Art and Literature News

Middle-earth News is Now on Pinterest and Tumblr!

It’s true, folks. Middle-earth News is now on Pinterest and Tumblr! To celebrate the announcement, and to kick off the month of February, we’ve got a little somethin’ somethin’ coming your way today. So, keep an eye […]

First Edition LOTR Makes £24,000

A set of  The Lord of the Rings trilogy has been sold for £24,000 at an auction in South Cerney, Gloucestershire. The books were a first edition set and all three title pages had been […]

New Book to Come from Weta

If you enjoyed WETA’s first Chronicles book, you’re going love their new one! It’s entitled The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles, Creatures & Characters. This new book will have a foreword by Andy Serkis and it showcases all […]

Hobbits Once Lived Among Us, According to New Archaeology

Have you ever finished your favorite Tolkien story, laid the book down next to you, and wished that it was all real? Well, Middle-earth and its inhabitants may be more real than you think! New […]

Anthony Gibbon’s Roost Treehouses Would Let You Live Like an Elf

Surely every Tolkien fan has, at one point or another, fantasised about living in a Hobbit hole. With Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit continuing to grow in popularity, businesses are stepping […]

University of Oxford Launches 3-Day Tolkien School

Beloved author J.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life in Oxford, and it is probably one of the most popular pilgrimage sites for fans of his work. Our own reporter, Evie, visited and photographed some […]

The Artwork of Frank Frazetta

Frank Frazetta was an American artist known primarily for his fantasy-based artwork. His work has graced the covers of many books and magazines, as well as movie posters. While he didn’t do much work surrounding Tolkien, he […]

Happy Twelfty-First Birthday, Professor Tolkien!

On January 3, 1892 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. During his lifetime he became a master storyteller, completing many novels such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Monsters and the Critics […]

The Artist Who Brought Tolkien’s Books to Life

Pauline Baynes is the English artist responsible for creating so many of the iconic illustrations for the books of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. I recently visited an exhibition of her drawings at Farnham […]

The Tolkien Professor Weighs in on Fan Reactions to Hobbit Film

The Tolkien Professor Weighs in on Fan Reactions to Hobbit Film December 30, 2012 – Dover, DE. It should come as no surprise that, at least among devoted fans, the recent release of The Hobbit: […]