Tolkien Library News

Tove Jansson illustrated The Hobbit for the Swedish and Finnish editions, creating a dozen enchanting full page drawings plus many smaller vignette pieces. The artwork is now going to be featured...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1188-tolkien-calendar-2016-illustrated-by-tove-jansson.php

One has to ask why The Lord of the Rings is so popular. What are its peculiar qualities? Time and again it tops, or is a runner up with honours, in various best book reader-voted contests. What i...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1187-the-amateur-lord-of-the-rings.php

It is an indisputable fact that despite the today's increase in the children's books with urban fantasies, the tolkien's fantasy books still hold the number one position in children's reading lis...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1185-why-tolkien-books-are-so-popular-among-students.php

Research has shown that students' reading book choices are highly dependent on trending movies or even series. This means that a little known book can become an overnight success due to a great m...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1186-jrr-tolkien-a-writer-of-note.php

HarperCollins have officially announced the world first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the powerful story of a doomed young man who is sold int...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1184-the-story-of-kullervo-by-jrr-tolkien.php

Most History of Middle-earth limited editions come each in an individual slipcase, but this set is one of the very few sets that was released with all three volumes together in one slipcase. This...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/igorb01.php

A first edition copy of J.R.R. tolkien's The Hobbit was sold at Sotheby's auction house in London for 137,000 Sterling Pounds. This more than doubled the world record and makes this copy of The H...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1183-most-expensive-hobbit-book-sold-on-auction.php

Building on his recent investigations into the relationship of Middle-earth to tolkien's scholarly search for the lost traditions of the ancient English tribes, Simon J. Cook now looks to tolkien...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1182-on-the-shores-of-the-shoreless-sea-simon-cook.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Giulio Torlai, a medical doctor and Tolkien collector, who collects unique and rare Tolkien books. He considers himself an uncommon Tolkien col...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/giulio-torlai.php

Sue Bridgwater reviews Simon Cook's essay J.R.R. tolkien's Lost English Mythology and urges anyone truly interested in tolkien's work to be sure to read it.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1181-back-to-the-past-simon-cook-on-tolkien-and-history.php

In December, with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Peter Jackson finishes his The Hobbit trilogy. For some time now fans wonder if there isn't one more work of Tolkien th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1180-on-the-possibility-of-a-silmarillion-movie.php

Great news for all. This week we see the publication of the revised and expanded edition of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. This book brings us tolkien's own hobbit-inspired poetry and includes p...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1179-the-adventures-of-tom-bombadil-revised-and-expanded-edition.php

While much recent hype about Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has been focused on the captain of the Wood-elf guard, Tauriel, little has been said of her boss, King Thranduil o...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1178-the-many-faces-of-thranduil.php

The four-volume, deluxe pocket boxed set contains J.R.R. tolkien's epic masterworks The Hobbit and the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1177-the-hobbit-and-the-lord-of-the-rings-deluxe-pocket-boxed-set.php

If any book so illuminates the man, his deepest thoughts and truest character, it is The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tedoras explores tolkien's letter 214 that centers, most intriguingly, on the n...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1176-beyond-birthdays-letter-214.php

In the following thought provoking essay Alex Lewis and Ruth Lacon bring an answer to the question: Is the fact that Tolkien is an artist and paints pictures some part of what makes him create in...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1175-darkness-tangible.php

The Tolkienaeum is the fourth volume in a series on J.R.R. tolkien's Legendarium by Tolkien researcher Mark T. Hooker. The author wrote us that only the Llyfrawr paperback edition of The Tolkiena...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1174-beware-of-pirated-pdf-copies-of-the-tolkienaeum.php

Beyond Bree is producing a new Calendar for 2015! This Calendar will be a very special one because it marks the 30th year since the publication of the first Beyond Bree Calendar. The theme is Mor...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1173-2015-beyond-bree-calendar.php

Simon Cook reviews John Lennard's tolkien's Triumph, an ebook that consists of four solid chapters, which include much interesting background relating to the astonishing popular success of The Lo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1172-tolkient-triumph-strange-history-lord-of-the-rings.php

Oronzo Cilli is an Italian scholar who made a careful study of British and international Esperanto magazines of the first half of the twentieth century, containing still unpublished interesting d...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1171-educational-value-esperanto-tolkien-british-esperantist.php

The Iron Parachute is a graphic novel written and designed by Cor Blok which is going to be published by Oloris Publishing in Toronto, Canada. In contrast to Cor Blok's Tolkien paintings, The Iro...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1170-the-iron-parachute-cor-blok.php

Francisco Brannan was introduced into the world of Tolkien by the Hollywood movie trilogy on The Lord of the Rings. In this article he questions whether there will be another author like Tolkien ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1168-why-tolkien-is-still-one-of-my-favourites.php

Brandon Young interviews the critically acclaimed and internationally-known artist, illustrator, storyteller and wizard, Jef Murray. His illustrations of the characters and scenes we find in Tolk...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1169-interview-with-the-wizard-jef-murray.php

I'm very happy to announce the update of the collector profile of Andrew Ferguson, Tolkien collector from Essex in England, who primarily collects British editions of tolkien's fiction and almost...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/trotter.php

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Chronicles - Cloaks and Daggers is the latest Hobbit movie related book and the fourth book in the Weta Chronicles series. Filled with over 500 photographs fro...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1167-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-chronicles-cloaks-and-daggers.php

With Tolkien fans buzzing about a new film coming out about the friendship between JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, it might be easy to miss another project coming up telling their story. Vancouver-base...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1165-play-about-friendship-between-jrr-tolkien-and-cs-lewis.php

Kate Funk informs us about two motion picture biopics that are in the pipeline, each exploring a different aspect of J.R.R. tolkien's life. Here is everything you need to know about the prospects...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1166-upcoming-tolkien-biopics.php

In this collection, friends and colleagues honor Shippey with 15 essays that reflect their mentor's research interests, methods of literary criticism and attention to tolkien's shorter works.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1163-tolkien-in-the-new-century-essays-in-honor-of-tom-shippey.php

Walking Tree Publishers are proud to announce a new publication Tolkien and Philosophy, edited by Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi. The book is the result of the congress on Tolkien and Philo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1164-tolkien-and-philosophy.php

In Peter Jackson's Hollywood rendering of both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, drug references are laid on thick and fast. In the following essay Imogen Reed searches an answer whether drug...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1162-drug-adddiction-in-tolkien-work.php

The Tolkienaeum is the fourth volume in a series on J.R.R. tolkien's Legendarium by Tolkien researcher Mark T. Hooker. The essays range from tolkien's probable literary sources, to his historical...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1161-the-tolkienaeum-by-mark-hooker.php

HarperCollins has just reprinted my all-time favorite Tolkien set, a four-volume boxed-set edition of The Lord of the Rings in hardback, featuring tolkien's original unused dust-jacket designs, t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1159-my-favorite-tolkien-set-has-been-reprinted.php

In January of 2013 we interviewed Matthew Dickerson about his new release Hobbit Journey. This time around, the Tolkien Library interviews Dickerson about his new medieval historical novel The Ro...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1158-interview-matthew-dickerson-the-rood-and-the-torc.php

This year of course, and 2015, mark the 60th anniversary of the first publication of The Lord of the Rings. This is how the 60th anniversary deluxe edition of the Lord of the Rings will look like...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1149-60th-anniversary-edition-the-lord-of-the-rings.php

What is the relationship between our world and Middle-earth? Simon J. Cook explores the conflicting answers of Kirill Yeskov and William Puck in the final essay of his Tauriel trilogy.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1157-frodo-lives.php

The Tolkien Calendar 2015 will feature the beautiful and important full-color artwork from artist Mary Fairburn that brings to life scenes from The Lord of the Rings. The official Tolkien Calenda...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1147-tolkien-calendar-2015-art-mary-fairburn.php

J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the most loved, respected and remembered authors. The role model attractiveness of tolkien's writing could be well gauged from the fact that he has given new dimensions a...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1155-tolkien-your-poetic-role-model.php

Octo Kwan is a Hong Kong Chinese artist with a particular interest in the work of J.R.R. Tolkien whose work has been printed in the Beyond Bree calendars as well as in UK Tolkien Society publicat...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1156-review-the-hobbit-an-art-book-by-octo.php

J. R. R. tolkien's desire to create a mythology for his homeland, he actually made one for every person, every land, and every age. The Lord of the Rings is a catechism of spiritual warfare cleve...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1154-moments-of-grace-and-spiritual-warfare-in-lord-of-the-rings.php

Come face to face with Smaug the Magnificent, the most realistic, breathtaking and destructive dragon ever to appear on screen. Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon, packed with stunning, exclusive new i...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1153-smaug-unleashing-the-dragon.php

Tolkien always emphasized the fact that myths followed languages. In the following article Lesley Vos brings us a several examples of words created by Tolkien and an account of tolkien's views co...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1160-on-tolkien-writing-myth-vs-language.php

Many celebrities do love books or movies and while most of the time we don't know for sure, there are many famous Tolkien fans out there. Here is an updated list of famous Tolkien fans and celebr...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1010-famous-tolkien-fans.php

Simon J. Cook returns to questions surrounding Tauriel and Tolkien fanaticism in a sequel to his April 1 article.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1151-on-tolkien-fundamentalism.php

J. R. R. tolkien's letters and diaries hide many interesting details about our beloved writer. When noticed and revealed, they help us understand his personality and character much better, and ma...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1152-tolkien-writings-to-understand-rules-of-life.php

Friends, elves and hobbits, lend him your ears. For with 'The Desolation of Smaug' soon out on DVD Simon J. Cook comes to praise Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Hobbit, not to bury it.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1150-in-praise-of-peter-jackson-hobbit.php

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien, tolkien's translation of Beowulf and commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien and also including "Sellic Spell", an unpublished short story by J.R.R. ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1146-beowulf-a-translation-and-commentary-by-tolkien.php

This year of course, and 2015, mark the 60th anniversary of the first publication of The Lord of the Rings, it can not be a surprise that we will see the release of a 60th anniversary edition on ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1149-60th-anniversary-edition-the-lord-of-the-rings.php

The Tolkien Calendar 2015 will feature the beautiful and important full-color artwork from artist Mary Fairburn that brings to life scenes from The Lord of the Rings. The official Tolkien Calenda...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1147-tolkien-calendar-2015-art-mary-fairburn.php

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote many books, including the Middle-earth stories. The Lord of the Rings, like many stories of an epic journey, brings us lessons we can apply to our life. No matter how surreal...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1148-7-things-tolkien-said-about-life.php

In a world rights deal, the Tolkien Estate has signed with HarperCollins to publish for the first time Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is truly exciting news! Not on...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1146-beowulf-a-translation-and-commentary-by-tolkien.php

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien, tolkien's translation of Beowulf and commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien and also including "Sellic Spell", an unpublished short story by J.R.R. ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1146-beowulf-a-translation-and-commentary-by-tolkien.php

Didier Willis, the president of Le Dragon de Brume, did it again! He managed to bring together yet another spectacular volume of superb essays on Tolkien, called Tolkien, le faconnement d'un mond...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1145-tolkien-le-faconnement-monde-volume-2-astronomie-geographie.php

Released last year in June, I finally found time to read the book by Scarf on the inklings and their ideals of Kingship. Whilst much has been written about Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R....

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1144-the-ideal-of-kingship.php

In the last couple of weeks I have been working on a major update in the Tolkien Book Shop, adding a lot of nice boxed editions as well as some very unique pieces. Keep an eye on the store since ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1143-tolkien-books-for-sale-march-2014.php

This work is a fresh look at the Maps of the Wilderland in The Hobbit, leading to the discovery that Professor J.R.R. Tolkien drew the imaginary maps from the Map of Wales back to front, or in re...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1128-jrr-tolkien-magic-mirror-maps-of-wales.php

A fine lengthy letter by Tolkien to an admirer, H. cotton Minchin, regarding publication of The Lord of the Rings, his interests in the Elvish tongues he invented and their attendant fanciful scr...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1142-tolkien-letter-to-cotton-minchin-regarding-publication-of-the-lord-of-the-rings.php

In writing The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R Tolkien set himself up for a massive fan base. The fantasy world he created in his books is amazing interesting and the story has gathered thousands of d...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1140-continuing-the-tolkien-legacy.php

tolkien-scholar Devin Brown's latest book Hobbit Lessons, A Map for Life's Unexpected Journeys was released nationwide in October 2013. It presents timeless lessons and tangible bites of wisdom t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1141-hobbit-lessons-map-for-life-unexpected-journeys.php

This article by Robert Morris will help students tackle the challenge of reviewing The Hobbit by suggesting essay topics and providing guidance on the most common study questions associated to th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1137-essay-topics-and-study-questions-on-the-hobbit.php

The recent publication of The Fall of Arthur, invites an examination of the theological, literary, historical, and linguistic implications of both the actual Arthurian writings by the major Inkli...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1138-call-for-papers-the-inklings-and-king-arthur.php

In September this year HarperCollins will release a sumptuous gift set containing a replica of the very rare first edition of The Hobbit, plus a book about the books's publication history and a C...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1139-the-hobbit-books-i-am-waiting-for-in-2014.php

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are not the only Tolkien gems we can get our hands on. I have to say that his letters are equally entertaining. If you want to know more about the beloved wri...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1136-7-delightful-tolkien-letters.php

J.R.R. Tolkien created a mythology that has been enjoyed by millions all over the world. It is exciting and strange at the same time to see how tolkien's works inspire people all over the globe. ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1135-unlocking-tolkien-inspirations.php

Now available for a short time only is a set of 10 reproductions of Tolkien inspired art by Cor Blok. They come unframed, unnumbered, but signed by the artist Cor Blok. Printed on acid-free board...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/cor-blok-57.php

The Ruins of Osgiliath by Alex Lewis, the Ivory Edition, is now available at a special reduced price during this Christmas season. This last run of the 100 limited edition has been specially comm...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/clp0124.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and author Noble Smith have just announced the five winners of The Wisdom of the Shire books give-away contest. Congratulations go to Eric Schreuders from The Netherlands, Jani...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/wisdom-of-the-shire-contest.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and the publishers Simon and Schuster have just announced the winner of The Wobbit give-away contest. The copy of the book The Wobbit, a new parody from The Harvard Lampoon, wa...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/wobbit-giveaway-contest.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and Palgrave Macmillan have teamed up to create a spectacular give-away! Here is your chance to win one of three copies of Adam Robert's fantastic book The Riddles of The Hobbi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1133-riddles-of-the-hobbit-contest.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and Palgrave Macmillan are happy to announce the three winners of a copy of Adam Robert's fantastic book The Riddles of The Hobbit: Amanda Capley and Myla D'Avanzo from the USA...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1133-riddles-of-the-hobbit-contest.php

The New Testament in the Westminster Version of the Sacred Scriptures, published by Sands and Company Ltd in 1947. This copy of the New Testament was previously owned by J.R.R. Tolkien. In the te...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/001343.php

Despite the association of J.R.R. Tolkien with the natural world, Middle-earth as landscape and built environment has been relatively neglected. Tolkien: the forest and the city presents new work...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1108-tolkien-the-forest-and-the-city.php

Simon J. Cook continues his search for hobbits. This essay situates tolkien's ideas of language, race and British history in relation to those of the Celtic scholar John Rhys, thereby generating ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1130-on-the-origin-of-hobbits.php

Easton Press is a publishing company that sells luxury editions of famous books. Wrapped in genuine leather and 22kt gold, their books are collector's editions. They have just released J.R.R. tol...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1132-fall-of-arthur-easton-press.php

Jacob Lennarthson send over an update of his collector profile. He now has approximately 350 objects in his collection, of which 200 are books. Also have a collector profile up already, don't hes...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/jacob-lennarthson.php

JRR tolkien's inspiration for The Lord of the Rings has always been a mystery. Tolkien himself stated that his ideas came to him as though they already existed, but he couldn't name their source....

