World Book Day is a “worldwide celebration of books and reading”, happening in over 100 countries all across the globe, started in 1995 by UNESCO. World Book Day Fest in the UK and Ireland...
It is one of those rare moments when searching the web for more misattributed quotes on J.R.R. Tolkien when you find one blog post to be gone. And yes, this happened with one of...
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...
J.R.R. Tolkien helped organise and participated in the sexcentenary celebrations of Exeter College, Oxford, in 1914. Now, exactly one hundred years later, the college has reached the 700 years mark and has recently published...
The social media have become the most important channel of spreading the word about almost everything including, of course, all things related to J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth. Help me find great active tweeters spreading...
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...
A recent meme-like status has appeared with Facebook asking you and your friends to name “10 books that have stayed with us.” Now, you may like such questions or not but if something like...
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...
In a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show New York actor Vin Diesel (again) proved his geek street cred. It has been known for quite a few years that the action...
Sad news for visitors of Oxford’s Botanic Garden and many Tolkien fans: J.R.R. Tolkien’s favourite tree, a black pine (pinus nigra), suffered severe damage on July 26, 2014, and needed to be removed. The...
