Hobbit Birthday Party, Saturday, September 27, 1 pm:
Next Meetings
Zoom meetings: Go to “Next Rivendell Meeting” in the posts for the link, posted 15 minutes before the meeting starts. Meetings start at 1:30 pm Central Time.
Sunday, April 5 at Minicon, 2:30 pm Central time. The Broken Lute by Ruth Berman
Pages
- About
- About Discussion Groups
- Annual Report of David Lenander for 1996
- Discussion Group Calendars and Newsletters
- Guidelines for starting a Discussion Group of The Mythopoeic Society (1996)
- Mythopoeic Discussion Group Charter
- Mythopoeic Society Discussion Groups
- Origin of Names Used by Discussion Groups
- Starting a Discussion Group
- Starting a local CSL group a discussion from MereLewis
- Authors
- Carol Kendall
- Caroline Stevermer and Patricia C. Wrede
- Douglas A. Anderson
- Eleanor Arnason
- A Brief History of the Order of St. Cyprian-the-Athlete by Eleanor Arnason
- A Woman of the Axe-Grinder People
- About Eleanor Arnason’s Ring of Swords
- An Arnason Note
- Eleanor Arnason bibliography
- Review of A Woman of the Iron People
- Ring of Swords: An Appreciation
- The Small Black Box of Morality by Eleanor Arnason
- Vampires and Aliens
- Jack Zipes
- Jane Yolen
- Joan Marie Verba
- Kay Lindskoog remembered
- Lucy M. Boston
- Margaret Howes
- Michael M. Levy and Sandra Lindow
- P. C. Hodgell
- Peg Kerr
- Ruth Berman
- Essays, etc.
- Comments about Smith’s Wren, by C. Lenander
- Comments by D. Lenander on The Paper Grail
- Comments on 1996 MFA/MSA nominees
- Comments on Blaylock’s All the Bells on Earth
- Comments on Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
- Comments on Elizabeth Hand’s Waking the Moon
- Comments on Kenneth Morris’s The Dragon Path
- Evangeline Walton, remembered
- G. Funk discusses Cooper, Gray, Jones, and Smith novels
- Houghton Mifflin LotR 1999 Press Release
- Kaveny reviews H. P. Lovecraft
- Kaveny reviews JRRT Artist & Illustrator
- Krentz reviews two Books by Kara Dalkey
- Krentz reviews Waugh and Gray novels
- Last Homely Hearth newsletter
- Once Upon A Time (apa)
- Reports from Ruth Berman
- The Hobbit on Stage
- Wynne reviews Possession by A.S. Byatt
- Event Archives
- Meeting Archives
- A Woman of the Iron People discussion
- C. S. Lewis discussion – The Dark Tower
- Caroline Stevermer discussions, 10-15-88 and 10-25-14
- List of past Rivendell topics from 1980 to 1985
- List of past Rivendell topics from 1997 to 2010
- Lloyd Alexander discussion
- Phyllis Eisenstein discussion
- Readings from Rivendell 12-12-15
- Readings from Rivendell 12-12-2020
- Readings from Rivendell, 12-1-2018
- Readings from Rivendell, 12-10-16
- Readings from Rivendell, 12-13-14
- Readings from Rivendell, 12-14-19
- Readings from Rivendell, 12-9-17
- Readings from Rivendell, December 7, 2024
- Rivendell Discussion October 1, 2016 – Eleanor Arnasons’s Hwarhath Stories
- Rivendell Meeting at Diversicon, September 7, 2025, Naomi Kritzer and Lyda Morehouse
- Rivendell Meeting January 30, 2021 – The Ten Thousand Doors of January
- Rivendell Meeting September 19, 2015 – Hobbit Birthday Party
- Rivendell meeting-November 22, 2014-Hobbit movie discussion
- Rivendell Meeting, January 9, 2016 – The Goblin Emperor
- Rivendell Meeting, April 20, 2019 – Jane Yolen
- Rivendell meeting, April 24, 2021 – Snow White Learns Witchcraft by Theodora Goss
- Rivendell Meeting, April 27, 2024 – The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
- Rivendell Meeting, April 30, 2016 – Rusalka
