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'''Shaun Gunner''' is a Trustee and Publicity Officer of [[The Tolkien Society]] and is Deputy Chair of [[The Return of the Ring]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.returnofthering.org/PR3.pdf|articlename=The Return of the Ring Progress Report 3|dated=June 2012|website=[http://www.returnofthering.org/ TheReturnoftheRing.org]|accessed=20 June 2012}}</ref> He is also an administrator ([[User:Mith]]) at the website [[Tolkien Gateway]], and assists with proof-reading and general advise at the website [[The Lord of the Rings Project]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://lotrproject.com/about.php|articlename=The Lord of the Rings Project: About|dated=|website=[http://lotrproject.com/ LotrProject.com]|accessed=20 June 2012}}</ref>
'''Shaun Gunner''' is the tenth and current Chair of [[The Tolkien Society]].<ref name="Twitter"/> He is also the Society's publicity officer, and was the Deputy Chair of [[The Return of the Ring|The Return of the Ring: Celebrating Tolkien in 2012]].<ref>Lyn Whitaker, "Along the Road", [[Amon Hen 234|''Amon Hen'' 234]], p. 8</ref> He is an administrator ([[User:Mith]]) of the [[Tolkien Gateway]] website, and an advisor and assistant to [[Emil Johansson]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings Project]].<ref>Shaun Gunner, "Member Profile", [[Amon Hen 235|''Amon Hen'' 235]], pp. 33-34</ref> He has also contributed to the journals ''[[Amon Hen]]'', ''[[Hither Shore]]'', and ''[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]]''.


Gunner is a politics graduate and lives in [[Wikipedia:Rustington|Rustington]], [[Wikipedia:Sussex|Sussex]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://twitter.com/#!/@ShaunGunner|articlename=Shaun Gunner|dated=|website=[http://twitter.com Twitter.com]|accessed=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://archiver.co/profile/shaungunner|articlename=Shaun Gunner|dated=|website=[http://archiver.co/ Archiver.co]|accessed=20 June 2012}}</ref>
Gunner is a politics graduate and lives in [[Wikipedia:Rustington|Rustington]], [[Wikipedia:Sussex|Sussex]].<ref name="Twitter">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://twitter.com/#!/@ShaunGunner|articlename=Shaun Gunner|dated=|website=[http://twitter.com Twitter.com]|accessed=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://archiver.co/profile/shaungunner|articlename=Shaun Gunner|dated=|website=[http://archiver.co/ Archiver.co]|accessed=20 June 2012}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
===Articles===
===Articles===
*[[2013]]: ''[[Hither Shore (journal)|Hither Shore]]'' (forthcoming)
* [[2012]]: [[Amon Hen 234|''Amon Hen'' 234]]
**"Two Swedish Interviews with J.R.R. Tolkien" (co-editor with [[Morgan Thomsen]])
** "[[Birthday Toast#Tolkien Society tradition|Birthday Toast]] - A Report"
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* [[2012]]: [[Amon Hen 235|''Amon Hen'' 235]]
** "Along the Road - Three months to go"
** "Member Profile"
* [[2012]]: [[Amon Hen 236|''Amon Hen'' 236]]
** "Glorfindel(s), I Miss You!"
* [[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 240|''Amon Hen'' 240]]
** "The Hobbit Premiere: An Unexpected Pleasure"
* [[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 241|''Amon Hen'' 241]]
** "Chairman's Update"
* [[2013]]: [[Hither Shore 9|''Hither Shore'' 9]]
** "Two Swedish Interviews with J.R.R. Tolkien" (co-editor with [[Morgan Thomsen]])
* [[2013]]: [[Amon Hen 244|''Amon Hen'' 244]]
** "Chairman's Update"
* [[2014]]: [[Amon Hen 247|''Amon Hen'' 247]]
** "Chairman's Update"
* [[2015]]: [[Amon Hen 254|''Amon Hen'' 254]]
** "Chairman's Report"
* [[2015]]: [[Amon Hen 255|''Amon Hen'' 255]]
** "Chairman's Additional 'Thank You'"
* [[2016]]: ''[[Songs of Sorrow and Hope|Songs of Sorrow and Hope: The Art of Jenny Dolfen]]''
** Foreword
* [[2016]]: ''[[The Return Of The Ring: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012]]''
** Foreword
* [[2017]]: [[Amon Hen 267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]
** "Chair's Report"
** "Chair's 'Thank You'"
 
===Reviews===
* [[2013]]: [[Mallorn 54|''Mallorn'' 54]]
** "A journey to the cinema" (review of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'')
* [[2014]]: [[Mallorn 55|''Mallorn'' 55]]
** "Votes for [[Tauriel]] - but not the love" (review of ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'')
* [[2015]]: [[Amon Hen 254|''Amon Hen'' 254]]
** ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
** ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary|Tolkien: A Dictionary]]''
* [[2015]]: [[Amon Hen 255|''Amon Hen'' 255]]
** ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
** ''[[A Tolkien Treasury (miniature edition)|A Tolkien Treasury]]''
* [[2015]]: [[Mallorn 56|''Mallorn'' 56]]
** ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
* [[2016]]: [[Amon Hen 259|''Amon Hen'' 259]]
** ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
** ''[[Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia|Tolkien - An Illustrated Atlas]]''
* [[2017]]: [[Amon Hen 267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]
** ''The Battles of Tolkien''
 