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1131-real-middle-earth-discovering-origin-lord-of-the-rings.php

Yesterday we saw the release of the Deluxe collector's edition of Unfinished Tales, featuring the definitive edition text and a full-colour facsimile of tolkien's painting, Glorund Sets Forth to ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1111-unfinished-tales-deluxe-edition.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and the publishers Simon and Schuster have teamed up to create a nice Christmas give-away! Here is your chance to win a copy of the book The Wobbit, a new parody from The Harva...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/wobbit-giveaway-contest.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and Race Point Publishing wish to thank all participants in this contest! And the winners of the 2 copies of Middle-earth Envisioned: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: On S...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/middle-earth-envisioned-contest.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Barry Stead, who collects posthumous first editions and deluxe editions related to Middle-earth and associated reference books on Tolkien. He c...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/barry-stead.php

I can imagine many of the fans, and especially friends and family of these The Hobbit and Tolkien fans, are now looking for a gift. So let us have a look and see what is available. This year we s...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1129-christmas-gifts-for-tolkien-fans-2013.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and author Noble Smith have teamed up to create a nice give-away! Here is your chance to win one of the following nice copies of The Wisdom of the Shire, A Short Guide to a Lon...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/wisdom-of-the-shire-contest.php

Congratulations to Marta Bonesu from Italy, Ricard Valdivielso from Spain and Tobias Wolf from Germany on winning The Hobbit books give-away contest! Hope you will enjoy the nice The Hobbit books...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/thehobbit-contest.php

This work is a fresh look at the Maps of the Wilderland in The Hobbit, leading to the discovery that Professor J.R.R. Tolkien drew the imaginary maps from the Map of Wales back to front, or in re...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1128-jrr-tolkien-magic-mirror-maps-of-wales.php

tolkien's World: His sources and Inspirations is a multimedia anthology of some 400 items (over 250 of them books, some newly typeset for this edition) relating to the ancient legends and modern ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1127-tolkien-world-his-sources-and-inspirations.php

The creative and scholarly masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien has been discussed in classroom since the release for most educational institutions believe that through examining this epic fa...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1126-the-hobbit-a-classroom-guide.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and Race Point Publishing have teamed up to create a nice give-away! Here is your chance to win one of the following nice coffee table book: 2 copies of Middle-earth Envisioned...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/middle-earth-envisioned-contest.php

J.R.R. Tolkien, the mastermind behind the epic Middle-earth stories like The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, will become the subject of a feature film. His life story will be adapted to the big...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1123-jrr-tolkien-biopic.php

With classics which were written keeping the kids thinking and imagination in mind has always been something like the Tolkien books which not only captured the attention of the teenagers but also...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1124-jrr-tolkien-custom-writing.php

Perfect for fans eagerly anticipating the December 13, 2013 theatrical release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Touchstone is excited to release The Wobbit: A Parody a new book by The Harv...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1125-the-wobbit-a-parody.php

Since I love Middle-earth Envisioned so much I wrote to the authors, Paul Simpson and Brian J. Robb, right after reading it and hope this interview sheds some more light on what to expect from th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1121-interview-about-middle-earth-envisioned.php

Tolkienlibrary.com and Tolkien.co.uk have teamed up to create a nice give-away! Here is your chance to win one of the following nice The Hobbit editions: 1 copy of The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings Bo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/thehobbit-contest.php

With the book telling a magical story of endless adventures and whimsical creatures, J.R.R. Tolkien not only came up with a fantasy-filled story for all ages to enjoy, but also sparked the intere...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1122-the-lord-of-the-rings-book-influence.php

Pam Jones is a full time writer and poet. She was inspired by JRR tolkien's fantastic works The Hobbit initially, and then more recently by Peter Jackson's first part, of three, films. Therefore ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1099-riddles-by-tolkien-fan.php

Alex Lewis tells us the tale of a tour he undertook similar to J.R.R. tolkien's 1911 visit to Switzerland. He took the tour as Tolkien expert and now shares with us his story! Follow Alex Lewis i...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1120-alpenwild-tour-in-the-footsteps-of-tolkien.php

HarperCollins has just released a striking one-volume edition to mark the 75th anniversary of Lewis's classic SF trilogy. This special edition includes an exclusive foreword compiled from letters...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1119-lewis-75th-anniversary-space-trilogy-tolkien-foreword.php

In Wisdom of the Shire, Noble Smith sheds a light on the life-changing ideas tucked away inside the classic works of J. R. R. Tolkien and his most beloved creation, the stouthearted Hobbits. Tran...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1118-the-wisdom-of-the-shire-a-short-guide-to-a-long-and-happy-life.php

Middle-earth Envisioned: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: On Screen, On Stage and Beyond, is written by Paul Simpson and Brian J. Robb and published by Race Point Publishing. This books expl...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1117-middle-earth-envisioned.php

Researchers at Oxford University are interested in hearing from any member of staff who may have worked on a BBC production from March 1968 entitled Tolkien in Oxford, presented by John Izzard.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1116-who-assisted-for-bbc-tolkien-in-oxford.php

Harper Collins has just released a very good looking special collector's hardback boxed set. Presented in sumptuous new cover designs it includes The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It is now a...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1094-the-hobbit-lord-of-the-rings-collector-set.php

When I announced The Riddles of The Hobbit I already said I should ask the author some questions and so I wrote him and was happy to have several questions answered, just in time for the release ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1115-interview-adam-roberts-the-riddles-of-the-hobbit.php

I'm extremely proud to show you The Ascent of Orodruin, one of the missing pieces of Cor Blok. We had it on file as Orodruin, but had no idea what it looked like. Of course when the owner contact...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1114-the-ascent-of-orodruin-cor-blok.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Tim Scholz, a 44 year old German who started out as a Lord of the Rings movie statue collector, but fast turned into an all-round Tolkien colle...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/tim-scholz.php

With a lot of help from several Tolkien friends, especially Henk Brassian better known as The Hobbit Hunter and Kelly De Witt, I was able to add many translations of The Hobbit comic illustrated ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1110-the-hobbit-comics.php

If someone had to ask you to think of the world, focusing on how it would be different if certain key people never existed, that would be a rather difficult task to achieve. Can we imagine the di...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1113-tolkien-the-man-of-infinite-influences.php

Thanks to a tip from Simon Cook we can look into another data set that is much bigger (in time) then Google Trends. Google Books Ngram Viewer displays a graph that confirms that The Lord of the R...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1112-tolkien-interest-according-to-google.php

Around the year 2000 several polls consistently declared that J.R.R. Tolkien was the most influential author of the century, and The Lord of the Rings even the book of the century. Let us look in...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1112-tolkien-interest-according-to-google.php

The Deluxe collector's edition of Unfinished Tales features the definitive edition text and includes a full-colour facsimile of tolkien's painting, Glorund Sets Forth to Seek Turin, and a Numenor...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1111-unfinished-tales-deluxe-edition.php

In 1989 The Hobbit was adapted in a three issue comic book series, published by Eclipse Comics. The story was illustrated by David T. Wenzel. Even as a young boy David Wenzel, knew he wanted to b...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1110-the-hobbit-comics.php

Thanks to Jan-Erik Fries I was able to add the covers of the Lord of the Rings Comics by Louis Bermejo in the Swedish translation. I'm still looking to receive more news on the Bulgarian and Serb...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/985-tolkien-comics.php

It is my honor to release an inteview with illustrator Jemima Catlin, who created the new illustrated edition of The Hobbit, published in both hardback and a deluxe foiled slipcase edition, conta...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1109-interview-jemima-catlin-illustrated-the-hobbit.php

Despite the association of J.R.R. Tolkien with the natural world, Middle-earth as landscape and built environment has been relatively neglected. Tolkien: the forest and the city presents new work...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1108-tolkien-the-forest-and-the-city.php

The Unofficial Middle-earth Monster's Guide offers tongue-in-cheek life lessons inspired by the evil things that lurk in Middle-earth and is the only comendium of evil you'll ever need to conquer...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1107-unofficial-middle-earth-monsters-guide.php

The Riddles of The Hobbit is the first critical engagement with tolkien's great novel to explore 'the riddle' as a key principle. In this enlightening exploration Adam Roberts uncovers the nature...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1106-the-riddles-of-the-hobbit.php

J.R.R.Tolkien was a prolific storyteller to his children, though few of his early stories survive. Roverandom was a particular favourite, so much so that Tolkien wrote it out and even illustrated...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1105-pocket-roverandom-jrr-tolkien.php

At least seven titles will be released by all major Tolkien publishing companies early November, in advance of the December 13 debut of the second Hobbit film, called The Hobbit: The Desolation o...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1104-the-hobbit-desolation-smaug-film-tie-in-publications.php

Myla Malinalda send over an update of her collector profile. She now has a little over 300 items in her Tolkien and Middle-earth collection, most of which are books. She moved in a second bookcas...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/myla.php

The Hollywood section of Los Angeles will host what is billed as North America's largest gathering of Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and J.R.R. Tolkien die-hard fans, and this inaugural event boasts ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1102-tolkien-fanatics-invade-hollywood.php

Penguin Classics is re-releasing several titles that are said to have inspired J R R Tolkien. Legends from the Ancient North brings together some of the magical texts that most influenced J.R.R T...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1103-books-that-inspired-tolkien-get-new-cover-art.php

James Dunning takes us on a trip to Faery, but maybe not the syrupy realm you would expect. Both The Hobbit and tolkien's poem The Sea Bell show us the raw aspect of Faery. Smith of Wootton Major...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1101-a-passport-to-faery.php

The origin of hobbits has never been satisfactorily explained. Searching for the Red Book of Westmarch on a Welsh-border hillside, Simon J. Cook discovers hobbits behind the explanation of Welsh ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1100-concerning-hobbits-welsh-fairies-in-oxford.php

Pam Jones is a full time writer and poet. She was inspired by JRR tolkien's fantastic works The Hobbit initially, and then more recently by Peter Jackson's first part, of three, films. Therefore ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1099-riddles-by-tolkien-fan.php

Oloris Publishing is pleased to announce the release of a video by artist/photographer John Cockshaw for his book Wrath, Ruin and a Red Nightfall. This lavish art book is scheduled for release in...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1097-wrath-ruin-red-nightfall-video-release.php

Once in a while you get in touch with people who wish to share the story behind a book they own. This is always very nice, especially when the book in the story is a rare translation of The Hobbi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1098-a-generous-gift-signed-the-hobbit.php

If ever you longed for experiencing a wonderfully different gathering, this is the opportunity to enjoy the Evening in Middle-earth. A Charity Dinner Dance to be held on October 12, at the Mornin...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1095-invitation-from-fortinbras-proudfoot-to-evening-in-middle-earth.php

Parma Eldalamberon, The Book of Elven-tongues, is a journal of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship a special interest group of the Mythopoeic Society. The current issue presents previously unpublish...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1096-parma-eldalamberon-21.php

In October 2013 Harper Collins will release a very good looking special collector's hardback boxed set. Presented in sumptuous new cover designs you can discover the complete story of Bilbo Baggi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1094-the-hobbit-lord-of-the-rings-collector-set.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Estellaer, a 19 year old French musician, and an avid Tolkien collector living in the United States. He mainly focuses on limited editions, fir...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/jean-claude-mouret.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Mikko Marcelo, A young collector of from the Philippines, who mainly focusses on anything Hobbit related, trying to collect different kinds of ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/mikko-marcelo.php

The first new illustrated edition of J.R.R. tolkien's The Hobbit since Alan Lee's iconic illustrations brought the much-loved children's tale to life in 1997. The Hobbit, illustrated by Jemima Ca...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1091-the-hobbit-illustrated-jemima-catlin.php

Published in May, The Fall of Arthur has been described by the Mail on Sunday as one of tolkien's finest works. My question is, have you already read The Fall of Arthur and if so what did you thi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1092-have-you-already-read-the-fall-of-arthur.php

I'm honored to release an interview with Michael Tolkien about his books Rainbow and Wish, that were released in March 2013. His experience as a verse writer enables Michael Tolkien to create fas...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1089-interview-michael-tolkien-rainbow-wish.php

James Dunning, author of The Bright Lady and the Astral Wind, reviews The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and coins the terms Tollywood and Feanorean Plexiglas. I truly hope you all enjoy his humou...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1090-tollywood-and-the-hobbit-of-the-rings.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Jacob Lennarthson, A young collector of from Orebro in Sweden, who mainly focusses on collecting Scandinavian Tolkien translations, with his fi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/jacob-lennarthson.php

We are proud to give the opportunity to acquire the original paintings by the artist Inger Edelfeldt inspired by the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/inger-edelfeldt-art.php

New research by author Christopher L. Robinson, a professor of English at HEc-paris, examines what makes the personal and place names of tolkien's Middle-Earth so fitting. The nomenclature within...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1088-if-the-name-fits-names-in-jrr-tolkien-fiction.php

How does the modern Tolkien fan choose a major and a college that will help a large obsession with fiction become a career?

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1087-where-do-tolkien-fans-go-to-college.php

Next to the Tolkien Calendar there will be released a beautiful gift edition of J.R.R. tolkien's enchanting tale The Hobbit, fully illustrated by Jemima Catlin

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1086-tolkien-calendar-2014-jemima-catlin.php

This is an exciting week! Not only do we see the publication of tolkien's Fall of Arthur, we also have a chance to go and see the original manuscript in an exhibition at the Bodleian Library.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1085-fall-of-arthur-manuscript-publication-exhibition.php

I'm honored to release an interview with Mark Atherton, who in his book provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the many origins, influences and inspirations, biographical, hist...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1084-there-and-back-again-jrr-tolkien-origins-of-the-hobbit-interview.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Marco Maniezzi, a collector of Italian Tolkien books from Milan in Italy. He mainly focusses on collecting books directly related to the Middle...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/marco-maniezzi.php

Soon we will see the publication of a version of JRR tolkien's poem, The Fall of Arthur. Ruth Lacon has been studying the topic of Arthur for over 10 years and now brings some of the possibilitie...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1083-fall-of-arthur-pre-publication-speculation.php

I think it is likely that only a few of the oldest Tolkien fans will remember Paul Raymond Gregory as an artist who briefly appeared on the scene back in the late 1970s and then vanished. It cert...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1082-art-of-paul-raymond-gregory.php

Let's be honest from the off: the new Hobbit movie is disappointing at best. That's not in dispute with the majority of people, both hardcore fans and general moviegoers alike. But what's open to...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1081-the-jackson-quibble.php

In his engaging and thought-provoking book, A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J. R. R. tolkien's Middle-Earth, Tolkien expert Matthew Dickerson shows how a Christian worldview and ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1080-a-hobbit-journey-interview-matthew-dickerson.php

In October 2012 there was released a book called Aragorn, J.R.R. tolkien's Undervalued Hero by Angela P. Nicholas. Sounds interesting, right. Time to release an interview with the author and lear...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1079-aragorn-jrr-tolkien-undervalued-hero-interview.php

Are you living in the USA and a serious Tolkien / Hobbit / Lord of the Rings collector? They are probably looking for you! ReelzChannel is now casting passionate collectors for a new show that ce...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1078-looking-for-hollywood-collectors-in-usa.php

A landmark building in Birmingham, Perrott's Folly tower in Edgbaston, which is thought to have provided inspiration for JRR tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy will be restored and permanently o...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1077-tolkien-landmark-to-open-to-the-public.php

One of the questions I received this week was from a friend called Dale Spindler, who has become increasingly interested in reading a biography of Tolkien and was hoping I could give him a recome...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1076-books-about-tolkien.php

The Frisian translation of The Hobbit by Anne Tjerk Popkema was first released in 2009. It has recently been awarded the Obe Postmapriis, the most prestigious translation award for Frisian litera...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1075-limited-hardcover-edition-of-award-winning-frisian-translation-the-hobbit.php

February will bring us an extremely nice book, called 3-minute JRR Tolkien: A visual biography of the worlds most revered fantasy writer. I was lucky to be speak about the book with Gary Raymond,...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1074-3-minute-tolkien-interview-john-howe-and-gary-raymond.php

December 2012 brought us an updated edition of The Power of the Ring, a guide to vision of virtue, heroism, beauty, honor, and majesty in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. T...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1072-power-of-the-ring-spiritual-vision-behind-lord-of-the-rings-and-hobbit.php

Early this morning I wrote about the updated edition of The Power of the Ring - The Spiritual Vision behind The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, a guide to vision of virtue, heroism, beauty, hon...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1073-power-of-the-ring-interview-with-stratford-caldecott.php

Some of the paintings by Cor Blok were sold without any images of them being kept, and hence they don't feature in A Tolkien Tapestry. Surely with such a wide readership of enthusiastic fans, man...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1071-appeal-for-help-locating-some-cor-blok-paintings.php

