The Ninth Roving Ranger
olks, a warm welcome to this, the ninth Roving Ranger newsletter! My apologies for an extra day of wait but I am travelling right now and will inform you about these travels via...
Category: News
Sublime stage rendition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Leaf by Niggle’ goes crowdfunding: Support Puppet State Theatre and get to watch it!
he consequences of the global pandemic are felt everywhere. As a freelance translator I am well aware that colleagues in the performing arts are very hard hit by the lack of opportunity to...
The Eighth Roving Ranger
olks, a warm welcome to this, the eighth Roving Ranger newsletter! Events URGENT: Puppet State Theatre, the Edinburgh-based company well-known for their beautiful rendition of Leaf by Niggle have started an Edinburgh Fringe...
The Seventh Roving Ranger
olks, a warm welcome to this, the sixth Roving Ranger newsletter! Events Please always refer to the International Tolkien Fellowship Facebook group for Tolkien-inspired events the world over. Essays & Scholarship Tom Hillman...
The Sixth Roving Ranger
olks, a warm welcome to this, the sixth Roving Ranger newsletter! Events The Tolkien Society (UK) has announced their keynote speakers and panels for their first ever online Oxonmoot. WorldCon 2020 happened in...
The Fifth Roving Ranger
olks, a warm welcome to this, the fifth Roving Ranger newsletter! Events The Tolkien Society of the Magallanes Region in Chile has to go online as well with their VI Concilio Tolkien and...
What do US readers turn to in times of COVID-19? The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (and others)
press release by the NPD Group, a US-American market research company, sums up the information on the e-book market in the United States for the month of April 2020, the first month the...
The Fourth Roving Ranger
olks, a warm welcome to this, the fourth Roving Ranger newsletter! Events On July 23rd, TORn and John Garth will do a talk on his latest book & the Amazon series with Comic...
Project: 200+ posts to check, correct and update
Right now I have started the process of updating every single blog post with TheTolkienist.com because of changes in plug-ins, outdated and/or changed information etc. I will keep you posted on my progress.
The Third Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the third Roving Ranger newsletter! Events From July 6 – 12, 2020, Tolkien Gen Week happened, a fan fiction event moderated via tumblr. The Tolkien Society Pub...
The Second Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the second Roving Ranger newsletter! Events MMORPG Lord of the Rings: Online is celebrating the ‘Great Wedding‘ right now, that is, the wedding of Arwen and Aragorn....
The very first Roving Ranger
Folks, a warm welcome to this, the very first of (hopefully many) Roving Ranger newsletters! As I am writing this the temperature is climbing in Berlin, the fan working quietly in the background....