Settle in for a night of myth and legend.

A world-renowned expert in all things J.R.R. Tolkien is coming to Cork to treat fans to a riveting talk at Cyprus Avenue on Caroline Street, Cork City on Monday, May 5th.

John Garth is a journalist and author of the acclaimed biographical Tolkien and the Great War, winner of the Mythopoeic Award for Scholarship 2004, and was Fellow in Humanistic Studies for 2015–16 at the Black Mountain Institute, University of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Other writings include the definitive study of Tolkien’s undergraduate life, Tolkien at Exeter College.

He speaks regularly on Tolkien and related topics, in person and on air and has also taught full-length and short courses on Tolkien for Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education, for UNLV, and online for the Mythgard Institute at Signum University.

“J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic tales of Middle-earth are a cultural phenomenon, still growing fifty years after his death.” say the organisers, Seed Talks.

“Join us to meet the man behind a whole mythology and follow in his footsteps as he creates The Lord of the Rings. We’ll discover the young love, the deep friendships and the tragic sorrows that helped forge his ideas. And we’ll dive into his immense imagination to explore the fundamentals of his world of elves and hobbits, dragons and Dark Lords.”

Doors open at 6:30pm and the talk starts at 7pm, get there early to grab a good seat. Tickets are €15.64 here.