In 2011 The Hobbit was finally published in Bengali. The Fellowship of the Ring followed in 2012, and received an illustrated edition. The following article, by Suravi Chatterjee-Woolman, tells u...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1070-tolkien-in-bengali.php

J.R.R. Tolkien fans are eager to play Hobbit and Lord of the Rings themed online games... but will the Tolkien estate allow it? Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.) own...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1068-hobbit-online-game-rush.php

Here is an interview with Andrew Murray, the author of the Tolkien Quiz Book. This peerless revised and expanded quiz book offers over 1,200 questions and answers, including easy starter question...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1069-interview-andrew-murray-author-the-tolkien-quiz-book.php

Today we celebrate the Twelfty-First Birthday of the creator of The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien. I thought it was a nice idea to look at some nice Hobbit editions that would make great birthday gifts. ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1068-birthday-gifts-for-hobbit-tolkien-fans.php

Individual members of the Mythopoeic Society are invited to nominate books for the 2013 Mythopoeic Awards, and to volunteer to serve on any of the committees. The deadline for committee volunteer...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1067-call-for-nominations-2013-mythopoeic-awards.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Pierre Dobrzykowski, a collector of German and Japanese Tolkien books from Munich in Germany, who can sit in front of the books and enjoy their...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/pierre-dobrzykowski.php

Cushing Memorial Library and Archives at Texas AM University houses a J.R.R. Tolkien collection, consisting of sixteen of his philological books in German, two full pages and four fragments of no...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1066-sixteen-philological-books-notes-library-of-tolkien.php

We have all come to known Bag End as the home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins and the beginning of many adventures. Not many are aware that Bag End was a name Tolkien borrowed from a real place called...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1065-bag-end-a-very-english-place.php

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892, in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province, part of South Africa). If Tolkien was alive today he would celebrate his 1...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1064-3-january-2013-12th-annual-tolkien-birthday-toast.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Myla D'Avanzo, a Tolkien and Middle-earth movie merchandise collector from Connecticut in United States, who primarily collects Tolkien books a...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/myla.php

Two of the world's most beloved authors are C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Both of these legendary English writers wrote about magical lands not too different from our own. Lewis preferred tha...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1063-the-friendship-of-c.s.-lewis-and-j.r.r.-tolkien.php

In May 2013 there will be released the world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, a 1,000-line poem which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1062-the-fall-of-arthur-by-jrr-tolkien.php

Since I know Jef Murray as an artist and a magnificent person, who I love to discuss and talk with, I thought it was a nice idea to set up a small interview about this book Seer: A Wizard's Journ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1061-jef-murray-interview-about-seer-a-wizard-journal.php

Exclusive to the Enhanced version of the eBook The Hobbit are recently discovered audio recordings by J.R.R. Tolkien, and high-resolution colour images of all of tolkien's illustrations for the b...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1060-the-hobbit-enhanced-edition-e-book-for-tolkien-lovers.php

To celebrate The Hobbit's 75th anniversary of publication, a pocket-sized hardback of J.R.R. tolkien's timeless classic was released. I guess this will be the best selling edition for all people ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1059-75th-anniversary-edition-of-the-hobbit.php

On the 1st of August a new book was released, called Hobbit to Hero: The Making of tolkien's King, written by Elizabeth M. Stephen, this is a book that places Aragorn in his rightful place as one...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1058-interview-elizabeth-m-stephen.php

Since more info is and pictures are being released I have just updated my article on the hobbit film tie-in publications. I have now included bigger pictures of all the books, extra information a...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1040-the-hobbit-film-tie-in-publications.php

J.R.R. Tolkien has inspired so many and it is logic that all over the globe people many locations, items, pets, children, species and even entire genera have been named after elements of J.R.R. t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1056-fifteen-places-named-after-tolkien.php

Dr. Dimitra Fimi is a Lecturer in Englishat the Cardiff Metropolitan University and teaches and researches on many fantasy authors. In the Tolkien world she is best known for her fantastic book T...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1057-interview-dimitra-fimi.php

Mark Atherton provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the many origins, influences and inspirations, biographical, historical, geographical and literary, that, combined with a u...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1055-tolkien-origins-of-the-hobbit.php

Since there are many Tolkien fans and Middle-earth lovers who are also vivid writers and do have a desire to write about their passion, I get many emails from Tolkien friends who want to know if ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1054-tolkien-guest-post-guidelines.php

What better way to find out than to visit the places where Tolkien lived, grew up, and worked. Many of these places inspired his creation of Middle-earth, and for any Tolkien fan, there are fifte...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1053-fifteen-places-tolkien-fans-should-visit-before-they-die.php

Barbour Publishing's award-winning author Ed Strauss's has recently released a brand-new devotional based on J.R.R. tolkien's classic The Hobbit called A Hobbit Devotional- Bilbo Baggins and the ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1052-bilbo-baggins-and-the-bible.php

The winner of the highly coveted Beyond Bree Award was announced during The Return of the Ring at Loughborough University. The award was bestowed on Mark T. Hooker, the author of a number of book...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1048-beyond-bree-award-v.php

A special collector's film tie-in hardback of the best-selling classic will be released, featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design inspired by The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey a...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1050-the-hobbit-film-tie-in-gets-amazing-cover.php

Jef Murray, best known as Tolkien artists, has released his first collection of short stories, poems, and essays. His book is called Seer: A Wizard's Journal. Jef Murray announces the release of ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1051-seer-a-wizard-journal-jef-murray.php

The unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic will soon be available as a two-part boxed set. This edition will be re...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1049-the-hobbit-in-two-parts.php

Beyond Bree is delighted to announce its new calendar for 2013. It is time to shine a light on the dark creatures of tolkien's world with this breathtaking collection of international art featuri...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1047-beyond-bree-calendar-2013.php

As Halloween approaches just like it does each year, those of us that love to dress up for Halloween for either trick-or-treating or for seasonal parties will probably have the same quandary at t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1046-lord-of-the-rings-costumes-halloween.php

Beyond Bree is delighted to announce its new calendar for 2014. Drums roar loudly from the deep of the mountains as we celebrate the Dwarves of tolkien's world with this fantastic collection of i...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1093-beyond-bree-calendar-2014.php

There is more to both Rings than their common roundness, and the resemblance between Tolkien and Wagner goes beyond a Ring of Power and some narrative elements: they shared a number of preoccupat...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1045-tolkien-and-wagner.php

Tolkien and Welsh (Tolkien a Chymraeg), a collection of articles on J.R.R. tolkien's use of Welsh language and culture by Mark T. Hooker fills in the gaps in Tolkien and Wales by Carl Phelpstead.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1044-tolkien-and-welsh-mark-hooker.php

Tolkien inspired artist Jay Johnstone takes elements of iconography up to the works of Gustav Klimt and works with traditional techniques to produce art that could have been made in the valleys o...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1043-interview-jay-johnstone-tolkien-artist.php

The Unofficial Hobbit Handbook, and with its fun design evokes the feeling of a hobbit's travel journal. The authors hide behind the name The Shire Collective and the subtitle just puts it plainl...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1042-what-would-bildo-do.php

At least five titles will be released by all major Tolkien publishing companies early November, in advance of the December 14 debut of the first film. They include, next to the usual calendars an...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1040-the-hobbit-film-tie-in-publications.php

This new boxed set, published to mark the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit, offers readers a new opportunity to discover Tolkiens remarkable world of Middle-earth

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1041-the-hobbit-lord-of-the-rings-75th-anniversary-edition.php

A decade ago the traditional artistic covers of the Lord of the Rings were ditched and replaced with screenshots and new concept designs from the movie trilogy. So it comes as no surprise to lear...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1039-harpercollins-releases-hobbit-movie-cover-edition.php

It is always exciting to see what the next Tolkien calendar will be like. As we now the last two years the calendar featured the art by Cor Blok. This year the official Tolkien calendar will be c...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1038-tolkien-calendar-2013-john-howe-alan-lee-hobbit.php

The latest incarnation of Bilbo Baggins, the unlikely Tolkienian hero is Biolbo Baigin and the publishers Evertype proudly announced the launch of a fully illustrated and translated version of th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1036-meet-biolbo-baigin-tolkien-in-translation.php

The Christian World of The Hobbit will serve as a balanced guide for readers who want to uncover the essential Christian aspects that lie at the center of the classic book. Here follows an interv...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1037-interview-devin-brown-christian-world-hobbit.php

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2012 Locus Awards. The good news is that A Tolkien Tapestry: Pictures to accompany The Lord of th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1035-cor-blok-tolkien-tapestry-locus-award-finalist.php

James Dunning of Dolmen Tree Art, who illustrated Mark T. Hooker's Mathomium and Hobbitonian, released a novel The Bright Lady and the Astral Wind. It can be succinctly portrayed using parapsycho...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1034-the-bright-lady-and-the-astral-wind.php

Charlie Ross, also the star of One Man Star Wars Trilogy, will be bringing his internationally-acclaimed worldwide tour of One Man LOTR to The Return of the Ring this August for an exclusive one-...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1033-one-man-lotr-at-the-return-of-the-ring-event.php

News has reached us of the imminent release of two children's books from the descendents of J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Dickens, published by Thames River Press.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1032-fairy-tales-children-stories-tolkien-legacy.php

The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that, in celebration of this momentous year, the theme for this years Tolkien Reading Day on 25th March will be celebrating 75 years of The Hobbit

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1031-2012-tolkien-readin-day.php

I guess by now all have seen that the 2012 Tolkien Official Calendar again features the art by Cor Blok. I would love to review this years calendar, but I have come to love Cor Blok's art so much...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1030-2012-tolkien-calendar-cor-blok-review.php

Walking Tree Publishers known for their high quality books on anything Tolkien have released a book called Hobbit Place-names - A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire. This book centres on the ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1029-hobbit-place-names-a-linguistic-excursion-through-the-shire.php

Hari Istvan es Zalan Emese is a remarkable person. One day he wondered how the Red Book of Westmarch really must have looked like, three years later he had the result in front of him. Here follow...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1028-interview-about-handwritten-the-hobbit.php

Asbury University English Professor Devin Brown signed a contract with Abingdon Press to write a book with the title The Christian World of The Hobbit. This book will serve as a balanced guide fo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1027-christian-world-of-the-hobbit.php

Why should there be any question about whether or not it is right to produce visual images inspired by the writings of Tolkien? Well, the short answer is that J. R. R. Tolkien himself said that h...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1026-to-illustrate-or-not-to-illustrate.php

While I normally don't talk about games at this website, I decided to make an exception. For some time now I see many people on Facebook play the game called The One Ring, which is clearly made b...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1025-interview-sam-roads-the-one-ring-facebook-game.php

J.R.R. Tolkien, whose The Lord of the Rings has sold over 200 thousand copies and has won over millions of devoted fans all over the world, was passed over for the 1961 Nobel literature prize aft...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1024-why-tolkien-was-denied-nobel-prize.php

To celebrate tolkien's birthday, each year Tolkien fans around the world are invited to raise a glass and toast the birthday of this much loved author 21:00 (9 pm) your local time.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1023-celebrate-tolkien-120th-birthday-today.php

I'm happy to announce that the Tolkien calendar for 2012 will present even more Cor Blok art and that there was also released a book that brings together all the Lord of the Rings art by his hand...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1022-cor-blok-tolkien-tapestry.php

In the summer of 2012 we will see the release of Tolkien and Welsh (Tolkien a Chymraeg), a collection of articles on J.R.R. tolkien's use of Welsh language and culture by Mark T. Hooker. It fills...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1021-tolkien-and-welsh.php

A trailer for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released last Tuesday, a year ahead of the film's release. For some the big wait has now officialy begun. It was a bumpy ride s...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1020-the-hobbit-trailer-debuts-online.php

There have been rumors around for some time about a Museum which is being build in Switzerland that is totally dedicated to Tolkien, or better said to Middle-earth the land Tolkien created. There...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1019-tolkien-middle-earth-museum-switzerland.php

After the release of the Tolkien Calendar 2011 and 2012, and a book to show all the art by Cor Blok, I'm happy to announce that some of the original art to accompany The Lord of the Rings created...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/corblokart.php

This nicely designed CD box set contains the highly-acclaimed BBC Radio dramatisations of The Lord of the Rings and its fantastic prelude The Hobbit, along with two CDs of thrilling music.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1018-the-hobbit-lord-of-the-rings-audio-collection.php

Astrid Tuttle Winegar, also the author of Why Does "Frodo Live?", got a book deal with Quirk Books to write A Hobbit's Cookbook: Eleventy-one Sweets, Snacks, and Savories Inspired by Middle-earth...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1017-a-hobbit-cookbook-winegar.php

Oronzo Cilli just send me an update of his Tolkien collector profile. He is a Tolkien collector from Puglia in Italy and copy-editor of the Second edition of The Annotated Hobbit, by Douglas A. A...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/oronzo-cilli.php

This vibrant illustration is one of a set of five, painted by Tolkien in the summer of 1937 for the first American edition of The Hobbit. It is on display at the Bodleian Library until 23 Decembe...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1016-conversation-with-smaug-bodleian-exhibition.php

Beyond Bree is pleased to present its 2012 calendar featuring art focused on the Elves of tolkien's Middle-earth. The calendar will feature classic art from Beyond Bree's past as well as new work...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1015-beyond-bree-calendar-2012.php

After the Friesian translation of The Hobbit by Anne Tjerk Popkema, I'm proud to announce that The Lord of the Rings will also receive a Frisian translation. On Friday 25 November in Leeuwarden (...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1014-frisian-lord-of-the-rings-translation.php

HarperCollins is starting its celebrations for the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit ahead of time, with the publication of a collection of tolkien's artwork and a cute pocket-sized edition of the n...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1013-pocket-hobbit-jrr-tolkien.php

The latest book by Robert S. Blackham, Tolkien and the Peril of War, charts tolkien's life from 1914 to 1918, using old postcards, maps and photographs to paint a picture of the places and times ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1012-tolkien-and-the-peril-of-war.php

Interview with the publisher and translator of the Hobbit in Marathi. The cover art is by Alan Lee, it is an illustrated edition and hardback. Since there will be printed 5000 copies it should be...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1011-interview-marathi-hobbit-publisher-translator.php

Many celebrities do love books or movies and while most of the time we don't know for sure, there are many famous Tolkien fans out there. Here is a list of famous Tolkien fans and celebrities who...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1010-famous-tolkien-fans.php

Today is 22 September and so it is Hobbit Day. We all love Tolkien and his worlds, so why not host a party at your home or office to celebrate his most beloved of characters, the Hobbits? Here ar...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1009-party-like-a-hobbit.php

Some time ago I was contacted by Didier Willis, the president of Le Dragon de Brume about their first publication on Tolkien, called Tolkien, le faconnement d'un monde (volume 1, Botany and Astro...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1008-le-dragon-de-brume.php

D.G. Pashte of Pune-based Diamond Publications and his son Nilesh set out to secure the copyright for translating The Hobbit into Marathi six months ago. Today, the translated version is ready fo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1007-the-hobbit-marathi-translation.php

In May this year The Frisian translation of The Hobbit was released as audio book and was read by the translator of the book, Anne Tjerk Popkema. As a Dutch speaker to me this is still kind of un...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1006-the-hobbit-frisian-audio-book.php

Back in 1986 the only brick-and-mortar shop in the world entirely dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien was founded in Leiden, Holland. While we get set for the onslaught of The Hobbit movies it is time to...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1005-tolkien-shop-25-years.php

It is Tolkien month at the World's Stongest Librarian Blog! It is always a nice idea to write and discuss about all things Tolkien and so the World's Strongest Librarian thought it a good idea to...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1004-tolkien-month-worldsstrongestlibrarian.php

The Journey to Middle-earth begins again in October 2011! We are delighted to announce that the UWIC Masters Level online course J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth and Middle-earth in Context will run again du...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1003-tolkien-online-course.php

Henk Brassien, the Hobbit Hunter, just send me an update of his profile. He is specialized in collecting The Hobbit. He currently owns all the Dutch imprints (75 out of 75 imprints since 1960) an...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/hobbithunter.php

Next week, on the 1st of September, there will be released the book called A Tolkien Tapestry, that brings together all art by Cor Blok. I'm very proud to announce this, since I was asked to edit...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/991-a-tolkien-tapestry.php

