Happy Birthday, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins
nd September is a very special day for Tolkien fans all over the world as it is the birthday of two very special hobbits – Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. On this day the...
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Why J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis would never have been friends in the age of Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp
he edutainment website Wisecrack recently published a “Text Talk: Writers” piece in which famous friends J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis talk about the publication of ‘Narnia’ exchanging messages on their smartphones – and...
Support Kickstarter project “BANDERSNATCH Goes Audio!!” today
iana Pavlac Glyer has taken interest in one particularly fascinating field of research with the Inklings, that is the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams and friends – their creativity, their...
Why “The Lord of the Rings” coming in at no. 26 with the latest BBC Culture poll is a good thing
olls on any topic are useful for any medium to address an audience which may take an interest in said topic – a commonplace one would expect from any website, magazine or a...
Back to the Hobbits. Can it be true, Marty?
oday is a very special day for many of us out there. Today, the past, the present, and the future may come together in an explosion of awesomeness. Luckily enough, the German Tolkien...
Impressions from Hobbit Village 2015 in Barletta, Italy
am very glad to report a couple of pictures and videos on an amazing event in a beautiful town and its castle, Barletta. Enjoy 🙂
Meet the Travelling Tolkienist and Tolkienshop at Hobbit Village, Barletta
nother amazing Tolkien-related is coming up this weekend and this time it is in beautiful Barletta in Italy. Both myself and René van Rossenberg, the owner of the Tolkienshop, have been invited as...
Evil in the Shining Light: Tolkien exhibition in Sheffield, Sept 2-26, 2015
An Tolkien exhibition at Sheffield’s Bank Street Arts showcases art and texts from ten creative minds including the Tolkienist, Marcel Aubron-Bülles
Part 3: Music from Middle-earth
(Continued from part 1 & 2. This is the final part.) The modern age FRONT OF WAR IN THE NORTH So far we have discussed only the beginnings, and most of these works...
A round-up from Leipzig: Magical moments, revisited
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...
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. How Discworld shaped my life: Remembering Sir Terry Pratchett (or rather, PTERRY.)
must have met Rincewind for the first time in my life in 1987. I had just recently read The Lord of the Rings for the first time which had quite a few immediate...
Part 2: Music from Middle-earth
eroen Bakker takes us on a tour through Music inspired by Middle-earth. This is the second part of the three part series.