The nonsense that was “10 J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes to Live By”
It is one of those rare moments when searching the web for more misattributed quotes on J.R.R. Tolkien when you find one blog post to be gone. And yes, this happened with one of...
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Tolkien Mailing Competition – participate now!
For eight years in a row the Hungarian Tolkien Society (MTT) has organised Tolkien Levelezö Verseny, the Tolkien Mailing Competition. School groups from the ages of 10 to 18 were asked questions, divided into...
History of Tolkien’s life at Exeter College published
J.R.R. Tolkien helped organise and participated in the sexcentenary celebrations of Exeter College, Oxford, in 1914. Now, exactly one hundred years later, the college has reached the 700 years mark and has recently published...
Help me find great Tolkienists on Twitter
The social media have become the most important channel of spreading the word about almost everything including, of course, all things related to J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth. Help me find great active tweeters spreading...
Call for Papers: Tolkien Studies at PCA/ACA Conference 2015
Next year’s Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association’s joint conference will be held at New Orleans from April 1-4. There will be a dedicated Tolkien Studies stream including sessions, panels and papers and...
Tolkien ranks among the “Top Ten Books that stayed with us” on Facebook
A recent meme-like status has appeared with Facebook asking you and your friends to name “10 books that have stayed with us.” Now, you may like such questions or not but if something like...
Join the Eä Tolkien Society for Tolkien Moot X this weekend wherever you are – via Google Hangout
The Eä Tolkien Society is meeting this weekend – August 8-10, 2014 – in Spokane, Washington, USA for “Tolkien-based discussion, role-playing gaming, and other Tolkien-related fun” you can join in yourself – just visit...
If you love Tolkien’s Melkor you may as well love Vin Diesel – because he does
In a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show New York actor Vin Diesel (again) proved his geek street cred. It has been known for quite a few years that the action...
Tolkien’s favourite tree in Oxford’s Botanic Garden to be cut down
Sad news for visitors of Oxford’s Botanic Garden and many Tolkien fans: J.R.R. Tolkien’s favourite tree, a black pine (pinus nigra), suffered severe damage on July 26, 2014, and needed to be removed. The...
Rankin/ Bass Productions’ “The Hobbit” and “Return of the King” remastered
July 22, 2014 sees the release of digitally remastered versions of Rankin/Bass Productions’ animated television specials “The Hobbit” and “The Return of the King”. Time to reevaluate how films brought Tolkien’s worlds to life...
