he Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto in Portugal, CETAPS, the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies and ILCML , the Instituto de Literatura Comparada Margarida Losa are organising a Tolkien...
ookseecity has recently published a video on Vimeo showing Alastair Lack of the Oxford Guild of Guides showing visitors around Exeter College and the Bodleian Library. It only about four minutes you will...
obbitCon, Ring*Con’s special, is upon us! Easter will see Richard Taylor, dwarves and tons of lecturers, artists and fans converge upon Bonn and it’s Maritim Hotel for some quality fantasy time. Did I...
he Tolkienist’s Tour of the Netherlands which took place on April 12, 2014 brought me to four lovely cities – Maastricht, Rotterdam, Leiden and Geldrop. This was my first visit to Rotterdam and...
nly a few years ago the Dominican church in Maastricht was turned into a place any booklover in the world would need to visit. Award-winning architecture and a place steeped in history -first...
oday’s tour is made possible by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, vulgo Dutch National Railways. Yes, the Tolkienist is riding the train with Gandalf through this beautiful country on its express trains, 1st class, of...
he Tolkienist will be travelling the Netherlands to visit some amazing places full of books and Tolkien – this Saturday! I will be having a look at the most beautiful bookshop in the...
am not much of a smartphone buff. My first half-hearted attempt at getting one was the Sony Experia Mini Pro. Main reason for my choice: it was one of the last smartphones to...
.R.R. Tolkien drew inspiration from many sources and one of them certainly is the country he lived in – England. And as modern tourism has discovered in recent years that it is quite...
he Tolkien Society Unquendor in the Netherlands has recently issued a call for papers for their upcoming publication of Lembas Extra. This magazine is “meant to publish longer articles on Tolkien and his...
.R.R. Tolkien fans have some really great options to satisfy all of their needs when it comes to buying books. The amazing Tolkien Shop in Leiden, Netherlands -including an additional museum attached to...
A list and a map of Tolkien Reading Day 2014 olkien Reading Day is an annual event, launched by The Tolkien Society in 2003, that takes place on March 25. It has the...