The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien has been written and edited by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, two of the leading experts on Tolkien and authors of the acclaimed J.R.R. Tolkien: Art...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1002-interview-art-hobbit.php

It is always exciting to hear a Tolkien friend is about to have a book released, but this time it also was a big surprise. Jason Fisher managed to gather around him a group of the greatest Tolkie...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1001-interview-jason-fisher-tolkien-sources.php

I'm happy to publish the following essay by Ruth Lacon that reviews the Tolkien Calendar of 2011 that featured art by Cor Blok. In the mean time the new Tolkien calendar by Cor Blok is ready avai...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/1000-review-cor-blok-calendar-2011.php

To celebrate The Hobbits 75th anniversary of publication, a pocket-sized hardback of J.R.R. Tolkiens timeless classic will be released in October of this year, perfect for little Hobbits everywhe...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/999-the-pocket-hobbit.php

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary we will receive a One Volume Edition of The History of The Hobbit and A Fascimile Edition of The Hobbit, but also a sumptuous full colour art book containing the...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/998-the-art-of-the-hobbit.php

It is a news item that I remember to see some times before, for example when we would celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Hobbit. But this time I really get the feeling HarperCollins is really ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/997-the-hobbit-facsimile-edition.php

Original Art by World famous illustrator Ted Nasmith is on auction at ebay! Hurry up, since there is only one day left! Ted Nasmith has credted the fully illustrated Silmarillion, JRR Tolkien cal...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/996-tolkien-inspired-original-paintings-for-auction-by-ted-nasmith.php

Just as the last few years I contacted David Brawn, the publishing director of Harper Collins, to get some more information. Here follows some more info on the new Tolkien books that will be rele...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/995-interview-david-brawn-tolkien-2011.php

In one volume for the first time, this revised and updated examination of how J.R.R. Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit. Like Christopher tolkien's The History of Middle-ea...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/994-the-history-of-the-hobbit-one-volume.php

Presented to J. R. R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday, with dedicatory verses by W. H. Auden, this book was originally released in 1962 by Allen and Unwin. I believe it is wond...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/993-english-medieval-studies.php

The School of Education at UWIC has the pleasure to present Tom Shippey - Professor Emeritus of English, St. Louis University who will be delivering an Open Lecture entitled: Writing into the Gap...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/992-tom-shippey-lecture.php

It is my pleasure to show the cover of A Tolkien Tapestry which will bring together all pictures to accompany The Lord of the Rings by Cor Blok. For the cover the was chosen The Battle of Hornbur...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/991-a-tolkien-tapestry.php

This brand new full-colour art book reveals in sumptuous detail more than 100 paintings based on The Lord of the Rings by acclaimed Dutch artist, Cor Blok, many of which appear here for the first...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/991-a-tolkien-tapestry.php

This volume covers new ground, and treads some well-worn paths; but here the well-worn path takes a new turn, taking not only scholars but general readers further into the complex and provocative...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/990-middle-earth-and-beyond.php

Yvan Strelzyk from elrondslibrary.fr sent over scans of the Icelandic translation of the Lord of the Rings comics by Luis Bermejo. Hopefully more will be added soon.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/985-tolkien-comics.php

This an anthology of scholarly articles about Tolkien and religion brings a chronological overview of the major arguments and themes that have engaged scholars about the impact of Christianity on...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/989-the-ring-and-the-cross.php

Just like the Tolkien Calendar 2011, the Official Tolkien Calendar 2012 features 13 paintings by the Dutch artist, Cor Blok. Most of the paintings included have never been seen before. This delig...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/988-tolkien-calendar-2012-cor-blok.php

What copies of The Hobbit are worth over USD 100.000? And what do they look like? Let us try and see in this article which are the most expensive copies of The Hobbit and let us determine why the...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/987-the-hobbit-association-copies.php

As last week I have once again gathered some news that did not make it into blog posts. It is a variety of news items and if I missed something please do send it over to me. So here follows the l...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/986-tolkien-news-last-week.php

The first comics of The Lord of the Rings were published in 1979 in Italy and were drawn by Luis Bermejo. They are based on the Ralph Bakshi movie adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Translation...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/985-tolkien-comics.php

It has been a nice four days, looking at some of the most beautiful copies of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the incredible book art by Philip Smith. We have seen bindings by some of the ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/984-book-art-book-binding-the-silmarillion.php

Today we will look at some splendid fine bindings of The Hobbit. Some have a very lavish binding, other a perfect classic binding, some can only be catalogued as pieces of book art.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/983-book-art-book-binding-the-hobbit.php

Today we continue our journey and I will show you a lot of Lord of the Rings copies that I like a lot. Some have a very classic binding, of the highest possible quality, others can only be catalo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/982-book-art-book-binding-lord-of-the-rings-2.php

Over the next days I'll talk about the amazing art of bookbinding, in a series of articles where I will first look at The Lord of the Rings and show some amazing book art. In this first article i...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/981-book-art-book-binding-lord-of-the-rings.php

As last week I have once again gathered some news that did not make it into blog posts. Once again it is a bit of everything and if I missed something please do send it over to me. So here follow...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/980-tolkien-news-last-week.php

This year it is exactly 30 years ago that we saw the publication of The Letters by J.R.R Tolkien. Since then many fans have hoped for a second volume. Here I will write down my opinion on the pos...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/979-30-years-letters-of-jrr-tolkien.php

I have already announced that Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth is being reprinted in paperback by HarperCollins - it's due out on 28 April. On the same day we will see a reprint of J.R.R. ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/978-tolkien-biography-reprinted-in-paperback.php

It seems since a week a new trend has started on YouTube to read Tolkien books, since in one week alone several video clips have been posted where people read a part of tolkien's work. Some pick ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/977-reading-tolkien-on-youtube-trend.php

Recently I stumbled upon a very strange print on demand copy of tolkien's Middle English Vocabulary. Actually it took me some time to find out what this book was all about. What I discovered was ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/976-a-middle-english-vocabulary.php

Parma Eldalamberon, The Book of Elven-tongues, is a journal of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship a special interest group of the Mythopoeic Society. The current issue presents previously unpublish...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/975-parma-eldalamberon-19-released.php

From the brush of Donato Giancola, one of the world's most recognized fantasy artists, comes a book filled with illustrations that apply his legendary Renaissance craftsmanship to JRR tolkien's f...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/974-middle-earth-visions-modern-myth.php

Here follows a round-up of all news items I noticed last week that might be of interest to any Tolkien fan, but did not make it into a blog post yet. Also some ideas and thoughts for the future w...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/973-tolkien-in-news-last-week.php

Just read on facebook, on the wall of John Garth, that his Tolkien and the Great War is being reprinted in paperback by HarperCollins - it's due out on 28 April. The cover has been revamped using...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/972-tolkien-and-the-great-war-reprinted-in-paperback.php

Tolkien and Wales: Language, Literature and Identity. This book explores how that love influenced tolkien's ideas about language, many aspects of his creative writing, and his sense of an English...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/971-tolkien-and-wales-language-literature-identity.php

I woke up this morning and as usual checked my emails, finding a press-release about a book called Mirkwood: A Novel About JRR Tolkien by Steve Hillard, said to describe undiscovered manuscripts ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/970-mirkwood-novel-about-jrr-tolkien.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Andrew Ferguson, Tolkien collector from Essex in England, who primarily collects British editions of tolkien's fiction and almost owns every di...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/trotter.php

Mark your calendars, from 20 to 22 May 2011 Unquendor organizes once again THE event no Tolkien fan wants to miss. Every 5 years Tolkien friends from all over the world come together to celebrate...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/969-from-hobbits-to-dragons.php

When you combine the love for books and a passion for the works of J.R.R. Tolkien then somehow it always turns into a massive or very specialized Tolkien book collection. Around 2006 I started on...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/967-tolkien-book-collecting.php

Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull have just posted on their blog, Too Many Books and Never Enough, that the latest issue of The Tolkien Collector, no. 31, is almost ready.In addition to the usual...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/968-the-tolkien-collector-31.php

Last week I have been sending out a lot of Tolkien calendars signed by the artist Cor Blok. Now I have a small amount still lying here and so I believe some people might be interested to buy one....

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/930-tolkien-calendar-2011-cor-blok.php

John from Mind on Fire is organising a Book a Day: Giveaway... a nice idea! There is no better thing then giving away books! Today they are on day 8 and are giving away: tolkien's World: Painting...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/966-mindonfire-tolkien-book-giveaway.php

Anything with the name Tolkien on it is valuable and people with the wrong intentions like to abuse the name Tolkien to make profit. It is sad and a pity Tolkien friends and fans spend their mone...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/965-avoid-buying-fake-tolkien-signatures.php

After a 13 month absence, my friend Michael Kaisar is back with a new episode of Middle-earth Minutes. This is just a quick update to introduce his newest co-host. Make sure to follow this podcas...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/964-middle-earth-minutes-8-long-expected-broadcast.php

In April this year there will be released a book by Arne Zettersten that I very much look forward to, tolkien's Double Worlds and Creative Process. It will offer a personally informed analysis of...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/963-tolkien-double-worlds-creative-process.php

The masterful trilogy that is the Lord of the Rings saga is hardly the ultimate fantasy work, but for parents looking to introduce their children into this magnificent fantasy realm, the reading ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/962-a-parents-guide-to-tolkien.php

Today is J.R.R. tolkien's 119th birthday, which is as good an excuse as any to praise The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and the Professor himself. Make sure to surf to the Tolki...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/814-tolkien-1968-bbc-interview.php

Have you or has someone you know, got any extreme, bizarre and downright ludicrous Lord of the Rings wish? Dreams you want to fulfil, but have never had the guts or the means to do it? Now is you...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/961-mtv-wants-your-lotr-dream.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Thomas Denys, a Tolkien collector from Belgium who collects anything Tolkien. He is a very young collector but already we can see he acquired a...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/ononion.php

The Magical World of the Inklings by Gareth Knight reveals how each of these writers created a magical world which initiates the reader into hidden and powerful realms of the creative imagination...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/959-magical-world-of-the-inklings.php

In April 2010 The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun was released in France. The translation was done by Christine Laferriere and Vincent Ferre. For the release of La legende de Sigurd et Gudrun there w...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/960-interview-french-translators-sigurd-gudrun.php

My fellow Tolkien friends. Today my mail program suddenly decided I no longer needed all my emails and erased them all. There where however many that needed replying or needed to be posted online...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/contacts.php

Next year will be the year we will look forward to the release of the first The Hobbit movie and so this Christmas it would be a good idea to put a nice copy of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien under...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/957-christmas-gift-ideas-tolkien-lovers-2010-i.php

Here follows an article about Paul Corfield Godfrey and his Tolkien music. Jeroen Bakker explains us how he discovered the music by this artist and came in contact with him. After this introducti...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/956-interview-with-paul-corfield-godfrey.php

In Looking for the King we follow the American Tom McCord, a 23-year-old aspiring doctoral candidate, who is doing research on King Arthur and hopes to discover some historical evidence for the l...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/955-looking-for-the-king.php

I'm very happy to announce the collector profile of Jeroen Bakker, a Tolkien collector from The Netherlands, who is a very passionate music lover, collector of Tolkien Books, Inspired Music, Moti...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/bakker.php

Beyond Bree is pleased to celebrate its 30th Anniversary with a special 2011 calendar featuring art focused on the Istari, the wizards of Tolkiens Middle-earth.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/954-beyond-bree-calendar.php

Very interesting lot of letters discussing Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis. and the unpublished book by W.H. Auden on J.R.R. Tolkien. The collection includes 4 JRR Tolkien letters written in 1966 an...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/clp0125.php

In this letter Tolkien gives his permission in principle to Mr. Tiller to produce a radio adaptation of The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/clp0126.php

In November 2010 there will be released a fiftieth anniversary reissue of Christopher Tolkien masterly translation of the Icelandic Heidrek Saga, including the dramatic Battle of the Goths and th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/953-the-saga-of-king-heidrek-the-wise.php

Some prefer to read Tolkiens books in the order they were published and others want to read the books in chronological order. This is a very difficult quest and I believe it is very hard to enjoy...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/952-tolkien-reading-order.php

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by Unwin Hyman in 1987, this Limited Numbered Signed Edition was published to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original publ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/clp0123.php

The usual sample book prints the half-title, title pages, copyright page and the first 32 pages of the text followed by a couple of hundred blank pages to fill out the book. This copy is differen...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/clp0122.php

It is no surprise that there are many people who want to find out more about the man behind The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. In the decades since his death in September 197...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/951-tolkien-biographies.php

This collection of stories drawn and blended from the fabric of Middle-earth by JRR Tolkien, written by Alex Lewis, was first issued in a series of 3 comprehensive booklets for members of the Tol...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/clp0124.php

Today a newly released book called Wish caught my attention. It is written by the great grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien and is a children story written in verse, based on the timeless childrens story ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/950-wish-by-michael-g-r-tolkien.php

Good news! The Tolkien Calendar featuring the art by Cor Blok has been released and is now shipping. All reactions I heard so far are very good and most people who sent me there comments find it ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/930-tolkien-calendar-2011-cor-blok.php

Yvan Strelzyk, a Tolkien collector from Thonon-les-Bains in France, specialized in Tolkien translations, French and English Hobbits and Lord of the Rings editions just send me an update of his pr...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/yvan.php

Festival in the Shire just announced the main music performance on Sunday evening will be Rick Wakeman. Guess a lot of older Tolkien fans are going to be very happy! Rick Wakeman has said of the ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/949-rick-wakeman-at-festival-in-the-shire.php

Since the release of Black and White Ogre Country, the Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien we were all waiting for the bigger biography. This biography of Hilary Tolkien, brother to J.R.R. Tolkien, is n...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/948-wheelbarrows-at-dawn-memories-hilary-tolkien.php

Peter Kenny aka Fortinbras Proudfoot, a Tolkien collector from Brisbane, which is in the far away land down under, called Oz, a long way from the ancient lands of Middle Earth across the Encircli...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/pkenny.php

Because it seems the week of talking about paperbacks, let us look at another one today, J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey. This paperback was already released in May, but it...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/947-tolkien-author-of-the-century-paperback.php

Yesterday we talked about the Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun paperbacks, today I wish to talk about another work by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Hurin. This book has just been released in a Mass ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/946-the-children-of-hurin-mass-market-paperback.php

Summer is coming, and it is time to go out and about, travel and read books outside! Most will know about the previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse he...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/943-legend-of-sigurd-gudrun-paperbacks.php

When looking for Tolkien collectables, like calendars, games, figurines, jewelery,... I go to The Tolkien Shop in Leiden, Holland; the only brick-and-mortar shop in the world entirely dedicated t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/945-signed-tolkien-books-at-leiden.php

The Quiz book was originally offered in limited release in 1979 in the US and in 1980 in the United Kingdom, and was reprinted several times (using different covers). Now The Middle-earth Quiz Bo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/942-tolkien-middle-earth-quiz-book.php

Tolkien Thing is the annual convention of the German Tolkien Society and welcomes more than a hundred fellow Tolkien fans from all over Europe. This year it will be held on 15/16 until 18 July 20...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/943-tolkien-thing-2010.php

After the very successful release from Tales from the Perilous Realm by BBC Audiobooks America in 2008, the hardback and deluxe edition by HarperCollins in the same year, we had to wait until now...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/941-tales-perilous-realm-audio.php

Interview with Mark Faith, organizer of Festival in the Shire, that was conducted by Alex Lewis and myself, Pieter Collier, representing the Tolkien Library. It will give you more insight about t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/940-interview-festival-in-the-shire.php

After the Tolkien calendar for The Lord of the Rings (2007), The Children of Hurin (2008) and The Silmarillion (2009) and The Lord of the Rings (2010) we will get a very interesting new take on t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/930-tolkien-calendar-2011-cor-blok.php

It has been a while since the First (1969) and Second (1971) Conferences on Middle-earth. But I have been informed by Thain Peregrin Took II that there will be held a 3rd Conference on Middle-ear...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/939-3rd-conference-on-middle-earth.php

If you read and liked The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, learned more about tolkien's mythology by reading The Silmarillion or even worked your way through the series of The History of Middle-...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/935-legend-sigurd-gudrun-paperback.php

This enchanting little hardback is an essential companion for any reader journeying through The Silmarillion or The Children of Hurin. Featuring an entertaining text and detailed gazetteer by acc...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/908-west-of-the-moutains.php

