Art and Literature News

Hobbit Book Covers through the Years

As reported, later this year, a facsimile first edition of The Hobbit will be released, giving fans and collectors an opportunity to compare the textual deviations of the first edition of The Hobbit from later […]

If Tolkien Wrote an Ad it Might Say…

“What would happen if Tolkien worked in advertising?” is the thought that started Miami Ad School Berlin student, Valerio Amaro, on a quest to marry up some Tolkien text with everyday products. Here are a few […]

An Interactive Chart of the Storylines in The Hobbit

Natalia Bilenko, Ph.D student in Jack Gallant’s lab at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at University of California, Berkeley, and Asako Miyakawa realized a dynamic graph of character relationships for three very different books, including […]

The Tolkien Inspired Art of Tomás Hijo

When I first saw Tomás Hijo’s Tolkien artwork, I immediately wanted to zoom in to see everything. The first piece I saw was his poster of The Battle of Five Armies, it’s a total of 40 […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This is how tumblr user petitpotato imagines the dwarves Ori, Nori, and Dori would look if they were elves! She also re-envisioned Bombur, Bofur, and Bifur as their woodland elf counterparts. (Myla) Natalia Bilenko and […]

David Day’s ‘The Hobbit Companion’

Published in 1997, The Hobbit Companion by David Day with illustrations by Lidia Postma is a book all about the meanings behind the words Tolkien created. With sections about hobbit history, Frodo Baggins, Bag End and […]

Exclusive Interview With Tolkien Textile Artisan Liz Heffner

Tolkien’s world has inspired a great number of artists and artisans over the years and the Middle-earth News Team is always pleased to be able to talk with these talented people. Recently, I had the […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This amazing paper sculpture is by Deviantartist FarTooManyIdeas who created this piece just from the images in the trailers for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. It is a fantastic likeness of the dragon Smaug […]

Call for Papers: the Inklings and King Arthur

Following the recent publication of Tolkien’s unfinished poem, The Fall of Arthur, a new volume is being compiled to further delve into the legendarium, which the late Professor had planned to continue. According to Tolkien Library, […]

The Tolkien Inspired Art of Steamey

Do you ever find artwork that quickly makes you daydream of another world? Well, when I first laid eyes on Steamey’s Tolkien art that’s exactly what happened. I found myself spending a long time looking […]