Articles written by: Lily Milos

Lily’s first experience with Tolkien was when the eccentric Mrs. H performed all of the characters from The Hobbit in her seventh grade class. In high school, she felt obliged to decline a second date with a boy who said he had no interest in reading The Lord of the Rings. In college, she unwisely decided to reread her beloved copy of The Hobbit during finals week, with only semi-disastrous results. When not writing for Middle-earth News, Lily tries not to unnerve her coworkers and family with her extreme geekery, but somehow, Star Wars, Star Trek, Sherlock, Merlin, Doctor Who, The Princess Bride, Back to the Future, superheroes, Disney movies, and of course, Tolkien, seem to have relevance in EVERY conversation.

A ‘Hobbit’ Nail Art Tutorial

This is the first post by a special Middle-earth News guest contributor, @FleurDeGaite. She is kindly providing a tutorial on Hobbit inspired nail art. I’ll let her take it from here! Nail Art The Hobbit […]

Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy To Host Tolkien Presentation

Tolkien and/or Jackson? Filming Tolkien’s Legendarium A Presentation by Shaun Gunner, Chairman of the Tolkien Society, and the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy Tuesday 24th February, 5.15-6.30 p.m. Chichester, West Sussex Room […]

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Wins at DICE Awards

At the 18th Annual DICE Awards last night, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor won eight of the nine awards it was nominated for. The award it missed out on, Game of the Year, was snagged by Dragon […]

University of New Mexico Hobbit Society To Host FREE Panel

The Hobbit: Observations on the relationships between Tolkien’s book and Jackson’s films A Panel Presentation by Janet Brennan Croft, Rutgers University Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University David Oberhelman, Oklahoma State University Robin Anne Reid, […]

“The Iron Parachute” By Cor Blok Soon To Be Released Through Oloris Publishing

Between 1958 and 1962, Dutch artist Cor Blok created 140 illustrations for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. These were among the earliest attempts at visualizing the story. Cor Blok visited The Professor in […]

Peter Hollens Completes ‘Hobbit’ Set and Makes Us Cry with ‘The Last Goodbye’

Peter Hollens has entertained us with music from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and he has now performed all of the end credit songs from each of our journeys into Middle-earth. “The Last Goodbye,” the […]

Dr. Higgen’s Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’

Available now from Oloris Publishing, Dr. Deborah A. Higgen’s Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ will add to the field of Tolkien scholarship a detailed study of how Tolkien entered into […]

‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Wins 1 Oscar Nomination

Congratulations to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies! Just moments ago, it was announced that the film received a nomination for the 2015 Academy Awards. The Scientific and Technical Awards will be awarded […]

Billy Boyd’s ‘The Last Goodbye’ Makes Spotify’s Top 10

Spotify released a list of the “most viral tracks” for last week, and we were happy to see Billy Boyd’s “The Last Goodbye” on the UK list! We always knew the Brits had good taste, […]

The 12 Days of Ori – Day 12

Today is the final day of our 12 Days or Ori posts. We hope you have enjoyed learning more about Adam Brown and his character of Ori in The Hobbit films! If you’ve been keeping […]