A round-up from Leipzig: Magical moments, revisited
I am on my way home to Berlin from this year’s book fair in Leipzig and boy, have those three days been three days to remember. I’ll try to make it as short as...
Category: Events
Meet the Tolkienist at HobbitCon: Shades of Grey and the Hobbit profiler!
HobbitCon 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 dive...
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...
Tolkien Mailing Competition – participate now!
For eight years in a row the Hungarian Tolkien Society (MTT) has organised Tolkien Levelezö Verseny, the Tolkien Mailing Competition. School groups from the ages of 10 to 18 were asked questions, divided into...
Call for Papers: Tolkien Studies at PCA/ACA Conference 2015
Next year’s Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association’s joint conference will be held at New Orleans from April 1-4. There will be a dedicated Tolkien Studies stream including sessions, panels and papers and...
Join the Eä Tolkien Society for Tolkien Moot X this weekend wherever you are – via Google Hangout
The Eä Tolkien Society is meeting this weekend – August 8-10, 2014 – in Spokane, Washington, USA for “Tolkien-based discussion, role-playing gaming, and other Tolkien-related fun” you can join in yourself – just visit...
Tolkien Day impressions from Germany
Just some quick shots from the Tolkien Day at Pont (city of Geldern) in Germany. I think we may have set up a new world record on Tolkien-centred events with well over 2,000 visitors...
Tolkien Day in Germany at 5.30 a.m. (pictures before the storm)
I will be posting more pictures and videos from Tolkien Day 2014 in Pont (City of Geldern) at the Lower Rhine as the opportunity arises. Just so you have an idea how things look...
Why not visit Middle-earth this weekend – with 2,000 friends?
Ever since its inception in 1997 the German Tolkien Society has worked tirelessly to bring Tolkien fans from all over the world amazing events, publications and a spirit of fellowship so wunderfully exemplified in...
Call for Papers: “World made of heroes” at University of Porto, Portugal
The Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto in Portugal, CETAPS, the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies and ILCML , the Instituto de Literatura Comparada Margarida Losa are organising a Tolkien conference...