The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
Britta first read The Hobbit when she was ten years old and has since devoted the majority of her time to studying and writing about Tolkien's legendarium. When not immersed in maps and books, she can be found battling the agents of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings Online.
A special edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is coming soon! Though it won’t be released until September 11, 2014, you can pre-order this special release of The Hobbit now through Amazon. According to the […]
This Tuesday at 7 p.m., the Wilton Public & Greg Free Library in Wilton, NH will be offering a presentation on Tolkien, titled “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Uses of Fantasy.” The program is free and […]
Yesterday, Community Manager Sapience announced on the LOTRO forums an upcoming in-game event where each server will be challenged with helping his low-level hobbits make it to Isengard without being defeated. Players are encouraged to […]
Several of us here at the Middle-earth News are huge fans of The Lord of the Rings Online, the popular MMO from Turbine. Some of us have been playing for years, while others have only […]
What is fantasy? Fantasy and its place in our culture is the topic at this year’s Mythcon, an annual Tolkien and Inklings-based conference put together by the Mythopoeic Society. This year’s Mythcon will take place […]
This April 11-13, the University of Vermont will hold its 11th annual Tolkien in Vermont conference and is currently seeking papers twenty minutes in length on any topic relevant to Tolkien’s legendarium. Priority consideration, however, […]
Popular mobile game maker Kabam has released two new web games, as well as a new expansion pack, based on the upcoming Hobbit film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug […]
Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Cryptozoic Entertainment™ announced yesterday that a new board game, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, will be released on December 20th and retail at $40. The second film in Peter […]
Just when it seemed as though the New England conventions had died down for the season, my father found out about another local event from some coworkers: SuperMegaFest, a convention chock full of famous guests, […]
Several months ago, gamers began noticing that Warner Bros. had registered a new domain, Shadow of Mordor; many members of the gaming community began to speculate on the nature of this new game. Game Informer […]
