Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature 2024: Neil Gaiman
UPCOMING EVENT | 12 June 2024 18:00 - 12 June 2024 19:00
We are thrilled to announce that award-winning author Neil Gaiman will deliver the 2024 J.R.R Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature on Wednesday, 12th June at 6pm BST (doors open 5.30pm) in Oxford Town Hall .
Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author and creator of books, graphic novels, short stories, film and television for all ages, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The View from the Cheap Seats. His fiction has received Newbery, Carnegie, Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. American Gods, based on the 2001 novel, is a critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated TV series, and he was the writer and showrunner for the mini-series adaptation of Good Omens, based on the book he co-authored with Sir Terry Pratchett. Gaiman was an Executive Producer and co-showrunner for Netflix’s TV adaptation of his Sandman comic book series. He is currently developing season 3 of Good Omens and a TV adaptation of Anansi Boys. In 2017 Gaiman became a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Originally from England, he now divides his time between Scotland, where Good Omens and Anansi Boys are filmed, and the United States, where he is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College. He is a fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.
For those unable to attend, the lecture will be recorded and made available to view afterwards on the Tolkien Lecture YouTube channel. The Tolkien Lecture is generously supported by Pembroke College, the Pembroke Pink Grant, and the Kadas Family Charitable Foundation.
For more information about the series, please see https://tolkienlecture.org/ or contact tolkienlecture@pmb.ox.ac.uk
Tickets
Public: Tickets will be released via Eventbrite at 12pm on 1st May.
Pembroke members: a ballot for lecture and dinner tickets will be opened on 30th April
Following the lecture, members of Pembroke College are also invited to attend dinner with Neil Gaiman in the Forte Room. Dinner places are extremely limited and will be allocated via random ballot. More information will be circulated via email in the coming weeks.
Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature 2024: Neil Gaiman
UPCOMING EVENT | 12 June 2024 18:00 - 12 June 2024 19:00
We are thrilled to announce that award-winning author Neil Gaiman will deliver the 2024 J.R.R Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature on Wednesday, 12th June at 6pm BST (doors open 5.30pm) in Oxford Town Hall .
Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author and creator of books, graphic novels, short stories, film and television for all ages, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The View from the Cheap Seats. His fiction has received Newbery, Carnegie, Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. American Gods, based on the 2001 novel, is a critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated TV series, and he was the writer and showrunner for the mini-series adaptation of Good Omens, based on the book he co-authored with Sir Terry Pratchett. Gaiman was an Executive Producer and co-showrunner for Netflix’s TV adaptation of his Sandman comic book series. He is currently developing season 3 of Good Omens and a TV adaptation of Anansi Boys. In 2017 Gaiman became a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Originally from England, he now divides his time between Scotland, where Good Omens and Anansi Boys are filmed, and the United States, where he is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College. He is a fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.
For those unable to attend, the lecture will be recorded and made available to view afterwards on the Tolkien Lecture YouTube channel. The Tolkien Lecture is generously supported by Pembroke College, the Pembroke Pink Grant, and the Kadas Family Charitable Foundation.
For more information about the series, please see https://tolkienlecture.org/ or contact tolkienlecture@pmb.ox.ac.uk
Tickets
Public: Tickets will be released via Eventbrite at 12pm on 1st May.
Pembroke members: a ballot for lecture and dinner tickets will be opened on 30th April
Following the lecture, members of Pembroke College are also invited to attend dinner with Neil Gaiman in the Forte Room. Dinner places are extremely limited and will be allocated via random ballot. More information will be circulated via email in the coming weeks.