Art and Literature News

Original Tolkien Music Playlist

In the past we’ve posted playlists for a Middle-earth Dance Party, one for Instrumental Music, and now I wanted to create a playlist focusing on some original and amazing music people have created. Adele McAllister […]

Aaron Diaz’s ‘The Silmarillion’ Project

Aaron Diaz, author and illustrator of Dresden Codak, started a side project about a year ago based off of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion (you can visit the Tumblr blog here). He created an illustration to go along with […]

Music Video: ‘Diggy Diggy Hole’

Even though this music video is not speaking strictly of Tolkien’s Dwarves, we thought it so much fun that we had to share it with you. The song and video are brought to us by […]

Hobbit Card Tutorial: For All of Your Unexpected Party Needs

I’ve always loved working with paper, whether it was for school projects, scrapbooking, or cards for friends and family. So of course I would eventually incorporate my love for paper craft with my greatest love, The Lord of the […]

Beowulf: The Lost King of Rohan

An Anglo-Saxon Connection The Anglo-Saxon epic has been acknowledged many times as one of the major sources of inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The world in the poem is easily comparable to Rohan […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – July 3, 2014

For the next few weeks, Lily has entrusted the care of her Eagles to staff reporter Amanda, who promises to take excellent care of them and continue to aid them on their quest to bring you all the […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – June 30, 2014

For the next few weeks, Lily has entrusted the care of her Eagles to staff reporter Amanda, who promises to take excellent care of them and continue to aid them on their quest to bring you […]

Facebook Auction for Bofur Statue from Weta

Following Weta Workshop on Facebook comes with a lot of perks: you get to keep up with all of the latest news, see photos of their amazing products, and now? Now you have the chance […]

Sir Ian McKellen Receives the Honorary Degree by Cambridge University

Sir Ian McKellen received the Honorary Degree by Cambridge University as Doctor of Letters during last June 18. The Lord of the Rings actor already won a scholarship to study English literature at the Cambridge University, his […]

‘The Tolkienaeum’ by Mark T. Hooker Explores Many Aspects of Tolkien

The Tolkienaeum by Mark T. Hooker is a new collection of essays that explore many facets of Tolkien’s work. Mr. Hooker was honored in 2012 with the Beyond Bree Award, an award given by the […]