- Rivendell Meeting, April 7, 2018, Lois McMaster Bujold
- Rivendell Meeting, August 15, 2015 – Catherynne M. Valente
- Rivendell meeting, August 16, 2014 – Moomins
- Rivendell meeting, August 17, 2019 – Seanan McGuire
- Rivendell Meeting, August 20, 2016 – Edward Eager, Seven Day Magic
- Rivendell Meeting, August 20, 2022 – The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker
- Rivendell Meeting, August 26, 2017, Mythcon discussion with David Emerson and David Lenander
- Rivendell Meeting, August 28, 2021 – Readings from Rivendell
- Rivendell Meeting, August 29, 2020 – Author Readings
- Rivendell Meeting, August 4, 2024 – Eleanor Arnason
- Rivendell Meeting, December 13, 2025 – Readings from Rivendell
- Rivendell meeting, December 3, 2022 – Readings from Rivendell
- Rivendell Meeting, December 4, 2021 – Readings From Rivendell
- Rivendell Meeting, February 14, 2015 – Charles Williams Poetry
- Rivendell meeting, February 17, 2018 – Theodore Sturgeon
- Rivendell Meeting, February 20, 2016 – Naomi Kritzer
- Rivendell meeting, February 24, 2024 – One of Me Is Missing by Laramie Sasseville
- Rivendell Meeting, February 26, 2017 – Battle of the Five Armies movie
- Rivendell Meeting, February 26, 2022, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- Rivendell Meeting, February 27, 2021 – Caroline Stevermer, The Glass Magician
- Rivendell Meeting, February 8, 2020 – Ursula LeGuin, Earthsea
- Rivendell Meeting, February 9, 2019 – Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London
- Rivendell meeting, January 10, 2015 – Britomart
- Rivendell Meeting, January 11, 2020, Jonathan Auxier
- Rivendell Meeting, January 12, 2019 : Theodora Goss
- Rivendell Meeting, January 17, 2026 – The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison
- Rivendell Meeting, January 18, 2025: Summoned by Dragons by Joan Marie Verba
- Rivendell Meeting, January 20, 2018 – Tom Siddell
- Rivendell Meeting, January 27, 2024 – Brian Attebery – Fantasy How It Works
- Rivendell meeting, January 28, 2023 – Twelve: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Joan Marie Verba
- Rivendell Meeting, January 29, 2022, Jack Zipes, Little Mole and Honey Bear
- Rivendell meeting, January 7, 2017 – Hrolf Kraki Saga
- Rivendell Meeting, July 16, 2016 – OZ
- Rivendell Meeting, July 18, 2015 – Desolation of Smaug movie
- Rivendell meeting, July 19, 2014 – Green Knowe series
- Rivendell Meeting, July 19, 2025, The Adventures of Mary Darling by Pat Murphy
- Rivendell Meeting, July 20, 2019 – Three Parts Dead, Max Gladstone
- Rivendell Meeting, July 22, 2023 – Jack Zipes
- Rivendell Meeting, July 23, 2017 – Michael Levy & Farah Mendlesohn
- Rivendell Meeting, July 23, 2022 – Encanto
- Rivendell Meeting, July 24, 2021 – Jennifer Jodell – Caring for Humanity in a Post-Apocalyptic World
- Rivendell Meeting, July 27-29, 2018 – Charlie Jane Anders
- Rivendell meeting, June 13, 2015 – Franny Billingsley
- Rivendell Meeting, June 16, 2018 – Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, The River Bank, Kij Johnson
- Rivendell meeting, June 17, 2017 – Brian Attebery, Stories about Stories
- Rivendell Meeting, June 17, 2023 – Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- Rivendell Meeting, June 18, 2016, Lord Dunsany
- Rivendell Meeting, June 22, 2019 – Ka by John Crowley
- Rivendell Meeting, June 22, 2024, Alex Jennings, The Ballad of Perilous Graves
- Rivendell Meeting, June 26, 2021: The Seal-Wife motif in folklore and fairy tales with Samantha Crain
