The Fellowship of the Ring published 63 years ago
The Fellowship of the Ring, being the first part of The Lord of the Rings, was published 63 years ago today, on the 29th July 1954. As the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the book...
View ArticleSecond edition of Aragorn available for pre-order
The revised and expanded edition of Angela P. Nicholas’s book Aragorn: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Undervalued Hero is now available for pre-order from Luna Press. The book, due to be published on 15the September...
View ArticleTolkien Calendar 2018 published
The official Tolkien Calendar 2018 – featuring artwork by Alan Lee – has been published today. The calendar contains 12 watercolours by Alan Lee taken from the recently-published Beren and Lúthien,...
View ArticleThe Complete History of Middle-earth published
HarperCollins has today published The Complete History of Middle-earth, a deluxe boxed set featuring all 12 parts of the History of Middle-earth series. The History of Middle-earth was first published...
View ArticleBodleian to publish Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
The Bodleian Library will publish Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth as a companion to the forthcoming exhibition of the same name on 1 June 2018. The “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth” exhibition will be...
View ArticleHarperCollins releases deluxe boxed set of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
HarperCollins has today released “The Middle-earth Treasury”, a deluxe boxed set of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The release marks 80 years since The Hobbit was first published. “The...
View ArticleRevised edition of The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide published
A revised and expanded edition of Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond’s The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide has been published today. The Companion and Guide is a comprehensive reference work on...
View ArticleNew Tolkien Society publication: Death and Immortality in Middle-earth
The Tolkien Society and Luna Press Publishing are pleased to announce the publication of Death and Immortality in Middle-earth: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2016, the seventeenth book in...
View ArticleBeyond Bree Calendar 2018 on sale
Nancy Martsch, editor of Beyond Bree (the newsletter of the Tolkien Special Interest Group of American Mensa), has announced the release of the Beyond Bree calendar for 2018. Description Hey come,...
View ArticleNew biography of Tolkien’s guardian announced
Luna Press Publishing has today announced the forthcoming publication of a new biography of J.R.R. Tolkien’s guardian Father Francis Morgan. “Uncle Curro”: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Spanish Connection by...
View ArticleThe Fall of Gondolin to be published
HarperCollins has announced that it will, for the very first time, publish The Fall of Gondolin on 30 August this year. Edited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee, The Fall of Gondolin...
View ArticleNew Society publication: Poetry and Song in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Tolkien Society and Luna Press Publishing are pleased to announce the publication of Poetry and Song in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2017, the eighteenth...
View ArticleNew book on Tolkien’s Library announced
Luna Press Publishing has announced the forthcoming publication of a new book on Tolkien: Tolkien’s Library: An Annotated Checklist by Oronzo Cilli with a Foreword by the esteemed Tolkien scholar Tom...
View ArticleBeyond Bree Calendar 2019 now on sale
Nancy Martsch, editor of Beyond Bree (the newsletter of the Tolkien Special Interest Group of American Mensa), has announced the release of the Beyond Bree calendar for 2019. Description Beyond Bree is...
View ArticleThe Fall of Gondolin opera released
A Tolkien-inspired opera, The Fall of Gondolin, will be released on 1st September and is now available for pre-order. Composed by Paul Corfield Godfrey is follows on from last year’s Akȃllabeth and...
View ArticleThe Fall of Gondolin published
Today marks the publication of The Fall of Gondolin, the last of the three ‘Great Tales’ of the Elder Days to be published as a standalone book. Edited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated by Alan...
View ArticleProceedings of Centenary Conference now online
Mythlore has announced that the contents of Mallorn 30/Mythlore 80, the elusive, out-of-print Tolkien Centenary Conference are now available to everyone online. Members of the Tolkien Society already...
View ArticleTop Historian Working on New Tolkien Book
The historian Tom Holland has made a series of interesting tweets recently. The author of Persian Fire, Rubicon, Millennium, Dynasty, and Athelstan, seems to have a new project, which may be quite...
View ArticleTolkien’s Lost Chaucer to be published
On 26 September 2019 Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer edited by John M. Bowers is to be published by Oxford University Press. Details of Tolkien’s work on a Clarendon Press edition of Chaucer was probably...
View ArticleNew Society publication: Tolkien the Pagan? Reading Middle-earth through a...
The Tolkien Society and Luna Press Publishing are pleased to announce that Tolkien the Pagan? Reading Middle-earth through a Spiritual Lens: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2018, the...
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