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Call for Papers: Overlooked Aspects of Middle-earth
he Tolkien Society Unquendor in the Netherlands has recently issued a call for papers for their upcoming publication of Lembas Extra. This magazine is “meant to publish longer articles on Tolkien and his...
Why Tolkien fans should start saving about £20000 for April 11
.R.R. Tolkien fans have some really great options to satisfy all of their needs when it comes to buying books. The amazing Tolkien Shop in Leiden, Netherlands -including an additional museum attached to...
Finally: Tolkien’s translation of “Beowulf” to be published on May 22
oday’s news of an upcoming publication came as a surprise to the Tolkien community at large and has been met with great joy: J.R.R. Tolkien’s own translation of Beowulf, the epic he worked...
Update your blogroll to include some great Tolkienists
Update August 2021: Seven years since I first posted this list of interesting blogs to follow and I am working on an update right now.
More on Qenya: Parma Eldalamberon 21 to be published in September
have just received the great news that another volume of Parma Eldalamberon is forthcoming, hot on the heels of issue no. 20 which was on the Qenya alphabet. Now we are all set...
Call for Papers: Tolkien @ Kalamazoo 2014
his has just come in via the interwebs. The Tolkien at Kalamazoo group has been approved for 3 paper sessions at the International Medieval Congress held at Kalamazoo, Michigan in May 2014. The...
The beauty that is this new ‘Hobbit’ edition, illustrated by Jemima Catlin
or me as a long-standing Tolkien fan recent years have brought both pleasure and pain due to the film trilogies and I am very happy when there is something substantially new from the...
“The Fall of Arthur”: J.R.R. Tolkien’s take on the Arthurian legends
n May 23rd, 2013 a new book by J.R.R. Tolkien (edited by his son Christopher Tolkien) has been published: The Fall of Arthur. According to the official website at HarperCollins, it is: “The...
LOCUS Award nomination for “The Art of the Hobbit” by Christina Scull & Wayne Hammond
am very pleased to see that two of the leading Tolkien experts, Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond, have been nominated for a LOCUS award in the category ART BOOK for their publication The...
Calls for Papers: Baptism of Fire: The Birth of Modern British Fantasy in World War I/ Women in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
espite an ever growing number of book titles published in relation to J.R.R. Tolkien’s life and works the number of truly interesting and original pieces of research is limited. Everybody taking an interest...
Henry Gee for free in the UK: Download ‘The Science of Middle-earth’ – on February, 6th only
Please note: This offer is no longer valid! nly today will you be able to download Henry Gee’s revised version for ‘The Science of Middle-earth’ at Amazon.co.uk for free. If you happen to...