Art and Literature News

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This amazing stained glass featuring a map of Middle-earth was created by Gerard Baines as his exam piece retraining in stain glass art. What do you think? Does he pass? (Lily Milos via Joe Gilronan) TomTom, the […]

Review: The Tolkien Years of the Brothers Hildebrandt by Greg Hildebrandt Jr.

A few years ago, I stumbled upon the book The Tolkien Years of the Brothers Hildebrandt by Greg Hildebrandt Jr. in my local comic book store. It was hidden in a box full of remnants; […]

School’s Hobbit Library Up For Award

Imagine being able to read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in a hobbit house! For the kids at Nansloe Academy in Helston, not only is this dream a reality, but their school’s library has been shortlisted for a […]

The Tolkien Inspired Art of Angela Rizza

There’s definitely no denying that the Tolkien community is filled with extremely talented people and I absolutely love seeing all of the artwork fans create. It’s fascinating to see how artists each have their own take […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

Nathan Shields uses his unique talent of pancake portraiture to raise money for his children’s college funds. His amazing Hobbit pancakes look too good to eat! Except the Great Goblin. I can think of other reasons not to […]

Poster from Emil Johansson of LotrProject: The Periodic Table of Middle-earth

Oloris Publishing and Emil Johansson of the  LotrProject website have officially released a new poster, The Periodic Table of Middle-earth! “Combining his passions for Chemistry and the works of Tolkien, Emil Johansson has created a Periodic Table for Middle-earth. This […]

Oloris Publishing Celebrates Its Birthday With Spring Poetry Contest!

Oloris Publishing Press Release: It has been one year since Oloris Publishing was launched! In celebration of our anniversary, we are holding a Spring Poetry Contest offering poets a chance to be published. The winner of this […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

These fantastic photos by Stan Buštor were taken at last year’s “The Battle of Middle-earth” LARP event in the Czech Republic. 2013 marks the 22nd year of the event, to be held June 21-23, 2013 in […]

The Tolkien Inspired Art of Gerwell

Earlier this week I stumbled across Gerwell and his artwork, or more specifically his Silmarillion artwork. What fascinated me the most were his illustrations of the Ainur. Their designs are so different from any other interpretations I’ve seen […]

‘The Hobbit’ Will Be Library’s First Book

As construction finished on the new library that looks over Centenary Square in Birmingham, England, the final addition was the 400,000 books that will have to be on the shelves for the September 3 grand opening. It […]