkien Society? Nope, not at all. If you are, that's wonderful but it's not necessary. You don't need to be an 'old hand' at Tolkien, or a scholar or professional Ranger or anything either. Everyone is welcome to join the moot!

Is there a fee to join Wellinghall? Currently there is no membership fee.

Is this your website? Yes, for now this blog is where we will keep everyone updated on our events and activities. We chose this rather than a conventional website because it's a free, easy format to work with and look at, plus it's collaborative and we can all contribute, and you can give us feedback whenever you'd like. (We love feedback!)

Are there other Tolkien Society smials in Canada? Yes, according to the listing in TS's Amon Hen publication there are two other smials in Canada located in British Columbia, and another in Ontario, in Thunder Bay. Hey, if we're lucky, we'll be able to have some cross-country smial pals!

If your question isn't here, post it in the coments in one of the entries to the left, send it to us over at our facebook page, or through email. (How's that for hasty behaviour?)

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

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