Oxonmoot, the annual Tolkien gathering for fans of the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and The Silmarillion author and professor, has opened bookings for the event this year. It will run from the 13th to the 15th of September at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford. Details of what to expect for this year have also […] Read more
Asmodee Digital, a game company known for its board games, has just announced The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game on Steam. The title is the first adventure card game set in the fantasy world by J.R.R. Tolkien and will see players competing against each other or the computer during solo or cooperative adventures. […] Read more
Some of the production crew for the new Lord of the Rings series, which will be available on Amazon Prime, has been announced. This “Fellowship” was revealed in a Twitter video and includes Academy Award winners, someone who worked on the Peter Jackson trilogy, and big names from the likes of Game of Thrones and […] Read more
Oxonmoot, the annual gathering hosted by The Tolkien Society, is now open for registration. This event will bring in well over 200 fans, scholars, and society members from around the world in a three-day event at St. Antony’s College. Taking place close to both Bilbo and Frodo’s birthdays, which are September 22nd, the Oxonmoot will […] Read more
Each year the Tolkien Society gives out awards for contributions to the Tolkien fandom. It honors excellence that, per its objective: . . . seek to educate the public in, and promote research into, the life and works of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.” Nominations have officially opened for The Tolkien Society Awards 2019. The […] Read more
Sarehole Mill was an inspiration for locations and events in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The mill and the area around it inspired The Shire as well as Sandyman’s Old Mill. Tolkien has written in a letter: “As for knowing Sarehole Mill, it dominated my childhood. I lived in a small cottage almost […] Read more
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth is a new exhibit coming to The Morgan Library and Museum in New York City. The exhibit is set to run from January 25th – May 12th of 2019. The museum has stated: “The exhibition will be the most extensive public display of original Tolkien material for several generations. Drawn from […] Read more
Each year in September, the same month Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were born, Tolkien fans gather together to celebrate the author. His life, his stories, and his philosophy. This year, for the 2018 Oxonmoot, more fans showed up than ever before. Tickets sold out as 300 of the author’s admirers claimed their part in a […] Read more
Are you looking to expand your knowledge of Middle-earth? Craving new lore for Tolkien’s carefully crafted universe? Well, you’re in luck! Fall of Gondolin, which Tolkien himself describes as “the first real story” of Middle-earth, is set to release as a full novel this summer in August 2018. Fall of Gondolin is covered briefly in The Silmarillion, published […] Read more
Two previously unknown poems by famous, genre-defining author J.R.R. Tolkien were recently discovered in a school magazine in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. The poems are thought to have been written while Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. The poems were discovered in the 1936 annual issue of Our Lady’s School magazine. The existence […] Read more
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