The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
From time out of mind, Oloriel has been typing away in her little apartment, cats at her feet, hoping to reach out to other fantasy lovers by way of folkandfairy.com. Her discovery of Tolkien as a young adult awakened her long-dormant love of the otherworldly, and now she sees magic everywhere. Oloriel has a degree in writing, which she put to work during a three-year stint in vanity publishing – an experience not unlike purgatory and very much like having to read 20 bad books each week – which she prefers not to talk about. To renew herself, she knits, naps, reads, prays, writes, walks in the woods, and eats too many cookies.
At only twenty-six, Claire Prebble has some pretty impressive items on her resume. This designer has worked for Weta on and off for five years. During that time she created costumes, weapons, and jewelry for […]
There are only a few days left in The Return of the Ring’s competition to give any member of the public a chance to win a copy of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Edition on Blu-ray. […]
For the final installment of Precious Gifts for Your Valentine, Britta and I are going to change things up a little. We knew there had to be something beyond the usual Valentine’s Day gifts that […]
Move over, genealogy enthusiasts; Emil Johansson has got you beat. This Swedish student’s passion for the Tolkien universe inspired him to create a family tree for every character in Eä. He’s gotten tons of media coverage […]
Finally, the full cast of Lego Lord of the Rings characters has been revealed, and this time Gollum is with them! He accompanies a set of foul creatures comprised of Moria and Mordor Orcs, Uruk-hai, […]
A happy day it would have been to find this letter, handwritten by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, pressed between the pages of an old book. The Telegraph reports that this is just what happened to an […]
To those of you who follow the goings-on at the Mythgard Institute and with Corey Olsen, the Tolkien Professor, it will come as no surprise that Dr. Olsen has teamed up with our own Director […]
Do you daydream about the imaginary food in books? Or maybe it’s not imaginary, and it just sounds singularly delicious. Youtube to the rescue! Now there is a series that walks you through the preparation […]
According to Businessweek, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to uphold a federal law in the case of Golan v. Holder 10-545, a decision which restored copyrights to some foreign works that were previously in […]
I ask you, what can’t Athelas do? The December 2011 release of Apple’s iBooks 1.5 got rid of some old fonts that were nobody’s favorite (Baskerville, anyone?) but it also included 4 new fonts, Athelas […]
