The University of Vermont will be hosting TOLKIEN 2005, a conference dedicated to the works of J. R. R. Tolkien on April 1-2. The keynote address will be delivered by Tom Shippey, renowned Tolkien scholar and author of The Road to Middle-Earth. The conference will begin with a fireside reading at 7:00pm on Friday, April 1, with a fireside reading from Tolkien’s works in Waterman 501. The conference will continue Saturday with a series of lectures to be given in UVM’s Memorial Lounge in the Waterman building. All events are free and open to the public. For further information, please contact Chris Vaccaro at cvaccaro@uvm.edu or Michael Faletra at mfaletra@uvm.edu. Also, UVM is offering a Tolkien Online course this Summer 2005. for further information or to register, contact Chris Vaccaro.