Guest post: My personal 2014 top ten list of Tolkien publications
have asked German Tolkien collector Tobias Wolf which books published in 2014 are among his favourites and he was kind enough to send me his top ten books he considers a must for...
Author: Marcel R. Bülles
On my own behalf: The Tolkienist named jury member with two German fantasy awards
anuary has been starting off pretty well for me – I have been invited to be part of the jury for the German fantasy award Seraph, publicly presented at the Leipzig Book Fair,...
Tween from Tolkien: 15 words you never knew came from literature
ords and sayings often come from literature but in the course of time we readers tend to forget that. The UK literature website, Lovereading.co.uk, has made a special effort in listing fifteen such...
Meet the Tolkienist at HobbitCon: Shades of Grey and the Hobbit profiler!
obbitCon is a tremendously fun and fan convention on the second Peter Jackson film trilogy. There you will meet up with members both of cast and crew and will get the opportunity to...
Short Series: Tolkien Minimalist Posters. Meet the Artist: Patrick Connan
his is the first installment in another short series with the Tolkienist, this time on minimalist posters/ illustrations inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. I am very happy to welcome an amazingly talented French...
Listen to rare Tolkien recording: At the Tobacconist’s – and help the British Library save its audio collection
ave our Sounds‘” is the British Library’s programme to preserve the nation’s sound heritage.” With this statement, the British Library is addressing one of the most pressing conservatory issues of our times –...
How Google screws with fantasy authors: Tolkien, Pratchett, Rowling, Martin and more – revisited
oogle’s ‘Autocomplete’ function is meant to be a useful tool when searching for anything on the internet. The idea is to suggest search combinations most relevant to what you are looking for, in...
Oxford University podcasts on J.R.R. Tolkien
n 7 October 2008 the University of Oxford launched its podcast site and has since then published thousands of them. If there is a topic you take an interest in you will stand...
Meetup with NYC Area Friends of Tolkien & Fantasy
ll 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...
Why is everybody building Towers of Sauron, please?
f you 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
he 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,...
Call for Papers: 5th International Tolkien Conference in Hungary
t 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...