Art and Literature News

Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day in France!

The Tolkiendil Association invites you to attend one of the four Tolkien Reading Day events that they are sponsoring for Tolkien fans in France! Paris Venue – Les Caves Alliées, 44 rue Grégoire de Tours Time – […]

Doug Adams and the Symphony Silicon Valley – Nine is a Pretty Good Number

  Nine is a Pretty Good Number March 14, 2015 – San Jose, CA — Mathematics aficionados have had fun this year with the once-in-a-lifetime PI Day — 3.14.15. 9:26:53. Symphony Silicon Valley has more […]

Epic Orchestral Cover for ‘The Hobbit’

This amazing cover of themes from The Hobbit by Parademics is almost eight minutes long and so worth listening to every second of it! It starts off very relaxing and peaceful but quickly gets more powerful and […]

Chinese ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Reimagined

A while ago, Middle-earth News introduced Jian Guo’s beautiful (digital) stained glass art. Now, Guo’s amazing art work will adorn an upcoming Chinese translation of The Lord of the Rings. As part of a competition held […]

Middle-earth Beer and Music Festival Comes to Lancashire

This year marks the seventh anniversary of The Middle Earth Beer & Music Festival in Lancashire, England. Each year, the festivities are held in the village of Hurst Green, which is famous for its connections with […]

‘The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien’ Available for Pre-Order

Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, the same folks who wrote The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, are releasing another Tolkien art book, The Art of the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book […]

Call for Art Exhibition Submissions and T-shirt Designs

The Grey Havens Tolkien Smial, based out of Longmont, Colorado, is now accepting art submissions for two 2015 events! T-Shirt Design Contest 2015 T-Shirt Themes Grey Havens Group – “A star shines on the hour […]

Recipes of Middle-earth Tumblr

A couple of weeks ago, I discovered a fantastic blog on Tumblr and it very quickly became one of my favorites! That blog is Middle-earth Recipes and it features many yummy recipes and photos of food […]

Call for Papers – J. R. R. Tolkien: Individual, Community, Society

UPDATE: The application deadline for speakers has been extended to April 3, 2015. 5th International Tolkien Conference in Hungary CALL FOR PAPERS The Hungarian Tolkien Society, together with the Institute of English and American Studies […]

The Magic of the Ring: Tolkien Art exhibition in Italy

International Press Release: THE MAGIC OF THE RING from Tolkien to Jackson 24th January – 22nd March, 2015 WOW SPAZIO FUMETTO Comics, Illustration and Animated Picture Museum of Milan Viale Campania 12 – Milan – […]