This book by Oliver Loo contains over 1100 words and is intended to be a quick reference guide for the reader of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, where old, uncommon and archaic words can be...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/938-tolkien-english-glossary.php

25 March means Tolkien Reading Day! Time to take up your books and read your favorite passages, or even better go outside and read them out loud in a public place or join a local Tolkien Reading ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/937-happy-tolkien-reading-day.php

Together with the History of Middle-earth hardback series we will see the publication of the hardback edition of the History of Middle-earth Index, the complete integrated indices of History of M...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/931-history-of-middle-earth-reprint-2010.php

Many collectors are waiting for the release of the hardback History of Middle-earth series. Originally the books were planned to be released on 4 March 2010, but this has been delayed. The republ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/931-history-of-middle-earth-reprint-2010.php

I'm extremely happy to publish the following interview with the artist Cor Blok, where we talk about the art he created 50 years ago, the Tolkien Calendar 2011 and we learn some more about this v...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/937-interview-cor-blok-tolkien-calendar-2011.php

The printing of The Oliphaunt poster will be strictly limited to a run of 100 copies which are for sale worldwide. There will be no further copies produced. This letterpress poster have been prin...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/927-oliphaunt-limited-edition-poster.php

On March 1 the author Jeremy M. Robinson released another Tolkien book, J.R.R. Tolkien: Pocket Guide, a new guide to the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, the premier British fantasy author of the...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/934-j.r.r.tolkien-pocket-guide.php

Oliphaunt is a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien which was first published in The Lord of the Rings, now it has been released as a Limited Edition Poster. It was created by Richard Ardagh. Here is an image ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/927-oliphaunt-limited-edition-poster.php

Just as the last few years I contacted David Brawn, the publishing director of Harper Collins, to get some more information. The questions were sent before I announced the 2011 Tolkien Calendar, ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/936-interview-david-brawn-tolkien-2010.php

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, and the Fall ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/935-legend-sigurd-gudrun-paperback.php

As already announced earlier, The History of Middle-earth hardcover series will be reprinted. Today I reveal the covers that will be used. Now I am very much waiting to see the cover of the hardc...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/931-history-of-middle-earth-reprint-2010.php

On March 1 the author Jeremy M. Robinson will release another Tolkien book, J.R.R. Tolkien: Pocket Guide, a new guide to the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, the premier British fantasy author of...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/934-j.r.r.tolkien-pocket-guide.php

HarperCollins is slowly giving more info on the rerelease of the very succesfull maps of Middle-earth. In total the series exists of three hardbacks. One has already released and two can now be p...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/908-west-of-the-moutains.php

HarperCollins will now reprint all volumes and keep the original look and feel, so that people wishing to complete there series will be able to do so now! Also exciting is that we will see a hard...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/931-history-of-middle-earth-reprint-2010.php

In the following interview Anke gives an account of her relationship to Tolkien and his works, her passion for art as well as the luxury edition of the Dragon Episode taken from Beowulf which is ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/932-interview-with-anke-eissmann.php

A new reissue has been released of the b-format edition of JRR Tolkiens legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. It now uses a co...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/933-unfinished-tales-paperback.php

Most scholarship about J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis describes their shared faith and academic interests or analyzes each writers fantasy works. War of the Fantasy Worlds: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/929-war-of-the-fantasy-worlds.php

The official Tolkien calendar, this year will contain 13 paintings inspired by The Lord of the Rings, and will feature many previously unseen works of art by the Dutch artist, Cor Blok. Cor Blok,...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/930-tolkien-calendar-2011-cor-blok.php

Henk Brassien, the Hobbit Hunter, just send me an update of his profile. He is specialized in collecting The Hobbit. He currently owns all the Dutch imprints (73 out of 73 imprints since 1960) an...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/hobbithunter.php

Oliphaunt is a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien which was first published in The Lord of the Rings, Book IV, Chapter 3, and reprinted with the title Oliphaunt in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Ve...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/927-oliphaunt-limited-edition-poster.php

It is my pleasure to announce the following event: The Rose on the Ash-heap, a dramatisation with harp music of Owen Barfields 1929 novella. The event will take place on thursday 25th March 2010,...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/928-owen-barfield-event.php

It is my great pleasure to announce that the new Lembas Extra, the annual magazine of the Dutch Tolkien Society Unquendor, has been released. Once again it is packed with essays on Tolkien and Mi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/926-lembas-extra-2009-released.php

Peter Jackson has hinted that production for The Hobbit will be delayed from the original estimate of March 2010 to the middle of 2010. Speaking to German site Movie Reporter, the producer stated...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/924-the-hobbit-movie-delayed.php

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Books, The Films, The Whole Cultural Phenomenon, Including a Scene By Scene Analysis of the 2001-2003 Lord of the Rings Films by Jeremy Mark Robinson is a new critical study o...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/925-books-films-cultural-phenomenon.php

The Lord of the Rings fan movie The Hunt For Gollum has now been seen by over 4 million people from all over the world. While it was only made on a very tiny budget of GBP 3000 and freely distrib...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/923-hunt-for-gollum-reaches-4-million-views.php

The Art of John Howe - Sculptures from Middle-earth is a series of sculptures from John Howes iconic representations of Tolkiens world, sculpted by Weta sculptors Daniel Cockersell, Brigitte Wues...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/921-john-howe-amazing-at-weta.php

Full Tilt Poker has been benefitting from the extra buzz of excitement created by having a mysterious player appear out of the blue on the site one day and take on the biggest names in the busine...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/922-isildur-poker-champion.php

t took another few months, and a very long night of work, but we have finally managed to create another episode of the Middle-earth Minutes Podcast. Good thing is that we actually managed to reco...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/920-middle-earth-minutes-7-secret-agent-007.php

It is expected that in one of the following weeks the latest book by Walking Tree Publishers, Music in Middle-earth, will be released. Simultaniasly a German version will be published by Verlag d...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/919-music-in-middle-earth.php

As we all know J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for his The Lord of the Rings, but his work is far more immense and so multilayered that the average reader or viewer tends to easily miss his point. I...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/917-quilting-english-pagan-christian-mythology.php

Parma Eldalamberon, The Book of Elven-tongues, is a journal of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, a special interest group of the Mythopoeic Society. They have just announced the release of issue ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/918-parma-eldalamberon-18.php

It is a short German biography and introduction to the works by J.R.R. Tolkien on approximately 150 pages. Above all it cites J.R.R Tolkien himself (reproductions of Tolkiens letters), making it ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/915-tolkien-fabian-geier.php

J.R.R. Tolkien is very famous for his The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, some even know his other book the Silmarillion and that he was professor at Oxford. He is however less well known as a sub-...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/916-ring-of-words-pb.php

Yvan Strelzyk, a Tolkien collector from Thonon-les-Bains in France, specialized in Tolkien translations, French and English Hobbits and Lord of the Rings editions just send me an update of his pr...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/yvan.php

For fans of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Elvenquest (BBC Audio), this is the epic fantasy series first heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1980 that wonderfully parodies J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord o...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/912-hordes-of-the-things.php

The Etymologies is a document edited by Christopher Tolkien which appears in English in the The History of Middle-Earth: the Lost Road and Other Writings. The reader will find explanations of man...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/913-les-etymologies-released.php

War of the Ring Collectors Edition will release worldwide in December 2009. A second batch will be released begin 2010. This game is limited to 2000 copies worldwide (1500 English, 500 German) an...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/914-war-of-the-ring-collector-edition.php

A beautifully captured moment in which the Lady of Lothlorien gently bids farewell to the ring bearer, Galadriels Blessing - Framed Lithograph Fine Art Print by renowned artist Jerry Vanderstelt ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/911-galadriel-blessing.php

It seems to become a monthly thing that Heritage Auction Galleries is selling some nice Tolkien related art. Especially the art from book covers and Tolkien calendars is coming out on the market....

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/909-tolkien-art-auctions.php

Once in a while one finds a book that seems to be talking about the Lord of the Rings, you had not noticed it before, and when you find it you doubt if it was a good thing that it surfaced. Here ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/910-cinematic-scripture.php

In the last couple of days I have been working on a major update in the Tolkien Book Shop, adding a lot of nice custom rebound editions as well as all major deluxe editions, india paper limited e...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/tolkien-book-shop.php

HarperCollins is slowly giving more info on the rerelease of the very succesfull maps of Middle-earth. In total the series exists of three hardbacks. One has already released and two can now be p...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/908-west-of-the-moutains.php

The official Tolkien calendar 2010 and Tolkien diary 2010 each contain 16 magnificent landscape paintings by renowned artist Ted Nasmith, selected from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, an...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/868-tolkien-calendar-2010-lord-of-the-rings.php

The days are getting shorter and over here in Belgium the first cold also arrived. I can almost smell it is that time of the year again. Christmas is coming, as is the yearly tradition of reading...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/907-letters-from-father-christmas.php

Having been very busy lately, Im running a bit behind on all fronts. Still in the next few weeks Ill hope to write some short articles to get back on track and talk about some interesting new rel...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/906-tolkien-view.php

Today is a happy day, because The Hobbit has finally arrived in Frisian. Im certain many Hobbit collectors will be very excited, but the Frisians will be even more so! Now the adventurous travel ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/907-frisian-hobbit-released.php

After a long summer sleep Im back with something nice - I was asked by Michael Kaiser, the creator of the lovely Middle-earth Minutes Podcast, to join in and to discuss news and views about all t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/906-middle-earth-minutes-6-browsing-tolkien-library.php

The wait is over! It has been four long years since Weta last released any new collectibles from The Lord of the Rings. Their new license covers a wide range of new product categories, beginning ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/904-there-and-back-again.php

Here I announce a book that will appear at the end of the year, addressing the lack of discussion of Tolkiens style in scholarly interrogations of that writer, this book uncovers the multifaceted...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/905-power-of-tolkien-prose.php

This new paperback is part of a series that explores links in Tolkiens writings with the Arthurian tradition. The first book in the series has just been released and has received once again a ver...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/903-epic-realm-of-tolkien.php

On one of my wanderings around the internet I stumbled upon the article Edel-Silmarillion als Diplomarbeit. As by chance I discovered the most beautiful copy of The Silmarillion I had ever seen. ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/902-benjamin-harff-interview-edel-silmarillion.php

Im very happy to release an interview with the author Andrew H. Morton about his new book Tolkiens Bag End. In Tolkiens Bag End, Andrew Morton sets out to uncover the significance of the Worceste...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/901-andrew-morton-interview-bag-end.php

Members of the famed Inklings literary circle lived in the university city of Oxford. What were the places there like where people like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien met to talk and to share t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/877-the-inklings-of-oxford.php

In only a few weeks time a very special meeting will take place at the beautiful medieval castle of Rieneck in Northern Bavaria. The annual convention of the German Tolkien Society, the Tolkien T...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/900-tolkien-thing-2009.php

The Hobbitonian Anthology: of Articles on J.R.R. Tolkien and his Legendarium by Mark T. Hooker has been published. This new book, The Hobbitonian Anthology, is the second volume of articles by Ma...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/898-the-hobbitonian-anthology.php

Most of you probably remember Andrew H. Mortons book Tolkiens Gedling 1914, that talked about Tolkiens aunt Jane Neave and Tolkiens connection with Gedling. Now Andrew is back with a new book and...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/899-tolkien-bag-end.php

Added to the Tolkien Book Store: The Hobbit, 1987 Super Deluxe Signed Limited Edition, 13 of 100 Signed Copies. A wonderful copy of an extremely collectable book. In unread condition, a must for ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/tolkien-book-shop.php

Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion by Douglas C. Kane was published in March 2009. Today Im very happy to say that a reader from TolkienLibrary.com has contributed a r...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/897-review-arda-reconstructed.php

Philologist, author, mythmaker and creator of Middle Earth - a biography of J.R.R Tolkien, probably one of the first articles I wrote and later published in The Art of Ruth Lacon. It gives an ove...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/abouttolkien.php

The Children of Hurin is now a manjor bestseller. But because not everyone will be able to read The Children of Hurin in English I thought it a good idea to create a small list of all the transla...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-children-of-hurin-translations.php

Amazons book blog Omnivoracious has got Fantasy Author China Mieville as a guest blogger this week. He has got several posts and a podcast up, but the best so far is his article: Here and Back Ag...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/896-china-mieville-on-tolkien.php

At the end of this month there will be released a very interesting book about the influence of languages on Tolkien. It will shed a light on all languages that had a great impact on Tolkiens crea...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/895-interview-dr-solopova.php

An important association copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, with - To Stella Mills, from her old friend, J.R.R. Tolkien, - will be offered for auction at PBA galleries in San Fra...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/894-hobbit-auction-pba-galleries.php

At the end of this month there will be released a new book about J.R.R. Tolkien, and more specific about the influence of languages on Tolkien. The book is written by no one less then Dr Elizabet...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/893-languages-myths-history.php

There has just been announced a fun contest by the Tolkien Team of HarperCollins. Here is your chance to win a Hobbit audio book on CD by just sending in your review of the latest Tolkien book Th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/892-write-and-win-contest.php

We are delighted to bring you some exclusive material which inspired the new Tolkien book; including a rare extract from an original page from Tolkiens own manuscript of The Legend of Sigurd and ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun.php

Normally the cover art of the Tolkien Calendar and Diary are very simular, this year however both feature a unique and amazing work by the Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith. Today Im glad to reveal the ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/868-tolkien-calendar-2010-lord-of-the-rings.php

It seems in December there was released a very interesting paperback set, that only now showed up in Amazon. According to David Brawn at HarperCollins this set was produced for the export market ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/866-children-of-hurin-paperback-box-set.php

HarperCollins has already announced it will replace the paperback version of the book, called The Map of Tolkiens Middle-earth, which sold more than 100,000 copies when published for the Tolkien ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/890-new-tolkien-maps-john-howe.php

A number of people have expressed interest in what the status of the Tolkien/New Line lawsuit is, and whether it still represents a threat to the Hobbit films. Because Douglas C. Kane had written...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/891-update-tolkien-new-line-lawsuit.php

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun is a previously unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien, written while Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford during the 1920s and 30s, before he wrote The Hobb...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun.php

It does not happen often, but sometimes it seems that Amazon only lists new Tolkien related books after they have already been published. Today I noticed a thin book of 72 pages with a very long ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/889-roots-middle-earth-seeds-fantasy.php

Perhaps most unknown about J.R.R. Tolkien is that he was an editor of The Jerusalem Bible, published in 1966 just after the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council. Tolkiens contribution was the...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/888-book-of-jonah-translated-by-tolkien.php

The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies is one of the four awards given by the Mythopoeic Society. It is given to books on J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis or Charles Williams that make si...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/887-mythopoeic-awards-finalists-2009.php

Here is your chance to see and hear The Fellowship of the Ring live at Radio City Music Hall on Friday, October 9th and Saturday October 10th. For this extraordinary event, 300 musicians - a 75-p...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/886-lord-of-the-rings-radio-city-music-hall.php

The author of Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion, Douglas C. Kane, has been so kind to sent over some signed stickers to stick inside your copy of the book. If you are...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/873-arda-reconstructed-interview.php

On the 5th of May was released The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun. Because a new Tolkien book is not being released every day, or even not every year, I thought it a good thing to organise an online...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/885-tom-shippey-chat-session.php

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Contest has ended and the winners are announced. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Release Party has also ended and I must admit that it was big fun! Glad so many jo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/legends-contestform.php

According to the Telegraph, the new Tolkien book is already one of Britains most pre-ordered titles, stating that fans of Tolkiens book will seek clues to the characters and events in his later n...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/884-review-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun.php

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Release Party is an online event to celebrate the publication of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, the new book by J.R.R. Tolkien, first released worldwide on Tuesd...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/882-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun-release-event.php

On Amazon there has been released Part I of the foreword for the new Tolkien book. It is brilliantly written by Christopher Tolkien and really makes you want to read the upcoming book. Here it is...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun.php

Today, I am very happy to be able to release the following interview with Bill Sanderson. He is part of a talented generation that matured in the 1970s and has carried on working in much the same...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/881-bill-sanderson-interview.php

