Art and Literature News

Rare Copy ‘The Hobbit’ Goes Under the Hammer

A rare copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary book The Hobbit is to be auctioned by Dreweatts & Bloomsbury on 11 April in their sale of Modern Literature. The press release says: As the third and final part of […]

Congratulations to our Tolkien Book Cover Redesign Contest Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of our Tolkien Reading Day Book Cover Redesign Contest! We had 19 spectacular entries for this competition and it’s been difficult choosing the winners but here are the two covers the […]

Tolkien Reading Day Haiku Winners

Tolkien Reading Day Haiku Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our Tolkien Reading Day Haiku Contest! We had a wonderful 115 entries for this competition and it’s been difficult choosing the winners but here are the two haiku’s the staff […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This awesome Beorn costume isn’t the only thing cosplayer Hizsi has done. Check out her Tumblr page for pics of her Thorin cosplay and characters from other fandoms! (Myla Malinalda) Blanco, the horse who played […]

David Wenzel, Illustrator of ‘The Hobbit’ Graphic Novel

Last year at New York Comic Con, I combed my way through all the aisles looking for anything Tolkien related. Sadly, there wasn’t much, and when I went into Artist Alley, I made sure to […]

The Tolkien Inspired Music of Rich Tuttle

A few weeks ago, musician Rich Tuttle approached us about his music inspired by The Hobbit. I made my way over to his Soundcloud straight away and saw some familiar looking song titles. In this interview, you’ll […]

What Is It to Hear the Author Speak?

In a recent article from The Artifice, H.M. Bradford addresses the questions of artistic responsibility and authorial identity–two concepts that are surprisingly recent–which have developed mostly in the past few hundred years. For millennia, when […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This awesome triptych featuring Kili, Thorin, and Fili is titled “The Line of Durin” by Adriana Melo. If you are interested in a print, you can contact her through her Tumblr. (Myla Malinalda) The Zaraysky […]

Soviet-era Illustrations of The Hobbit

So many people talk about their childhood memories of The Hobbit. For some, that memory is about being read to by a loved one, while for others The Hobbit was the first full book they […]

Tolkien Reading Day Haiku Contest

Extra prize news! A big thank you to The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth who have donated a prize for our ‪Tolkien Reading Day‬ haiku contest! In addition to the other great prizes, the winner will receive a Heroic Haiku […]