Membership Prices
- Annual membership is £4.
- Life membership is £10.
Member benefits
Members gain a number of benefits as a result of their membership: any members who turn up to meetings are entitled to free paper copies of our journal, Anor, and membership also brings with it a number of discounts on society events. Members can also access the society's library, which is a borrowing library in Cambridge that has copies of the vast majority of Tolkien's books as well as a number of other publication on Tolkien's life and works. Food and drink (if provided) at society meetings is also funded this way; we have no regular sources of income other than membership and any surplus on events, so memberships are vital for the society to continue functioning.
External members
Whilst many of the member benefits involve doing things in Cambridge, we're nonetheless very happy to accept members from further afield, especially those who want to support our aims of promoting and supporting studies of Tolkien's work. Some of our meetings are online. Our journal is increasingly an international, open-access publication, which is also available from the major UK copyright libraries, and membership can help us support the cost of that. The website is also rapidly becoming a major resource base for those wishing to set up or run other Tolkien societies, with details and ideas of activities and quizzes people can do. We also run an external mailing list for members from further afield, to give regular updates on the society's activities, notify people when new copies of Anor are released, and also invite people to some of the more major social events of the year.
How to pay
The easiest way to join is to just turn up to any CTS event and pay Smaug (the treasurer) or another committee member. Membership can be paid in cash, by cheque (UK banks only), or by bank transfer (please contact us to ask for bank details). Please do not send cash in the post. Cheques etc. should be payable to Cambridge Tolkien Society.
For further details, contact Smaug or another member of the committee.