Clare Moore

@clarelmoore

Tolkien scholar, PhD student, assistant pig keeper with dreams of being a knight

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Clare Moore@clarelmoore· 23d

I miss Scotland…

A screen capture of a weather app showing hot temperatures in the 80s all week.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· 25d

A woman with dark curly hair holds a puppy saying “I’ve only had Arlo for a day and a half. But if anything happened to him, I would kill everyone and then myself.”

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Jul 9

Tolkien’s house in Leeds!

A two story brick house with green plants out front.

A blue plaque that reads: JRR Tolkien CBE, academic and author lived here. Where. 1924 and 1925. While Reader, later Professor, at the University of Leeds, he collaborated on a new edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tolkien went on to write The Hobbit and The Lord of the Tings. 1892-1973

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Jul 8

Conference break to visit York…

An old stonewall runs along a hill around the edge of a city.

The front face of York Minster, a cathedral with a Victorian lamppost in front.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Jun 24

Our Big Read journey through The Lord of the Rings continues next Monday, June 29, with none other than esteemed Tolkien scholar Dr. Kristine Larsen! You won’t want to miss Dr. Larsen talking about how Tolkien sneaks his Silmarillion material into LOTR 👀

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Jun 21

Even prettier in real life 📚🦅

A hand holds a copy of the book The Book of Birds by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, with a gold cover with the image of a flying hawk on it.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Jun 9

Been trying very hard not to spam everyone with Switzerland photos but I’m in Lauterbrunnen now 🪻🏔️🥾

A hillside of wildflowers with pine trees an snowy mountains in the background.

A dirt path winds up a hill past a wood hut and pine trees with mountains in the distance.

A dirt path on the side of a hill covered in wildflowers with a small hut and mountains in the background.

A hillside of wildflowers with mountains in the background.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Jun 4

Some fun LOTR items from the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle!

A museum display of an axe, two swords, and a staff movie props from The Lord of the Rings movies.

A museum display of Gimli’s helmet from The Lord of the Rings movies.

A paperback copy of The Fellowship of the Ring with a red cover.

A letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to an American professor based in Seattle regarding the word “hobbit.”

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· May 31

Super quick jaunt into the city ❤️

A hand holds a playbill for Shakespeare on the Park’s Romeo and Juliet.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· May 25

Intermission from Westmoot content! Next week, the Big Read is delighted to host Professor Giuseppe Pezzini, author of Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation, for our first session on The Lord of the Rings. Professor Pezzini will be discussing “Notes on the Shire Records” and more!

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· May 25

“We respond to good art by making good art.” I loved John Hendrix’s keynote for @westmoot.org! My SIL gave me his book two Christmases ago and I had never heard of it but immediately read and loved it. So glad I got to meet him! Clare loves a signed copy 🥰

A copy of the book The Mythmakers by John Hendrix, with a purple and yellow cover of an illustration of JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis.

The title page of the book The Mythmakers by John Hendrix, signed by the author with an illustration of a lion.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· May 22

Good morning ✨Minneapolis✨ and what a beautiful day to start @westmoot.org 2026!

A cityscape from a hotel room, with tall glass buildings.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Apr 14

Wait there was one more meme:

A meme of a man (labeled Clare) slapping duck tape (labeled Mary Shelley) over a leaking water tank (labeled Tolkien).

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Apr 13

lol there is more!

A meme of a man (labeled Clare) slapping duck tape (labeled Virginia Woolf) over a leak in a water tank (labeled Tolkien).

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Apr 13

I hope you joined the Tolkien Society’s Big Read for our first session last Monday on “On Fairy-stories” with @erikjampa.bsky.social! Very serious stuff, but now we are moving on to The Hobbit and unlike Erik I am very UNserious so here’s my teaser for April 20th’s session:

A meme where a man (labeled Clare) slaps duck tape (labeled Jane Austen) over a water tank leak (labeled Tolkien).

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Apr 6

Pre-gaming! I mean… uh… studying! See y’all tonight at the Americas Big Read seasons for @erikjampa.bsky.social’s talk on On Fairy Stories!

A hand holds a glass of white wine and a copy of the book “On Fairy Stories” by JRR Tolkien.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Apr 4

Jesus is in the grave but Clare is at the GAME 💙⚾️💙

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Apr 3

@mercuryreads.bsky.social was good enough to join my pilgrimage last summer as we wandered this graveyard looking for Sylvia while our taxi driver waited for us 😅

The headstone for Sylvia Plath in a churchyard in Yorkshire, England.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Mar 27

Said portrait. At Mount Vernon we referred to this portrait as “furry George”

A painting of George III, an English king dressed in fine yellow clothes and plenty of ermine fur.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Mar 26

✨Tolkien Society Seminar 2025 videos are up on YouTube✨ If you missed the seminar or want to revisit some of the talks, head over to the Society’s YouTube page to relive the magic ✨

A screen shot of the Tolkien Society’s YouTube page, showing thumbnails of a video list.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Mar 26

QT this with wizard schools that are actually worth reading

A book cover for Circle of Magic Sandry’s Book by Tamora Pierce, featuring a young woman in a long dress on the roof of a temple.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Mar 20

Clare’s loose in a Barnes and Noble

A sign at a bookstore table reads “this is the year you finally read…” with a copy of The Fellowship of the Ring among the books on the table.

A copy of the Sparknotes book on The Hobbit sits on a blue background.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Mar 2

The text “don’t elfsplain to me, harp boy” appears on a cartoon sky background.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Feb 15

All the 🇦🇺 souvenirs made it home 🍷

Three bottles of wine sit on a kitchen bench in front of a window.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Feb 13

😭

Three adult hands holds wine glass and two children’s hands hold juice bottles pressed together to “cheers.”

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Feb 13

Last day in 🇦🇺

A hand holds a coffee in front of the beach.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Feb 11

Lay down Your sweet and weary head Night is falling You have come to journey's end Sleep now Dream of the ones who came before They are calling From across the distant shore

A sunset over an ocean colors the sky pink.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Feb 2

And that’s a wrap on Sydney 🎭

Arches from the Sydney Opera House at night.

A hand holds a playbill for the opera Turandot.

The Sydney Opera House next to the bay at night.

Clare Moore@clarelmoore· Feb 1

Today is about staying awake 😅☕️🇦🇺