Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth. How it all started
n this short blog post I would love to show you what the fans were told beforehand of Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth: the trailers, the sneak peeks and what the media had to...
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A week-long farewell to Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
ne of the most exciting exhibitions ever to have taken place on J.R.R. Tolkien’s life and works is coming to a close. Bodleian Libraries’ TOLKIEN: MAKER OF MIDDLE-EARTH will end next weekend on...
Join us for Tolkien/ Hobbit Week!
very year fans the world over make a special effort to celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien’s life and works during Hobbit Week or Tolkien Week, the week including the weekend of September 22, Bilbo and...
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth. The exhibition of a generation
rom June 1st, 2018 the Bodleian Libraries will be presenting an exhibition of Tolkien‘s life and works of special magnificence. Drawing from the vaults of their Tolkien archives and the manuscript collection at...
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fall of Gondolin” to be published in August
xciting news from Tolkien publishers HarperCollins: Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R. Tolkien and his literary executor, surprises fans the world over with another book taken from his father’s ‘Legendarium’, this time The Fall...
Tolkien tapestry unveiled at Aubusson
n April 6 the first of several tapestries based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s illustrations was unveiled in a ceremony at Aubusson which is home to one of the most well-known tapestry-producing industries in France....
BREAKING: Christopher Tolkien announces NEW ‘Lord of the Rings’ – THE RETURN OF THE RING
n an unprecedented move the son of J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien who is the executor of his father’s literary heritage, has announced today that among the many thousands of manuscript pages J.R.R. Tolkien...
Tolkien Reading Day 2018: Home and Hearth: the many ways of being a Hobbit
very year on March 25th Tolkien Reading Day is being celebrated the world over. The date of the 25th of March was chosen as the date on which the Ring was destroyed, completing...
A sinkhole in Oxford’s Broad Street turns into a Literary Battle
hen a sinkhole appeared on Oxford’s Broad Street one could have easily expected someone to make a quick picture to share on Instagram or an easy quip on Twitter but the faculties and...
Meet the Makers: The First Anniversary of the #TolkienTribe on Instagram
hen J.R.R. Tolkien’s 125th birthday was about to be celebrated – in 2017 – a bunch of Tolkienists from all over the world came together on Instagram to do just that: share in...
Amazon partnering up to do “The Lord of the Rings” television series
n a press release on Monday, November 13th, 2017 Amazon has confirmed it will be teaming up with “the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema” to produce a multi seasons...
Literary Worldbuilding – International Conference at Augsburg University on Tolkien, Jordan, Williams, Lovecraft, George R.R. Martin
am en route to the 14th Tolkien Seminar by the German Tolkien Society hosted by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Augsburg. Augsburg Uni has been holding lecture series on Tolkien...