===Interviews===
* [[17 May]], [[2012]]: ''[[Middle-earth Network Specials]]''
** [http://menetspecials.mymiddleearth.com/podcast/menet-specials-16-the-return-of-the-ring/ Middle-earth Network Specials 16: The Return Of The Ring]
* [[19 June]], [[2012]]: ''[http://www.aldasaga.com/ Aldasaga]''
** [http://www.aldasaga.com/shownotes/Tolkien_and_Old_Norse_8.html Race Profiles I: of Álfar and Elves: featured guests Shaun Gunner & Ármann Jakobsson]
* [[24 August]], [[2012]]: [[Middle-earth Network|Middle-earth Network News]]
** [http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2012/08/24/return-of-the-ring-2012-wrap-up-interview/ Return of the Ring Wrap-up Interview]
* [[22 September]], [[2012]]: ''[[Silver Leaves (podcast)|Silver Leaves]]''
** [http://whitetreefund.org/multimedia/silver-leaves-podcast/episode-archive/episode-1/ Long-Expected Parties – Hobbit Day Celebrations Worldwide]
* [[7 August]], [[2014]]: ''TheOnering.net''
** [http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/08/07/92174-torn-talks-to-shaun-gunner-chairman-of-the-tolkien-society/ TORn talks to Shaun Gunner, Chairman of The Tolkien Society]
* [[13 September]] [[2014]]: ''[http://theworldofsmart.com/ The World of SMART]''
** [http://theworldofsmart.com/interview-with-shaun-gunner-of-the-tolkien-society/ Interview with Shaun Gunner of the Tolkien Society]
* [[20 August]] [[2015]]: ''[http://www.scififantasynetwork.com/ SciFi and Fantasy Network]''
** [http://www.scififantasynetwork.com/shaun-gunner-on-the-tolkien-society/ Shaun Gunner On The Tolkien Society]
* November [[2015]]: ''[[Fan Phenomena: The Lord of the Rings]]''
** "Fan Appreciation - Shaun Gunner"
 
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Revision as of 17:39, 11 February 2018

Shaun Gunner is the tenth and current Chair of The Tolkien Society.[1] He is also the Society's publicity officer, and was the Deputy Chair of The Return of the Ring: Celebrating Tolkien in 2012.[2] He is an administrator (User:Mith) of the Tolkien Gateway website, and an advisor and assistant to Emil Johansson's The Lord of the Rings Project.[3] He has also contributed to the journals Amon Hen, Hither Shore, and Mallorn.

Gunner is a politics graduate and lives in Rustington, Sussex.[1][4]

Bibliography

Articles

Reviews

Interviews

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Shaun Gunner", Twitter.com (accessed 20 June 2012)
  2. Lyn Whitaker, "Along the Road", Amon Hen 234, p. 8
  3. Shaun Gunner, "Member Profile", Amon Hen 235, pp. 33-34
  4. "Shaun Gunner", Archiver.co (accessed 20 June 2012)
Shaun Gunner
Preceded by:
Sally Kennett
Chair of The Tolkien Society
21 April 2013 - present
Incumbent


The Tolkien Society
President: J.R.R. Tolkien · Vice-president: Priscilla Tolkien · Chair: Shaun Gunner
Topics History (Letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society) · Archives · Awards · Enyalië · Smials · Tolkien to the World · Tolkien fandom
Chairs Vera Chapman (1970) · Keith Bridges (1970-1973) · Hartley Patterson (1973-1974) · Jonathan Simons (1974-1984) · Brin Dunsire (1984-1988) · Alex Lewis (1988-1992) · Amanda Fingleson (1992-1996) · Chris Crawshaw (1996-2008) · Matthew Vernon (2008-2009) · Sally Kennett (2009-2013) · Shaun Gunner (2013-present)
Annual Events Birthday Toast (3 January) · Tolkien Reading Day (25 March) · AGM and Springmoot (April) · Seminar (July) · Oxonmoot (September)
Conferences Oxonmoot (annual, 1974-present) · J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference (1992) · Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On (2005) · The Return of the Ring (2012) · Tolkien 2019 (2019)
Publications Journals Belladonna's Broadsheet (1969-1970) · Mallorn (1970-present) · The Tolkien Society Bulletin (1970-1971) · Andúril (1972) · Amon Hen (1972-present) · Quettar (1980-1995)
Books An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion (1975) · The Trees, the Jewels and the Rings (1977) · Tolkien in Oxford: The Tolkien Society Guide (1978) · The Tolkien Society Songbook (1985) · Tolkien and Romanticism (1988) · Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference (1995) · The Oxonmoot Songbook (1997) · The Filking Songbook (2001) · The Tolkien Society Guide to Oxford (2005) · Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference (2008) · Tolkien 2005 Souvenir Book (2009) · Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012 (2016)
Peter Roe Books 1. Some Light on Middle-earth (1985) · 2. Leaves from the Tree (1991) · 3. The First and Second Ages (1992) · 4. Travel and Communication in Tolkien's Worlds (1996) · 5. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 1 (1997) · 6. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 2 (1998) · 7. Tolkien, the Sea and Scandinavia (1999) · 8. The Ways of Creative Mythologies (2000) · 9. Tolkien: A Mythology for England? (2000) · 10. The Best of Amon Hen, vol. 1 (2000) · 11. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees, vol. 3 (2001) · 12. Sindarin Lexicon (2001) · 13. The Best of Amon Hen, vol. 2 (2002) · 14. Tolkien: Influenced and Influencing (2005)· 15. Freedom, Fate and Choice in Middle-earth (2012) · 16. Journeys & Destinations (2015) · 17. Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (2017) · 18. Poetry and Song in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (2018) · 19. Tolkien the Pagan? (2019) · 20. Adapting Tolkien (2021) · 21. Twenty-first Century Receptions of Tolkien (2022) · 22. Tolkien and Diversity (2023)