Update your blogroll to include some great Tolkienists
UPDATE March 2019: It’s been five years since I first posted this list of interesting blogs to follow and I am working on an update right now.
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On my own behalf: The Tolkienist has now become a Content Gem
For those of you taking an interest in the wider range of topics I am curating via my Twitter handle @Macrobee (@The_Tolkienist is putting an emphasis on all things Tolkienian) you may have seen...
Why a small Netherlands town has streets named after Tolkien
In the last few days the city of Geldrop in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands has received its fair share of attention and that solely based on the fact that there...
Introducing the art of John Cockshaw: A different path to Middle-earth
When I first saw John’s art I was amazed at seeing a new approach in representing the creative worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien. His unique mixture of photography and digital retouching seemed to me another...
Meet Richard Taylor and many dwarves at HobbitCon in Germany
Update: Unfortunately, Manu Bennett (Azog) has had to cancel his visit due to work commitments. Please check the website for more information. HobbitCon, a Ring*Con special, took place for the first time in 2013...
Looking back: A Journey through Mirkwood
Nine days in Middle-earth (or NE Lithuania) I am very happy to present you with a report on an unique event which happened last year in Lithuania and particularly so because one of the...
Coming up next: Brainstorming Weekend, German Tolkien Society – volunteer meet-up.
Tolkien fandom is a long-standing one and one which has seen many literary societies come into existence appreciative of the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, The...
How it should have ended: Hobbit and LotR film trilogies the different way
For those of you with a love for films and alternative endings (or rather, let’s squeeze any film into three minutes) “How it should have ended” should be a well-known source of hilarious entertainment....
Not a Tolkien quote: It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons
Another installment in my never-ending series of Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with and this time I will be able to link the Professor with Oprah...
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...