- Rivendell Meeting, March 11, 2023 – P. C. Hodgell, Deathless Gods
- Rivendell Meeting, March 12, 2016 – Michael Ward’s Planet Narnia
- Rivendell Meeting, March 17, 2018 – Ursula Le Guin
- Rivendell meeting, March 21, 2015 – Secret Murder by Ellen Kuhfeld
- Rivendell Meeting, March 21, 2026: Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J.R.R.Tolkien ed. by Janet Brennan Croft and Leslie A. Donovan
- Rivendell Meeting, March 23, 2019, Gregory Maguire, Egg and Spoon
- Rivendell Meeting, March 25, 2017 – David Emerson reads from his paper
- Rivendell Meeting, March 26, 2022 – Beowulf translation and commentary by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Rivendell Meeting, March 27, 2021 – P. C. Hodgell, By Demons Possessed
- Rivendell Meeting, March 31, 2024 – T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon), Nettle and Bone
- Rivendell Meeting, May 11, 2019 – Tomi Adeyemi
- Rivendell Meeting, May 13, 2017 – Modern Surprises and Wondry Dragon Finds a Home by Joan Marie Verba
- Rivendell Meeting, May 18, 2024 – The Dark Lord’s Daughter by Patricia C. Wrede
- Rivendell Meeting, May 19, 2018 – Madeleine L’Engle
- Rivendell meeting, May 2, 2015 – Ruth Berman’s translation of fairy tales of Louise Cavelier Levesque
- Rivendell Meeting, May 20, 2023 – Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
- Rivendell Meeting, May 21, 2016 – The Fisherman and His Soul
- Rivendell Meeting, November 10, 2018, John Bellairs, The House with a Clock In Its Walls
- Rivendell Meeting, November 18, 2017 – Brian Farrey
- Rivendell Meeting, November 18, 2023: The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
- Rivendell Meeting, November 19, 2016 – Eric M. Heideman and Roy C. Booth’s Raiders of the Seventh Planet
- Rivendell Meeting, November 20, 2021 – A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
- Rivendell Meeting, November 21, 2015 – Terry Pratchett
- Rivendell meeting, November 22, 2025 – The Teller of Small Fortunes
- Rivendell Meeting, November 23, 2019 – Tolkien movie
- Rivendell Meeting, November 23, 2024 – Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe
- Rivendell Meeting, October 10, 2015 – Kelly Barnhill
- Rivendell Meeting, October 13, 2018 – Charles Williams
- Rivendell Meeting, October 18, 2025: T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call
- Rivendell Meeting, October 21, 2023 – The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
- Rivendell Meeting, October 24, 2020 – David Emerson, Mythology in Animation
- Rivendell Meeting, October 26, 2019, Naomi Novik
- Rivendell Meeting, October 26, 2024 – The Goodnight Agency by Tyler Tork
- Rivendell Meeting, October 28, 2017 – Jack Zipes
- Rivendell Meeting, October 30, 2021 – Defying the Ghosts by Joan Marie Verba
- Rivendell meeting, September 17, 2016 – Hobbits’ Birthday Party
- Rivendell meeting, September 20, 2025 – Hobbit Birthday Party
- Rivendell meeting, September 21, 2019 – Hobbit Birthday Party
- Rivendell meeting, September 21, 2024 : Hobbit Birthday Party
- Rivendell Meeting, September 22, 2018 – Hobbits’ Birthday Party
- Rivendell Meeting, September 23, 2017 – Hobbits’ Birthday Party
- Rivendell Meeting, September 24, 2022 – Rings of Power
- Rivendell Meeting, September 25, 2021 – Hobbit Birthday Party
- Rivendell Meeting, September 26, 2020, Hobbit Birthday celebration
- The Fathergod Experiment discussion
- The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars discussion
- Tolkien’s Fall of Arthur, 9-25-14
- Similar Groups