Art and Literature News

Tolkien Themed Instrumental Playlist

Last week I posted a music playlist with a dance party theme, and this week I thought I’d concentrate on all of the amazing instrumental songs fans have created based off of the tunes in […]

Evan Palmer’s Ainulindalë Comic

The beginning chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion is entitled “Ainulindalë, The Music of the Ainur.” It starts out with Eru, also know as Ilúvatar, creator and father of the Ainur. Who are the Ainur? They are “the […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

The Knitting Witch is at it again! We’ve featured her knitted Hobbit characters in a past Eagle’s View, and this time she has blown us away with her knitted version of The Hobbit’s dust jacket. […]

Tolkien the Overlooked Poet

Some readers who are new to Tolkien complain about the songs and poems in the books, perhaps thinking that they are not important to the story. But Sarah Wesson, author of the Earful of Cider […]

The City of Minas Tirith Built With 420,000 Matchsticks

I’m always fascinated by the amount of Tolkien-inspired fan art I find on the internet, but I had never seen an entire city built completely out of matchsticks, let alone thousands of matchsticks! The Iowa […]

Middle-earth Dance Party Playlist

Break out Gandalf’s fireworks and ale, it’s time for a Middle-earth dance party! Do you ever want to gather up all of your fellow Tolkien fans and have a party? Imagine it, enough food to […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

Check out this fantastic cosplay of Ori by frauleinninja! She had been dreaming about getting winter snow pictures with her costume, saying “Outside in the snow is the perfect place for Ori to read her […]

Announcing Our First Tolkien Book Cover Redesign Contest

  Often times when we find ourselves in search of a good book, we seek out the ones with the most enticing cover art. The various styles used and choices made by illustrators have been […]

Book Recommendations: For Those Interested in Artwork

In my last article of book recommendations I focused on hobbits. This time around I decided to look at books all about the art of Middle-earth. There are many talented artists who have brought this mythical world […]

The Riddles of the Hobbit: An Enchanting Exploration

The Riddles of the Hobbit, by Adam Roberts, Professor of Nineteenth-century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, and author of more than a dozen science fiction novels, is a critical examination of the notion […]