Meetup with NYC Area Friends of Tolkien & Fantasy
All over the world fans of J.R.R. Tolkien meet up, have a chat, discuss and interact on all things Middle-earth. In this installment of my fandom series we will visit New York City and...
Monthly Archive: December 2014
Why is everybody building Towers of Sauron, please? [31 Days of Tolkien]
If you have visited London recently you may have paid a substantial amount of money to have an outstanding view of London, offered via the topmost levels of the Shard, the highest skyscraper in...
There is so much more to explore with J.R.R. Tolkien #NotOneLastTime
The world premiere of ‘The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies” took place on December 1st and tomorrow 13 new countries will see the film come to the big screen, among them the USA, Canada,...
Call for Papers: 5th International Tolkien Conference in Hungary [31 Days of Tolkien]
It is great to see that J.R.R. Tolkien is finally coming into his own – not only as one of the most popular authors of all times but also as a subject of serious...
Visit Tolkien’s Birmingham (ca. 1890) via the British Library’s Flickr [31 Days of Tolkien]
In December 2013 the British Library released a million pictures into Flickr Commons, supported by the help of Microsoft, which are now available in the Public Domain. These pictures were mostly taken from books...
31 Days of Tolkien: Thug Notes will explain the Hobbit, Beowulf, Odysseus and Dune to you – gangsta style
YouTube artist Sparky Sweets, PhD, has set himself one of the toughest tasks out there: Explaining literary classics in five minutes offering both a summary and an analysis people need to listen to! Luckily...
31 Days of Tolkien: “Great War” documentary released by King Edward’s School, Birmingham
A half hour documentary on Tolkien’s experiences during the First World War has recently been published by King Edward’s School, Birmingham, where J.R.R. Tolkien went to school. Old Edwardians Zander and Elliot Weaver have...
31 Days of Tolkien: Win your perfect Christmas gift – books, books, books!
This December I will write one blog post a day, bringing you the latest in news, events, publications – what was amazing in 2014 and what will be even more awesomez! in 2015. Check...