On April 4th you can go and enjoy J.R.R. Tolkien and Fantasy Inspired Art Exhibition: Land of Enchantment in England, but if you live at the other side of the world you can go to the Peruvian Tol...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/880-iv-great-council-peruvian-tolkien-society.php

When we celebrated the release of The Children of Hurin, during The Children of Hurin Release Party on 7 April 2007, one of the sheduled guests for the chat event was the author of Tolkien and th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/879-john-garth-interview.php

The audio book of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun will be read by Brian Denis Cox, who is a BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated British actor. Cox narrated an abridged audio boo...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun.php

Now this is something fabulous. It seems that the BBC J.R.R. Tolkien documentary, made in 1997, finally made it onto DVD. This is good news, it will be fun to see the faces again of some of the T...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/878-j.r.r.tolkien-documentary.php

Harper Collins has just released the cover for the new Tolkien book called The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun.php

Members of the famed Inklings literary circle lived in the university city of Oxford. What were the places there like where people like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien met to talk and to share t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/877-the-inklings-of-oxford.php

Last year I did an interview with the author Mark Wolf, just before the book was first released. It is always nice to re-read Mark Wolfs answers and hear him talk about the book once again, espec...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/876-j.r.r.-tolkien-of-words-and-worlds.php

There has just been released a very beautifully slipcased audio book collection, which includes The Hobbit, Tolkiens magical prelude to Lord of the Rings, and all three volumes of the Lord of the...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/875-lord-of-the-rings-hobbit-audio-set.php

It is my pleasure to announce the following J.R.R. Tolkien and Fantasy Inspired Art Exhibition: Land of Enchantment. From Friday the 3rd of April until Monday the 6th there will be held a wonderf...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/874-lands-of-enchantment-exhibition.php

Once in a while there are written books that come forth from a very deep love for Tolkien and his mythology. One of these books is Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion b...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/873-arda-reconstructed-interview.php

HarperCollins is to publish a new book by the late Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, edited and introduced by Tolkiens son Christopher, will be published o...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun.php

It will be a commemorative diamond anniversary edition of Tolkiens classic book, including a map, a copy of Tolkiens unpublished short story which he expanded for publication, his notes for an ab...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/871-farmer-giles-of-ham-60th.php

The Road Goes Ever On and On: The Map of Tolkiens Middle-earth is the essential companion for any reader journeying through The Lord of the Rings, illustrated by John Howe, conceptual artist on t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/872-the-road-goes-ever-on-and-on.php

According to Associated Press The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, will be published in May by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/870-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun.php

Just as the last few years I contacted David Brawn, the publishing director of Harper Collins, to get some more information. The questions were sent before I announced the 2010 Tolkien Calendar a...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/869-tolkien-2009-interview-david-brawn.php

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, and the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, upon the ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/857-new-tolkien-book-sigurd-gudrun.php

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, and the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, upon the ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/867-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun-limited-signed-edition.php

After the Tolkien calendar for The Silmarillion (2009), the 2010 Calendar will focus on the landscapes of Lord of the Rings. The official Tolkien calendar 2010 will contain 16 magnificent landsca...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/868-tolkien-calendar-2010-lord-of-the-rings.php

After the Tolkien calendar for The Children of Hurin (2008) and The Silmarillion (2009), the 2010 Calendar will focus on the landscapes of Lord of the Rings. The official Tolkien calendar 2010 wi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/868-tolkien-calendar-2010-lord-of-the-rings.php

It seems in December there was released a very interesting paperback set, that only now showed up in Amazon. I have not seen the set myself and will probably order a copy today. This is an intere...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/866-children-of-hurin-paperback-box-set.php

All info on Mythcon 40

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/865-mythcon-40.php

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, due for worldwide release in May 2009, and published in the UK by HarperCollins Publishers will also be published in many other countries and many other languages...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/864-the-legend-of-sigurd-and-gudrun-translations.php

These days Tolkien lovers think Facebook is an ideal place for connecting up, to learn to know new friends and keep track of what others are doing. Many Tolkien societies have opened up Tolkien g...

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What were the places there like where people like C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien met to talk and to share their writing? You will find the answer in this lively book, whose stunning photographs...

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This month appears the Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien, an 88 page ilustrated hardcover book that consists of several short tales written by Hilary Tolkien, Tolkiens brother. The tales were written ...

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To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Hobbit Presse they have invented a very fun contest to win a fantastic prize, a special limited edition of Herrn der Ringe. Write an original letter to th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/859-40-years-hobbit-presse-letter-to-tolkien-contest.php

The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the Our Name in History Collection. Each book in the collection is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of ...

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Time flies when you are having a good time! 2008 was a year which started of with a large amount of paperbacks editions of all major Tolkien works. The middle of the year was the period when we s...

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HarperCollins is to publish a new book by the late Lord of the Rings author J R R Tolkien. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, edited and introduced by Tolkiens son Christopher, will be published in...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/857-new-tolkien-book-sigurd-gudrun.php

GTC Roadshow AG announces the acquisition of the most expensive Tolkien book ever sold; a signed first edition of The Lord of the Rings dedicated to the Queen of the Hobbits, for 104.000 USD. A f...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/856-most-expensive-tolkien-book-in-the-world.php

From 2 December 2008 Tuesday untill Saturday 3 January 2009, the library in Oss (the Netherlands, near Den Bosch) will host a tolkien-exhibit together with Unquendor. Next to a comprehensive exhi...

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GTC AG, a Swiss based company, announces the acquisition of the second most expensive Tolkien book ever sold; a signed Hobbit bought from Peter Harringtons for GBP53,000 setting a new benchmark f...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/855-hobbit-sells-53000-gbp-for-tolkien-exhibition.php

It is the season again when nights gets longer and over here in Europe all leaves have fallen from the trees, the cold weather is back and we all huddle together around the fire. The quest has be...

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The newly released edition of the Hobbit Radio Dramatization includes 4 CDs and a bonus CD featuring expanded versions of music composed by David Cain, specially commisioned for the dramatization...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/852-the-hobbit-bbc-dramatization.php

The newly released edition of the Tales from the Perilous Realm Radio Dramatization comes as four stories on three disks, each containing elements of fantasy and faerie, or in total 3hrs of liste...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/853-tales-perilous-realm-bbc-dramatization.php

BBC Audiobooks America and Tolkien Library presented you a trivia to win a copy of the BBC Lord of the Rings Radio Dramatization, which has been released by BBC Audiobooks America on September 9,...

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Hazael Design are pleased to announce an exhibition of limited edition furniture handmade from the timber reclaimed from JRR Tolkiens last home, Woodridings. Also The Tolkien treasures discovered...

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BBC Audiobooks America and Tolkien Library present you a trivia to win a copy of the BBC Lord of the Rings Radio Dramatization, which has been released by BBC Audiobooks America on September 9, 2...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/bbc-contest.php

Some, who know me very well, are aware that every day I have an hour drive to office (and back again in the evening) and that during that ride I always listen to either BBC World Service, or to T...

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Yesterday, to celebrate the release of the Children of Hurin paperback, Houghton Mifflin together with Tolkienlibrary.com organized a chat event with the illustrator Alan Lee. Here is the transcr...

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The Children of Hurin Paperback Release Party has begun. The chat with Alan Lee will take place in 5 hours and a half from now, so if you want to join in now is the time. All info on the event ca...

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The Children of Hurin Release Party will take place on the 14th of October to celebrate the release of The Children of Hurin Paperback Edition by Houghton Mifflin. Here is all the latest info. Th...

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It was my pleasure to find out, from David Brawn, that the Deluxe Edition will be limited to 2500 copies only and that it will match the other Deluxe Editions recently published. It will be relea...

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The Chat box of Tolkienlibrary.com is no live. To Connect to the Chat Forum and chat with other web site visitors, make sure the Connect Tab is visible then: Enter the Username you wish to use in...

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The Children of Hurin Paperback Release Party is an online event to celebrate the publication of The Children of Hurin Paperback Edition by Houghton Mifflin, the new book by J.R.R. Tolkien, first...

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On September 21, 2007 the UK The Hobbit turned 70 and this year on March 1, 2008 we celebrated 70 years of the US edition of the Hobbit. It is a good occasion to look back at 70 years of Tolkien ...

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This book, Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits, presents an exploration of the evolution of Tolkiens mythology within the framework of its cultural and historical context....

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The book focuses on the business of the event film, and includes chapters on techniques and meanings ranging from music to spirituality. It offers essays on multimedia products associated with th...

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Since yesterday they started shipping out the 2009 Tolkien Calendar. It focuses on The Silmarillion and features illustrations from the revised illustration edition by Ted Nasmith. While we celeb...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/834-tolkien-calendar-2009-silmarillion.php

The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook will be released in a sumptuous large-format trade paperback for the first time. The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook hardback edition, published in 2005, was a major...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/819-the-lord-of-the-rings-sketchbook-paperback.php

This book, Tolkiens Heroic Quest, by US author Robert Rorabeck looks at the heroic fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, looking at major works such as The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, and lesser...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/844-tolkiens-heroic-quest.php

In April 2006 Robert Blackham published a little guidebook to Tolkien sites in Birmingham (called The Roots of Tolkiens Middle Earth); apparently he has now done the same for Oxford. The new book...

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It was my pleasure to find out, from David Brawn, that the Deluxe Edition will be limited to 2500 copies only and that it will match the other Deluxe Editions recently published. I heard rumors t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/836-tales-from-the-perilous-realm.php

Every year The Mythopoeic Society gives away their prestigious Literary and Scholarship Awards. The most interesting award for Tolkien fans is The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/841-the-company-they-keep.php

Tolkien on fairy-stories, a new expanded edition of Tolkiens most famous, and most important essay On fairy-stories, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to t...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/808-tolkien-on-fairy-stories.php

While I was expecting a very similar front of the Tolkien Calendar and the Tolkien Diary (which so far has been a habit of the publishers), this year it seems they did something different. See th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/834-tolkien-calendar-2009-silmarillion.php

I am pleased to be able to release the official cover of the Tales of Perilous Realm which I was sent by David Brawn, the publishing director of Harper Collins.

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On August 1st Tolkien will go mobile and the following OMA Tolkien Editions will be available: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Children of Hurin, The Silmarillion and many more...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/839-tolkien-goes-mobile.php

Yvan Strelzyk, a Tolkien collector from Thonon-les-Bains in France, specialized in Tolkien translations, French and English Hobbits and Lord of the Rings editions just send me an update of his pr...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/yvan.php

Tolkiens former home in Poole is going to be demolished and the last remaining features have been removed by the demolisher. These include a wonderful Adam-style fireplace, some garden decoration...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/838-own-a-piece-of-tolkien-history.php

World at Large came up with a brilliant idea. To honour the move of the book The Hobbit to the big screen, their weekly podcast now features an interview with Rayner Unwin. I have also added a vi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/837-an-interview-with-rayner-unwin.php

This new collection is fully illustrated throughout by Oscar-winning artist, Alan Lee, who provides a wealth of pencil drawings to bring the stories to life as he did so memorably for The Hobbit ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/836-tales-from-the-perilous-realm.php

As some of you might know I am quit a big fan of Tolkien Audio Books. I have an hour drive to work every day and if not listening to BBC World I tend to listen to Audio Books. It makes the drive ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/835-tolkien-audio-books-2008.php

After the Tolkien calendar for The Lord of the Rings (2007) and The Children of Hurin (2008), the 2009 Tolkien Calendar will focus on The Silmarillion and will feature illustrations from the revi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/834-tolkien-calendar-2009-silmarillion.php

J.R.R. Tolkiens On fairy-stories is his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his views on the role of imagination in literature, and an intellectual tour de forc...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/833-interview-douglas-anderson-verlyn-flieger-tolkien-fairy-stories.php

Normally Tolkien Studies is being released in April or May, but this year it will be a bit later and be released around Mid-July. They are currently being pressed by the West Virginia University ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/831-tolkien-studies-out-mid-july.php

Last month I announced the book Tolkiens Gedling 1914 The Birth of a Legend by Andrew H. Morton and John Hayes, and I was, as most of us, very intrigued by the content of this book. Here is an in...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/830-interview-with-andrew-h-morton-on-tolkien-gedling.php

The Academy Award-nominated writer-director has just been signed to helm back-to-back epics adapted from J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit, which, after various delays, are finally going forward with Pe...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/829-del-toro-hobbit-forming-director.php

In 1914 Tolkien stayed at his aunts farm, called Phoenix Farm, in Gedling. While the farm has now been demolished, it is said that it was there that Tolkien wrote the poem that in the end led to ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/828-tolkien-gedling-1914-the-birth-of-a-legend.php

The French edition of the Fantasy Art Workshop is due out April 17th, so John Howe will be in Paris for a little show at the Galerie Arludik. The next day he will be signing in the Paris FNAC. Th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/827-john-howe-exhibition-in-paris.php

The flagship book this year will be The Tales from the Perilous Realm, planned to be the definitive reading edition of Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf By Niggle, The Adventures of Tom Bomba...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/826-tales-from-the-perilous-realm-roverandom-and-other-classic-faery-stories.php

A French booksite has released an interview with Adam Tolkien, the grand-son of J.R.R. Tolkien. Because the interview was conducted in French, I have provided a translation here.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/825-adam-tolkien-interview.php

After winning the 2007 Imperishable Flame Award the wonderful book by Diana Glyer has now been nominated for a Hugo Award, as Best Related Book.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/824-the-company-they-keep-nominated-for-hugo-award.php

It was my honor to do an interview with Alan Lee in Paris on March 15, 2008. I hope this interview will shed some light on the illustrator Alan Lee, his wonderful art, and about his live long ass...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/823-interview-with-alan-lee.php

Please take a little time to read this, here is a chance to help out a brave Hobbit.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/822-projectfiver-petition-for-a-brave-hobbit.php

The Queen of Hobbits, a very rare 1937 first issue of the first edition of J.R.R. Tolkiens much-loved classic The Hobbit was sold today (18 March) by international fine art auctioneers Bonhams in...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/821-queen-of-hobbits-sold-for-world-record-60000gbp.php

Original manuscripts from Tolkiens Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and Mary Shelleys Frankenstein will be among a number of national treasures put on display in a new exhibition hall. The new ce...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/818-tolkien-manuscripts-at-bodleian-library.php

A sumptuous large-format trade paperback containing sketches and paintings, by Alan Lee, from the Lord of the Rings, together with brand new and previously unseen material from the books and the ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/819-the-lord-of-the-rings-sketchbook-paperback.php

Today we see the publication of a new book by Walking Tree Publishers called Tolkiens Shorter Works. In this article I will also list all latest must-read books published by the same publishing c...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/820-tolkiens-shorter-stories-by-walking-tree-publishers.php

For the release of Les Enfants de Hurin, the French translation of the Children of Hurin, Tolkiendil will organize some very interesting online chat events and contests. Les Enfants de Hurin will...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/817-festivities-in-france-for-enfants-de-hurin.php

From the 5th of April until the 7th there will be held a wonderful art exhibition in Moreton-In-Marsch in England. Here is an update on the artists attending and some of the latest informations o...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/813-castles-in-the-mist-tolkien-exhibition.php

On Monday The Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins Publishers sued New Line Cinema to claim their long-forgotten gold in Los Angeles Superior Court. New Line refused to say whether the Tolkien Estate...

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A signed first impression of the Hobbit and the last known photograph by Tolkien will be sold at Bonhams Printed Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs sale in New Bond Street on 18th March 200...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/815-the-queen-of-hobbits-for-sale.php

In February 1968 J.R.R. Tolkien was interviewed in conjunction with the BBC television documentary Tolkien in Oxford, of which also a part has been included in the J.R.R. Tolkien: An Audio Portra...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/814-tolkien-1968-bbc-interview.php

In the interview we get some view on the media Anke Eisman likes to work with, her favourite artwork, her favorite Tolkien illustrators, opinion on the Lord of the Rings Movies and the fortcoming...

