Rangers of the North takes over Tolkien Trewsday: April 2026

This April the Rangers of the North Smial takes over #TolkienTrewsday! Smials are locally-organised groups of Tolkien Society members meeting in person and online. You don’t have to be a member to take part. The Rangers of the North Smial meet in Liverpool, Manchester and Preston.

Tolkien Trewsday is a community-focused collaborative weekly event based on BlueSky and other online spaces sharing creativity and knowledge about the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien. You can join in with any of the themes shown above by going to BlueSky and using the hashtags #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien when posting. I have created an introductory thread to the Rangers of the North over on BlueSky and you can find that here.

You read more about Tolkien Trewsday here. I've created a series of posters for this event:

Tolkien Trewsday / Rangers of the North April Takeover
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Rangers of the North April takes over Tolkien Trewsday
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"Aragorn is seated. Are you?"
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The Rangers are holding several moots (meets) in April with an online chat via Zoom and their monthly in-person moot is being held in Liverpool this month. The in-person moots rotate between Liverpool, Manchester and Preston currently though special trips have been organised in the past to visit special events such as the Magic in Middle-earth exhibition in Southport (2025) and to see J.R.R. Tolkien’s revolver in the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester (2023).

You can see a list of what is coming up below.

Scouting Ahead: April 2026
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You can find this list and the event sign-ups on our Facebook group page here.

This all leads to the final weekend of April 2026 where the Tolkien Society is hosting their annual AGM and Springmoot in Manchester (24-26 April 2026). Please note booking for the evening meal closes soon and you have to be a member of the Tolkien Society to attend the AGM.

You can find out more about that event on the Tolkien Society event page located here.

This blog post is also over on Substack, located here.

📌 Useful links and relevant blog posts

⭕ Rangers of the North Smial Facebook group page 🔗
⭕ The Tolkien Society 🔗
⭕ Introducing Tolkien Trewsday: Year Four 📝
⭕ Middle-earth comes to Southport: Rangers of the North Smial moot 📝
⭕ Middle-earth comes to Southport: Local Events 📝
⭕ In the Footsteps of J.R.R. Tolkien – the revolver at the Imperial War Museum North 📝
⭕ Rangers of the North Smial - Designing the Ranger's Badge 📝