Tolkien-related events in 2014 – a chronological list
Middle-earth meetings of this year Conventions, conferences and more A new year is here and it is time to list some of those outstanding events you should be looking for. This list is a...
Category: Fandom
Support an outstanding Tolkien fan project: 50,000 Orcs – The Muster of Rohan
To some out there it may sound like hyperbole but to me who has seen this live this statement simply has to be true: the team of 50,000 Orcs are the creators of the...
The Travelling Tolkienist: Fun stuff to do in Middle-earth
One of the best things about being a Tolkien fan is meeting fellow Tolkien fans from all over the world anytime, anywhere. You’ll meet people from all walks of life and different cultures and...
Tolkien Mailing Competition goes international
For seven years in a row the Hungarian Tolkien Society (MTT) has organised Tolkien Levelező Verseny, the Tolkien Mailing Competition. School groups from the ages of 10 to 18 were asked questions, divided into...
“It is time to put #Tolkien back on the menu, boys and girls” with @Klout!
UPDATE: Nov 1st, 2013. Tolkien is back as a topic on Klout. We made it! Today’s short blog entry is all about the topic I talked about some weeks ago: Social media...
“A Journey through Mirkwood” or rather … Lithuania
When the German Tolkien Society thought about applying for EU funding for one of its projects not many of us knew how much work it would be. The hobbitish heroes at the regulars’ table...
More than ten years of Indonesian fun: Meet Eorlingas!
July 12th, 2013 was a special date for the Eorlingas, the Indonesian Tolkien Society: its tenth anniversary had to be celebrated in proper fashion and I am very happy to present you with an...
Come to Colorado and meet the Grey Havens Group
One of the greatest pleasures of being a Tolkienist is the chance of meeting fellow Tolkiendili from all over the world and writing about it – they can be from Mexico, the Netherlands, the...
Celebrate Gil-galad, the Slovene Tolkien Society, in style!
The Slovene Tolkien Society has just been spreading the news about this year’s special festivities as they are celebrating their fifteenth anniversary. I would highly suggest you join in because I know the Slovenes...
Visiting Middle-earth in Mexico – meet Tolkien Fans Monterrey
In this third installment in my on-going series on societies, smials and special interest groups on Tolkien all over the world I am very pleased to present ‘my’ first smial, Tolkien Fans Monterrey in...