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From the 5th of April until the 7th there will be held a wonderful art exhibition in Moreton-In-Marsch in England. Some of us may have been to previous art exhibitions which were held there and k...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/813-castles-in-the-mist-tolkien-exhibition.php

This year marks the 4th International Art Competition of ST Wieza City Culture and Art Centre of Bielawa in association with City Promotion and Strategy Department of Bielawa in Poland. The Tolki...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/811-4th-international-tolkien-themed-art-competition.php

We seem to be some days or even hours away from some official announcements by New Line and MGM. Yesterday the Hollywood Reporter announced that Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-b...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/810-the-hobbit-movie-is-forming-news-on-del-toro-howard-shore.php

To celebrate the release of Les enfants de Hurin the French publisher Christian Bourgois Editeur has invited Alan Lee to come to France to do several book signing sessions. The Children of Hurin ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/809-allan-lee-booksignings-french-translation-children-of-hurin-in-februari.php

Some weeks ago we had a look back at the last year in the article the best Tolkien books of 2007. Now it is time to look ahead and see what new publications we can expect this year. Like last yea...

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Contained within On fairy-stories are the roots of the tree of tales that bore such glittering fruit in Tolkiens published and unpublished work. Here, at last, Flieger and Anderson reveal through...

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A series of audio CDs has been produced of talks given at Church House, Westminster relating to the Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and other writers who influenced them, ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/806-the-inkling-archives.php

Daily Records tells us that a rare Tolkien book worth GBP 5000 was handed to an Oxfam shop in Troon, Ayrshire, by a mystery donor. It seems they have noticed the book is special but are complete ...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/805-expensive-tolkien-book-donated-to-oxfam-shop.php

Here I publish a transcript of an interview with Tolkien that I found on youtube. The interviewer is Dennis Gerrolt from the BBC Radio 4 program Now Read On, who in many ways manages to ask a lot...

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John Browne Simon is for many an unknown author in the field of Tolkien, as is Fridtjof Nansen, the author of The first Crossing of Greenland. The author John Browne Simon claims that The first C...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/803-nansen-tolkien-ransome-influenced-by-fridtjof-nansen.php

These days the books The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are put to the test. We are talking about the translations into the Dutch language, In de ban van de Ring and de Hobbit. They have a chan...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/802-the-lord-of-the-rings-best-foreign-book.php

The Lord Of The Rings - The Ultimate Critical Review will be publihed in two days from now. It will include two DVDs and one book featuring remarkable new insights into Tolkien by international a...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/801-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-ultimate-critical-review.php

2007 was a year most Tolkien fans will remember since it marked the release of the new Tolkien book The Children of Hurin, the 70th anniversary of the Hobbit, the 30th anniversary of The Silmaril...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-best-tolkien-books-of-2007.php

Im very proud to introduce Peter Kenny, a Tolkien collector from Brisbane, which is in the far away land down under, called Oz, a long way from the ancient lands of Middle Earth across the Encirc...

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With a short delay The North East Tolkien Society has announced this years winners of the Imperishable Flame Awards. The awards cites the accomplishments of individuals in each of 3 categories, T...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/imperishable-flame-2007-award.php

This is the news we were all waiting for and has finally been officially announced. The Hobbit movie will be made. Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema join with MGM to produce it. The two Hobbit fi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-hobbit-movie-will-be-made.php

Yesterday a lot of fabulous Tolkien books and one letter were sold at an auction held by Sothebys in London. While the Tolkien books and letter fetched very high prices, the real highlight of the...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/tolkien-rowling-fetchs-high-prices-at-auction.php

Of Words and Worlds: The Imagination and Subcreation of J.R.R. Tolkien provides an introduction to Tolkiens life, thought, and legacy that focuses specifically on how his imagination and his imag...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/interview-mark-wolf-of-words-and-worlds.php

Added a lot of original cloth bindings to the Tolkien Library Store, including some very nice works like Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wootton Major and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. There is n...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/original.php

2007 marks the 30th anniversary of The Silmarillion. To celebrate this occasion we see the publication of a high quality academic book, called The Silmarillion - Thirty Years On, published by Wal...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-silmarillion-thirty-years-on.php

Christmas shopping is something we all need to do, but how can you find an original gift. This year Im going to make some nice suggestions, by creating two lists which will help you find a perfec...

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Christmas shopping is something we all need to do, but how can you find an original gift. This year Im going to make some nice suggestions, by creating two lists which will help you find a perfec...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/christmas-gift-ideas-tolkien-lovers-2007-ii.php

I am very proud to be able to offer up for sale a lot of correspondence between J.R.R. Tolkien and Timothy J. Wheeler. This lot includes two letters by J.R.R. Tolkien to T.J. Wheeler, a letter by...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/tolkien-letters-for-sale-at-tolkienlibrary.php

We all know this year we will celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Hobbit and the 30th anniversary of The Silmarillion. Also this year we saw the publication of a brand new Tolkien book, The Chi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/celebrating-mr.bliss.php

The History of the Hobbit - Mr. Baggins and The History of the Hobbit - Return to bag-end by John D. Rateliff will be released as paperbacks, designed to match The History of Middle-earth paperba...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-history-of-the-hobbit-paperbacks.php

This book presents findings from the largest film audience project ever undertaken, drawing from 25,000 questionnaire responses and a wide array of other materials. It sheds fresh light on the ex...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/watching-the-lord-of-the-rings.php

Next to the limited Children of Hurin, Harper Collins is also offering two exclusive sets. Available only at the tolkien.co.uk store, you will find the complete boxed set of Tolkiens Middle-earth...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/tolkien-book-store/limited-coh.php

The audio book is shipping today both from UK and US. See how the front looks like here. Hear the latest Tolkien book read by Christopher Lee, and enjoy one extra CD read by Christopher Tolkien.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-children-of-hurin-unabridged-audio-cd.php

New information always leads to more questions and so I contacted Harper Collins and received some extra information from David Brawn, the publishing director. Here are the answers to the questio...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-children-of-hurin-super-deluxe-ii.php

This new calendar is an instant collectors item. The first-ever calendar issued by The Northeast Tolkien Society will feature Shire Reckoning format with Gregorian offsets Moon Phases and all imp...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-northeast-tolkien-society-calendar.php

See here for the first time the Exclusive Limited Signed Edition of The Children of Hurin. Harper Collins has just revealed this new edition and also gives you the chance to register your interes...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-children-of-hurin-super-deluxe-ii.php

After the Tolkien calendar for The Lord of the Rings and The Children of Hurin, the 2009 Calendar will focus on The Silmarillion and will feature illustrations from the revised illustration editi...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/tolkien-calender-2009-silmarillion-ted-nasmith.php

The Lord of the Rings: A Readers Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull will be released as a paperback, to match The History of Middle-earth paperbacks. Also two volumes of The Histor...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/lord-of-the-rings-a-readers-companion-paperback.php

Next spring paperback editions will be released from the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, designed to perfectly complement the new paperback edition of The Children of Hurin. These will be illus...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/paperbacks-illustrated-by-alan-lee.php

The Children of Hurin unabridged audio CD has just been produced and goes on sale next week. It will include 7 CDs read by Christopher Lee, 1 CD read by Christopher Tolkien, a booklet with art by...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-children-of-hurin-unabridged-audio-cd.php

I have received some new information on The J. R. R. Tolkien Deluxe Edition Collection. It will be limited, slipcased and not available through amazon. Find all the new information about this set...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-j.r.r.-tolkien-deluxe-edition-collection.php

Here you can see a very fine example of Tolkiens well know flourishing signature. It is most probably the very last signature J.R.R. Tolkien put inside a book before he died. The book will be sol...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/last-tolkien-signature-on-auction.php

This week Harper Collins announced the J.R.R. Tolkien Deluxe Edition Collection. It comprises the deluxe editions of The Children of Hurin, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-j.r.r.-tolkien-deluxe-edition-collection.php

It seems Harper Collins has just listed the Super Deluxe Edition at Amazon.co.uk. It is still not available for pre-order, but it for sure gives us some hope we wil be able to acquire a copy thro...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-children-of-hurin-super-deluxe.php

Also this year the readers of herenistarion.org have a chance to vote for the nominees in three categories. This years polling will run until December 1st, 2007.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/northeast-tolkien-society-catching-up-with-tolkienlibrary.php

The first copies of the new de luxe celebration edition of The Silmarillion have been shipped. If you are a collector and wish to obtain a first impression it is now time to order.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-silmarillion-30th-anniversary-de-luxe-edition.php

Today I can announce two new editions of The Children of Hurin. One is for the serious Tolkien collectors and one for the mass market. The first can be called a Super Deluxe Edition and the secon...

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Alison Milbank has published a new book on Tolkien and Chesterton, a topic that has been touched before by several authors. Tolkien, Lewis and Chesterton are often put on one line. Yet here is a ...

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Richard Claraval is an artist that has been around for a very long time but has remained unknown to many Tolkien lovers. His work is however amazing and especially his latest etchings are just st...

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This book is directed toward any individual, musician or film enthusiast, who appreciates the ability for a film score to heighten the overall movie experience.

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Now here is something you do not see everyday. These are the rare proof copies of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien to be sold by auction on Wednesday 24th October 2007 by Bloomsbury.

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RRauction will offer a very interesting Tolkien letter in which he discusses the name Honeybourne, describes Smith of Wootton Major and Pippins ride with Gandalf.

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Low vision readers who find the regular type-size of The Children of Hurin difficcult to see will be pleased to know that this bestseller is now available in large print. It matches the 2002 Larg...

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Because I do not know yet what will be on this soon to be released Audio CD with J.R.R. Tolkien recordings, I have created a small summary of all audio recordings of Tolkien which were ever made.

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The Children of Hurin Audio Book is finally available for download at both iTunes and Audible. Both feature a small preview.

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To begin the 2nd Annual Award Nomination process The North East Tolkien Society spoke with last year winners to get their thoughts on who should be nomintated for the 2006-07 awards. See the nomi...

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Jos, a Dutch artist, made in 2006 a series of 13 oil paintings on canvas based on The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. They were published in a 2007 calendar and a birthday calendar. Until...

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In the Tolkien Library Store you can now see, and buy if you wish, some very rare Tolkien ephemera. Two catalogs from 1937, by Allen and Unwin Publishers, who very likely include the first announ...

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The page with all known translations of The Children of Hurin has been updated. I have added some new covers, information and also some new countries, who recently acquired the rights to get a tr...

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Here you can see how the new deluxe edition of The Silmarillion Anniversary Edition will look like. It perfectly matches the already existing deluxe editions. In this article I also reveal the pr...

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This edition is one of the most beautiful I have seen. In all ways the 70th anniversary edition is improving a lot on the current hardback edition of the Hobbit. Here is my review and some nice p...

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Saint-Ursanne will be auctioning off the sculptures and the banners, as well as the ink-jet prints from the exhibition in the Cloister. Since John Howe does not sell his original art this is the ...

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Today I will bring some major updates on the Children of Hurin Audio Book. First of all, there has been added one narrator, namely Christopher Tolkien! Secondly, there will not only be made 8 Aud...

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The 70th Anniversary Edition has just been printed. It is the third book in the History of the Hobbit boxed set, and is a slightly different version of the deluxe edition we published three years...

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Two days after doing an interview with John Howe I went to see Cedric Cerf, the project coordinator of Saint-Ursanne La Fantastique. He works for Ursinia, who is the association who organises the...

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It was my honor to do an interview with John Howe in Saint-Ursanne.Hope this interview will shed some light on the illustrator John Howe and about the event Saint-Ursanne La Fantastique.

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The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies was given this year to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.

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Other Minds Magazine made available its first issue today! It is The unofficial, International Role Playing Gaming magazine dedicated to exploring J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth and beyond.

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The second conference will be at Lessius Hogeschool in Antwerp, Belgium, on August 8 - 11, 2007. Everyone with a serious interest in Tolkiens invented languages is invited to participate, and enc...

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Some months ago I contacted the author Kristin Thompson, and send her an e-mail full of questions since I had been reading some news about the book The Frodo Franchise she was writing and wanted ...

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A Tolkien collector from Puglia in Italy, copy-editor of the Second edition of The Annotated Hobbit, by Douglas A. Anderson.

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RRauction will offer a very interesting Tolkien letter in which J.R.R. Tolkien discusses the motivation behind his most famous creation, the Lord of the Rings.

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On April 15, 2007 we saw the release of Tolkien Sudies Volume IV. Luckily I had pre-ordered it and was reminded all about it when it arrived this morning. This is a journal of Tolkien scholarship...

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I did announce you earlier that a celebration boxed set of the Hobbit, Mr Baggins and the Return to bag-end would be published. It would be a three-book slipcased edition comprising of The Hobbit...

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The Secrets of the Lord of the Rings is a thrilling audio podcast that takes listeners on a voyage through the mythological and religious themes that have made J.R.R. Tolkiens fictional work love...

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It is my great pleasure to announce Saint-Ursanne La Fantastique, an exclusive exhibition of John Howe paintings. Actually, it is much more then just an exhibition, it is a two month fantasy art ...

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In Oktober 2007 we will also get a brand new edition of the story Mr. Bliss, written and illustrated by Tolkien himself. Originally published in 1982, the book has been out of print since the 199...

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To claim that Tolkien tapped into some kind of mystical or prophetic Bible-Code, like ancient knowledge, and that The Lord of the Rings is genuine history is very controversial. Here is an interv...

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The finalists for the 2007 Mythopoeic Awards have just been announced and feature once again the best authors and books in the field of Inkling scholarship: Marjorie Burns with Perilous Realms, V...

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Tolkien manuscripts reside now 50 years at the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Marquette University in Milwaukee. That of course need some celebration. As a part of t...

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It has been 70 years now since the Hobbit was published. For this reason I thought it nice to look back at some article I wrote some years ago.

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Tolkien Library gives you the ability to subscribe to the content on his website. Not only can you receive all updates and Tolkien book news straight into your mailbox, you can also add it on you...

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I have been interviewed by Marty Weil, the driving force behind ephemera.typepad.com on 3 June 2007. He is an ephemera dealer, consultant, and researcher. He is also a freelance journalist. I hav...

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Some new pictures and text has been added to the amazing collector profile of Yvan Strelzyk. He is the lucky owner of some very rare Tolkien translations. People interested to share their collect...

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Today we see the publication of a hardcover illustrated companion of The Lord of the Rings stage show, which features exclusive interviews and photographs of the creation of one of the worlds mos...

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This is the latest info I received from David Brawn, the publishing director of Harper Collins. The Silmarillion deluxe will match the specifications of The Children of Hurin deluxe, as this is w...

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Today I can announce some very good news. The person who will read The Children of Hurin Audio Book is the famous actor Christopher Lee.

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To celebrate 70 years of the Hobbit we will see a new edition of The Hobbit by the US Tolkien publisher Houghton Mifflin. it will feature a short introduction by Christopher Tolkien, a reset text...

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It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of a Deluxe edition of The Children of Hurin by Houghton Mifflin. The winners are Alessandra Luisa Silva and Matt Carrier.

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Tolkien Library and Houghton Mifflin are teaming up to celebrate the publication of the deluxe edition of The Children of Hurin by Houghton Mifflin. For the release we will be giving away 2 copie...

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Today we finally see the publication of the Deluxe Edition of The Children of Hurin by Houghton Mifflin, the official American Publisher of J.R.R. Tolkien for over 65 Years.

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Now to celebrate 30 years of the Silmarillion we will see the first publication of a deluxe edition of The Silmarillion, featuring a revised, reset text. This revised The Silmarillion will be bou...

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An audio book of The Children of Hurin will already be released this year. This unabridged edition of The Children of Hurin will be released on the 3rd of September 2007 and is already available ...

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The Tolkien Library Store has been updated and next to some very rare Deluxe Editions, I have added for sale some copies of The Children of Hurin signed by Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee to Pub...

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While many had sent in questions for Mark Hooker, which he would answer during his Question and Answer session at The Children of Hurin Release Party, he was unable to attend because of family ma...

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On Saturday 28 April De kinderen van Hurin, the Dutch translation of The Children of Hurin, was officially presented at a most suitable venue, The Tolkien Shop in Leiden, Holland. The release eve...

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The Children of Hurin, which came out April 17, has topped numerous best-seller lists. For the release of the book there where held two official publication events, one in London and one in New Y...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/children-of-hurin-facts-figures.php

The first part of The History of The Hobbit by John D. Rateliff, a new study of J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit, has been published today. To celebrate the publication of the first part of the History...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/history-of-the-hobbit-part1.php

In celebration of the publication of The Children of Hurin, the first complete book by JRR Tolkien in 30 years, Houghton Mifflin has put together an essential collection of Tolkien books. This se...

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A Barnes and Noble Exclusive. A limited quantity of THE CHILDREN OF HURIN signed by Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee will go on sale. The following info is sent LIVE from the NYC Release of the C...

