International Tolkien Seminar this weekend in Aachen, Germany
t is a jubilee for the German Tolkien Society this year – for the tenth time the GTS has invited speakers from all over Europe to talk about this year’s topic, Adapations of Tolkien’s...
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Not a Tolkien quote: “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” TThnsdwohatdw, Part 3.
n my on-going series Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with (TThnsdwohatdw) I present you with another misattributed quote: “”A single dream is more powerful than a...
Calls for Papers: Baptism of Fire: The Birth of Modern British Fantasy in World War I/ Women in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
espite an ever growing number of book titles published in relation to J.R.R. Tolkien’s life and works the number of truly interesting and original pieces of research is limited. Everybody taking an interest in...
“Little by little, one travels far” is not a J.R.R. Tolkien quote. TThnsdwohatdw, Part 2.
This is the second article in the on-going series Things J.R.R. Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with (TThnsdwohatdw). It should be noted that right now I could possibly...
Tolkien Reading Day
t is a first and promising anniversary – Tolkien Reading Day is now ten years old and is going from strength to strength. All over the world people are reading Tolkien’s works, alone or...
Why Easter is your chance to meet some dwarves, Radagast, Jay Johnstone, LotRProject and the Tolkienist – at HobbitCon!
If you take an interest in Sci-Fi/ fantasy literature and films and like to enjoy your hobby on major conventions then you will have heard of FedCon and Ring*Con in Germany. If not it...
Now even the Pope is a Tolkien fan?
s you may have noticed from some of my posts I am a bit of a Tolkien fan. I’ve taken an interest in his life and works and modern fantasy literature in general for...
Mythopoeic Society & Social Media: Interview with Eleanor Farrell.
am very glad to start a series of interviews with fellow Tolkienists all over the world, presenting their societies, smials or special interest groups. This very first interview with Eleanor Farrell who has recently...
75 reasons: Paul Vigor
Walking Through Wilderland: An English archaeological landscape investigation hy read JRR Tolkien’s book The Hobbit, before watching Peter Jackson’s film? Well, speaking as an English historian and post-medieval archaeological landscape investigator, I consider The...
How to misappropriate a gardening picture. Enter: Clarence Elliott. Exit: J.R.R. Tolkien.
uite some time ago I noticed a picture of J.R.R. Tolkien in a greenhouse. The Old Man was having his pipe with him and having a look at some lovely potted plants. And me...
