Tolkien Reading Day 2026 events – the global map
After a very long time I started doing another global event map for January 3rd, 2026. This has been so much fun that I would love to do another and even bigger edition...
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Meet me at “Leadership in Middle-earth” conference in Zurich, Switzerland (hybrid/ free – March 14th)
I have always wanted to give a talk titled Gandalf: the perfect mentor for the underachievers. Now, this conference would have my been my chance to do so but I am doing the...
The Black Pine Collection – Tolkien’s favourite tree staging another comeback (of sorts)
If you happen to know me a little – or this blog – then you do know that I am probably the Tolkienist in the world who has written most about Tolkien’s favourite...
The Tolkien Tapestries in Paris – an image gallery, commented upon (part II/II)
This is the second post on my visit to the Tolkien Tapestries (and carpets) exhibition at the Collège des Bernardins in Paris which ran from March 21st-May 18th, 2025. It is a rather...
Posts published with Steady for the months of February – April 2025
All of the material published with thetolkienist.com will always be free for you to peruse as well as some of my work with my crowdfunding site over at steadyhq.com/thetolkienist. Having said that, I...
Omentië Nolwë – a publication list of speakers present
This is a limited list of publications by the speakers at the first Omentië Nolwë.
“Hearses at Daybreak”: How a Tolkien birthday card has made the rounds on the Internet
It is always wonderful to find a decent birthday invitation card. It adds both style and the opportunity to make a very good point – of how the birthday is going to go....
Posts published with Steady for the months of September 2024 – January 2025
All of the material published with thetolkienist.com will always be free for you to peruse as well as some of my work with my crowdfunding site over at steadyhq.com/thetolkienist. Having said that, I...
All things Tolkienian on Bluesky in three easy steps
Welcome, welcome! Lovely to see you have joined the bluest of skies – or are planning on doing so. I think it is clear that by now the Tolkien fan communities have taken...
Posts published with Steady for the months of May – August, 2024
All of the material published with thetolkienist.com will always be free for you to peruse as well as some of my work with my crowdfunding site over at steadyhq.com/thetolkienist. Having said that, I...
Project 200+ – an update after four years…
Almost four years to the day I published a status update on my Project 200+, going through all the posts in this blog, correcting mistakes, updating links etc. I have just now passed...
How my love for Tolkien helped me see a friend again – after eighteen years
Looking back at 2006 I have to say this was quite the memorable year. Not only was Pluto demoted to a dwarf planet, but in Germany the 2006 FIFA World Cup happened. You...