Tolkien News

Tolkien Birthday Toast 2024

The New Year brings with it the annual Tolkien Birthday Toast, celebrated the world over by fans of Tolkien’s work. Here is how the Tolkien Birthday Toast works. At 9 pm your local time on […]

Tolkien Birthday Toast 2023

It’s another New Year, and so the time has come to once again join with other Tolkien fans all over the world to honor J. R. R. Tolkien. On January 3, the Tolkien Society invites Tolkien fans […]

A Tolkien Reading Day 2022 Musing: Love and Friendship

Happy Gondorian New Year, my dear hobbits, elves, dwarves, ents, wizards, humans, and any other folk I’ve left out! Somehow, Tolkien Reading Day sneaks up on me every year, despite my best efforts to remember […]

Two New Illustrated Editions of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to be Released

Yesterday, Harper Collins announced two Illustrated editions of ‘The Lord of the Rings’. This #TolkienReadingDay we are delighted to announce a very special new edition of Lord of the Rings, featuring artwork by Tolkien and […]

Tolkien Birthday Toast 2021

The New Year has arrived (thank goodness!), and with it the time for Tolkien fans to symbolically join together all over the world to honor the man who brought us Middle-earth and all of Arda. […]

Christopher Tolkien Dies at Age 95

It is with great sadness that Middle-earth News joins the Tolkien fandom in mourning the passing of Christopher Tolkien, son of J. R. R. Tolkien and devoted steward of his father’s work. We extend our […]

“The Professor!” Tolkien Birthday Toast 2020

As we start a new year and (depending on how you count it) a new decade, Tolkien fans will symbolically join together all over the world to honor the man who brought us Middle-earth and […]

Staff Changes Ahead for Middle-earth News

I remember the exact moment in January 2011 when I sat down at the computer and decided to start a blog about Tolkien-related news. One that didn’t cover only news of the new Hobbit films […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 2941 – The Hobbit July 15 The company leaves Beorn’s in the afternoon Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings July 18 Éomer returns to Minas Tirith July 19 The funeral escort of […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Riddles in the Dark by aerettberg Year 2941 – The Hobbit July 9 The company shelters in the mountain cave “It seemed quite a fair size, but not too large and mysterious. It had a […]