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The most impressive book that has been published this year is for sure the two volume book set called the J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide by Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond. By far this book...

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It is my pleasure to have been ask to add the following Tolkien collector profile.Yvan Strezlyk is a Tolkien collector from Thonon-les-Bains in France, specialized in Tolkien translations, French...

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We are now counting down the days towards the publication of The Children of Hurin. The excitement for this new book makes us almost forget that this year we also celebrate the 70th anniversary o...

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If there is one book that really has impressed me, it is Diana Glyers The Company They Keep - C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community. I read the review by Josh B. Long and needed t...

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Join Waterstones for a daylong extravaganza of readings, competitions and activities in store including illustrator Alan Lee signing the new novel. Signed bookplates will be awarded to the first ...

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The Children of Hurin Release Party is an online event which will take place around the release date of The Children of Hurin, the new book by J.R.R. Tolkien, due for worldwide release on Tuesday...

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Enter now with code Hurin and answer signed at the Children of Hurin Release Party Contest form to win a deluxe Children of Hurin signed by Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee. The winner will be an...

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A limited quantity of THE CHILDREN OF HURIN signed by Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee will go on sale at Barnes and Nobles at New York City. Not a real signing event, yet VERY interesting for al...

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It is my great pleasure to share this image with you! Here is Alan Lees painting Beleg Departs Menegroth from The Children of Hurin, opposite page 96. It is the first interior painting released b...

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While we do have a lot information about the English edition of Children of Hurin already, it is very difficult to find any info on The Children of Hurin translations. Because not everyone will b...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/the-children-of-hurin-translations.php

This is the eleventh newsletter send by the Tolkien Library. It summarizes the events of what has happened on the site in the last months and brings the latest news. Since a lot of members did no...

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Here follows an interview with Squire, one of the contributors of the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia and also the man behind the J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia - A Readers Diary.In october 2006 We sa...

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While the publication date of both volumes of The History of the Hobbit by John D. Rateliff is still uncertain, probably around may or june, it is now certain that we will get a commemorative box...

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Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher and info was recovered from the Library of Congress. Contents may have variations from the printed book or b...

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The rare Tolkien book store for serious Tolkien collectors has seen an update. The Tolkien Library Store always has a large amount of rare and collectible Tolkien books up for sale. The books in ...

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Another update to the Children of Hruin FAQ. I received many emails from people who wanted to know what The Children of Hurin was all about. There for I made a brief summary of the tale. Others a...

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Alan Lee was one of the two lead concept artists for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, Alan Lee won an Academy Award in 2004 for his work on The Return Of The King. Now Alan Lee illustrated th...

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It may not be a surprise, this year the annual Tolkien Calendar and Tolkien Diary contain 13 of the finest watercolours by Alan Lee, selected from The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien and othe...

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Now one month before for the publication of the Children of Hurin it seems all attention is focused on this new book. Next to this major news topic there is a lot of other important books being p...

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The Children of Hurin FAQ is growing. More questions by people result in more answers. Have also added some extra images of both the Deluxe Editions as the Hardback editions. Now we can see how t...

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I have great pleasure to present a JRR Tolkien inspired Art Exhibition being held for 4 days from Saturday 21st to Tuesday 24th April 2007 at The Redesdale Hall, High Street, Moreton in Marsh, Gl...

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Have updated the Tolkien Library RSS Feed and added a link inside the Feed. So now Im able to link towards the full article. Hope this feed is better then the last one.

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It seems a lot of people do ask me the same questions over and over again. All are very excited about the new Tolkien book and all want to know so many things about it! So I send some questions t...

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It is my pleasure to bring you this interview with James Dunning. His art is featured in A Tolkienian Mathomium by Mark T. Hooker. The Artist James Dunning has read and digested Tolkiens various ...

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Four days ago I brought you the first view on the final cover of the standard hardback edition (ISBN 0-00-724622-6), today I can share something else! Here is a sneak peek on how the deluxe slipc...

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We all know this year we will celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Hobbit and the 30th anniversary of The Silmarillion. Also this year we will see the publication of a brand new Tolkien book, Th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/celebrating-mr.bliss.php

On September 18th, 2006 The Children of Hurin was announced. Set to be released worldwide on 17 April 2007 the unfinished work edited by Christopher Tolkien will finally be released after 30 year...

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Another fine two months! We see the publication og The Lord of the Rings: Popular Culture in Global Context, Tree of Tales: Tolkien, Literature and Theology,a re-issue of the famous Hobbit and Th...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/january-february-2007-tolkien.php

From april 2007 publicity and marketing coverage will be extensive on the back of the launch of the new book Children of Hurin. Activity includes a newly designed consumer focused website www.tol...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/tolkien-calendar-2008.php

While waiting for the new tolkien.co.uk site of Harper Collins I contacted David Brawn, publishing director of HarperCollins UK and had a nice interview. At first I was thinking to write an artic...

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Fans of Tolkien, Lewis, Charles Williams, and the other lesser-known Inklings will be excited by this book. This important study challenges the standard interpretation that Lewis, Tolkien, Charle...

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, edited by Michael Drout, is an 774-page book with alphabetically arranged entries on tolkien's life and works. It is intended, says the publisher (Routledge - Tay...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/drout-tolkien-encyclopedia.php

Johan Vanhecke, A Tolkien collector from Antwerp, and the author of In de Ban van de Hobbit.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/johanvanhecke.php

Added an interview with Mark Hooker - author of A Tolkienian Mathomium

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The cover design for Children of Hurin has revealed by Uitgeverij M, the Dutch publisher of Tolkien books. Here you can have a look! Also added last week was an overview of the new Tolkien relate...

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Added to the Tolkien Shop: Linguaphone Conversational Course English - Complete set - 16 records and 4 booklets in original box -$1400.00. The oldest recording of Tolkien made! Prof. J.R.R.Tolkie...

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Added two new books to the shop, a wonderfull 1st US Hobbit 1st State - Facsimile dustjacket in slipcase and a 1960 Readers Union Lord of the Rings, Very Good Plus/Near Fine with original dustjac...

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The first complete book by J.R.R. Tolkien in three decades - since the publication of The Silmarillion in 1977 - The Children of Hurin reunites fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with E...

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A lot of signed Tolkien books, special items, first editions, rare Tolkien books have been added to the Tolkien Library Shop. Need to buy something really special now is your chance.

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It's never too early to start planning your Christmas shopping and this year, we've made it even easier for you with a list of gift ideas! It is always difficult to choose a nice gift for someone...

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This month we finally see the publication of the most important book written about Tolkien. Designed to be the essential reference works for all readers and students, these volumes present the mo...

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Added a new article: Tolkien Books published in November 2006 - the month of Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond.

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The collector profile of Neil Holford was added. He is a Tolkien collector from Birmingham, and the compiler of the website "An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography".

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Today I received The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide Box set. We have waited such a long time for this and I can only say that it is brilliant. Now I will start reading and hope to bring a rev...

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Another 3 hobbits were added to the Hobbits around the globe gallery bringing the total to 199 hobbits.

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I am very happy to announce another collector profile. This time an avid Hobbit collector, Henk Brassien, known as the Hobbit Hunter. Read his tale here.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/hobbithunter.php

The list of Tolkien Societies has been updated and The Almaren Fellowship, The Croatian Tolkien Society has been added.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/societies.php

Harper Collins is still working on the details of the De luxe edition and they are still being agreed with the Tolkien Estate and Alan Lee, but we can confirm that a De Luxe edition of "The Child...

https://tolkienlibrary.com/press/childrenofhurin-deluxe-edition.php

Added a lot of Italian, Polish, Russian and Turkish hobbits in the Hobbits Around the Globe Gallery. We now have 196 Hobbits! Many thanks for all the contributions.

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The pleasure was mine to add a new Tolkien Collector Profile, this time Jeremy Edmonds (Rowns) from tolkienguide.com. See his profile here.

https://tolkienlibrary.com/collecting/collectors/rowns.php

The hobbit gallery just grew a little more, 15 hobbits were added. Now we have 160 hobbits in the Hobbit gallery.

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A major update of the gallery of translations of the Hobbit has been made: Hobbits around the Globe. Thanks to a nice program called galerie it will be very easy to add new hobbits in the future....

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In the following article History of the Hobbit: An essential resource book for the forthcoming movie adaptation of The Hobbit, i give an extensive update on the book The History of The Hobbit, by...

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In the previous article I announced the publication of The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide on 2 October 2006 (with possible delay). Some people sent me emails to ask where to find the book bec...

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I have great pleasure to present a JRR Tolkien inspired Art Exhibition by Henning Janssen, being held from Saturday 21st October to Saturday 13th January 2007 at The Tolkien Shop in Leiden, Holla...

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While last month the world was talking about the publication of the new Tolkien book, The Children of Hurin, it seems this month is dominated by new publications by Michael D.C. Drout. Most peopl...

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We will see all major Tolkien works in a new jacket this year. The secondary works are all published in paperback format, while we see some nice re-issues of The Silmarillion (the 30th ann. Editi...

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Good news, another update of the Tolkien Library Store! Now available are some of the rarest and finest Tolkien books. We have added some very clean US Lord of the Rings editions, a perfect super...

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A new thing this year are the downloadable audio books. Up to date we could all buy Tolkien Audio Books on CD or even on cassettes. Now, with the success of the iPod, Harper Collins has taken a n...

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One thing is sure if you are a beginner, an expert or an extreme Tolkien collector you can learn from one another. There for I added this section, Tolkien Collector Profiles, where you can see th...

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Only one week after the announcement of the new Tolkien book, we can already give a lot more information about the UK edition of the book. The book will be published in the UK on 16 april 2007 an...

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A very nice book aimed at children, but nice for adults also. Read my review here.

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Spanish publishing house Espasa Calpe is going to publish The Hobbit's reader's guide for students (in Spanish), as part of the relaunching of their Coleccion Austral, dedicated to the republishi...

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Since 1937, few books have provided more pleasure than J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit. Originally published in England with a first printing of 1,500 copies, The Hobbit today celebrates its 69th anni...

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It is quite possible that a good movie could be made of some of the stories within the Silmarillion: the tale of Turin Turambar or the soon published The Lay of the Children of Hurin is probably ...

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First I have added more news on The J.R.R. Companion and Guide by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, read it here. And also the announcement of a new Middle-earth and JRR Tolkien inspired art ...

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These days we can hear a lot of rumors about a possible "The Hobbit" movie. Whether the rumors are true or not, no-one can tell for sure. What I can tell is this, next year a wonderful book will ...

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Can you feel the excitement in the air. Some of us for sure do count the days. All started what now seems ages ago. In twenty days from now we will finally see the publication of The J.R.R. Tolki...

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We have added a major update to the book section. It now has the beginning of a list with books about J.R.R. Tolkien. Now reviewed are A Tolkien Compass, The Tolkien Companion, J.R.R. Tolkien: a ...

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TolkienLibrary just send out his eight newsletter. If you just missed it, or did not receive it you can always read him here. Also the links page had been slightly updated, as were some slight ch...

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Ever wanted to have the scarcest of all the original Allen and Unwin 1st Editions, as well as the Houghton Mifflin issues, in your collection. Now is your chance. TolkienLibrary is holding a sale...

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The rare Tolkien book store, here , has been updated. A lot of new items are added! We currently sell a very nice rebound 1st UK Lord of the Rings, some unique books signed by Pauline Baynes, and...

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Inside the little book Oxford Poetry 1915 we can find one of tolkien's early fairy poetry, a poem which achieved great popularity and was reprinted many times in various collections of children's...

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For years Dr. Richard Purtill lived two lives: by day, professor of philosophy; by night, he wrote fantasy and science fiction books. Weekdays he lectured in classrooms weekends he attended fanta...

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Making a website about Tolkien was (and is) a great way to share your passion about Tolkien books; It creates a path to make new friends, meet interesting people on the road. Now it also seems it...

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Let us have a look what 2006 will offer us. For sure it will again become a fascinating year in the field of Tolkien related literature. I'll try here to summarize all the books we will have to l...

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Every week I'm browsing the internet looking for rare Tolkien books. Signed Tolkien books are especially watched closely and sometimes a lot of e-mails are send around to ask opinions. Buying sig...

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I have great pleasure to present a JRR Tolkien inspired Art Exhibition being held for 4 days from Saturday 20 th May 2006 at The Redesdale Hall, High Street, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire.

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Exactly 50 years ago, "the Return of the King" was put in the stores and J.R.R. tolkien's trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" was completed. Immediately 7.000 copies were printed because of the high ...

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Next to the editorial work on the 50th anniversary edition of tolkien's The Lord of the Ring, the production of a new index for the same book and completing The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide...

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In de Ban van de Hobbit is a book for all who visited Middle Earth, by reading the books or seeing the movies, and want to find out know more about the creation of this world. The writer, Johan V...

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In 1997 a revision of the translation was issued, as both publisher and translator thought that the Dutch text had to be updated and refreshed for a new generation of readers. From that moment on...

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In 1997 a revision of the translation was issued, but the three-volume edition followed the old printing numbers. Since 1997 there are a lot of reprints, different covers and sometimes the text i...

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The Dutch translation of The Lord of the Rings is called In de Ban van de Ring. Back in 1956 it was the very first translation of the book, and it was also the first work of Tolkien translated in...

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Next follows the final part of the overview of the three-volume editions. This part covers all the prints of Part III, The Return of the King translated into Dutch + the appendices.

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In combination to this article there was made an easy to use identification table for 'De Hobbit', giving a fast overview of every different printing, making the identification of your own De Hob...

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The Dutch translation of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were not the only books by Tolkien that ended up being translated into Dutch, here are all other books that were translated.

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Next follows the second part of the overview of the three-volume editions. This part covers all the prints of Part II, The Two Towers translated into Dutch. In combination to this article there w...

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J.R.R. Tolkien had the tendency to sign all the books which were in his personal library, which was really huge. Most of tolkien's personal books were donated and/or sold towards libraries (fe. t...

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In collecting JR.R. Tolkien first editions, the earlier the better is the rule. The first issue of a Tolkien book is always more desirable and more expensive than a later issue. So for fanatic To...

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When asking a Tolkien collector which book is the most precious book in his collection, it will probably be a perfect first edition of the Lord of the Rings, a signed book, like a Silmarillion si...

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The Tale of Gondolin is a book most Tolkien lovers did not hear of yet, maybe because it is a private publication and strictly limited to a Worldwide printing of just 50 COPIES. It is a book Comp...

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Today i was reading in Letters by Humphrey Carpenter, while i was looking on a totally different subject i accidently bumped into letter 98 (18 March 1945), to Stanley Unwin. In this letter Tolki...

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When collecting Tolkien books most people stop when The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings is on the shelves. Yet there is another treasure to explore. For most in the beginning a hard read, but ma...

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One fine morning Tolkienlibrary.com received a email from Kaloyan Ivanov, from the website Endorion.org. He noticed me that the translations section at the site was still under construction. With...

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On 4 January 2005 Humphrey Carpenter, 58, died after a long illness. He was known as a writer and broadcaster, and especially renowned for the authorised biography of Tolkien, the Letters of J.R....

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The first American edition of The Hobbit was published by Houghton-Mifflin in 1938, one year after the British edition. It is significally different from the UK edition, lacking the Britisch jack...

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These are beautifull days! Whenever there are celebrations the beautifull editions appear all around. I thought it was time to write an article on all the Deluxe editions published by Harper Coll...

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2005 is the fiftieth anniversary of the complete publication of The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. The first two volumes (The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers) were published in 1954,...

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October 21, 2004, marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Lord of the Rings. It has been called the greatest book of the twentieth century (see author the century by Tom Shippey), an unforgettable ...

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A lot of people are asking about ROTK Extended. I see people are getting excited about it, since they start asking questions to me... and i am normally not in to these things a lot. But ok, this ...

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Waiting for the 50th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings it is time to start looking out for all the new books that will be coming out this year. Of course there will be the spectacular celebrat...

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A Descriptive Bibliography was written in 1993 by Wayne G. Hammond with the assistance of Douglas A. Anderson. Anyone willing to collect books by Tolkien simply must have this book. It covers eve...

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There are quite a few places on the web where you can track down out-of-print titles. Here are some places to search, with some tips about where to look for what.

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