Art and Literature News

From all of us at Middle-earth News, Happy Yuletide!

It’s hard to believe a year ago we were all weeping over the fact that we still had an entire year to go before ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ hit theaters. Yet, here we all […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

To really impress your geeky friends and family, try making these hobbit door cookies! SemiSweetDesigns offers a a great tutorial. They look almost too good to eat, but I think you’ll manage somehow. (Middle-earth News […]

Top Guild Leader Contest — A Call to Arms

Originally published on CasualStrollToMordor.com. “I chose to republish this here on Middle-earth News because of the wonderful example it shows of the creative community that gathers both in LOTRO and the Middle-earth Network.  Both the […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

Add some Tolkien to your wardrobe with this Map of Middle-earth Skirt from NerdAlertCreations on Etsy! Shop owner Rachel Bradford made the fabric herself. (Lily Milos) If only we could jump into the TARDIS and […]

Join us for a LIVE Interview with Tolkien Chef Heath Dill

Tomorrow at 5:00pm EST, we’ll be chatting with Heath Dill, the creator of the recently funded Kickstarter campaign to create a Tolkien-themed cookbook. Medium Rare and Back Again will feature at least 30 recipes alongside […]

There and back again – The England journey of the Inda-Gymnasium Tolkien group

Thanks to Becky Dillon for sending this in.  She writes, “DTG member, Dr Julian Eilmann, took his whole class to Oxford on a “search for Tolkien,” and the kids made a video of the event.” […]

Weta, Windows, and Wellington

Earlier, on Middle-earth Network’s A Long Expected Journey to New Zealand, Arwen and the gang stopped by the Weta Cave… Once in Wellington, the very first thing our tour group hit up was the Weta […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This shirt is so cute, and I’m going to suggest that it’s pretty spoiler-free if you haven’t read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Though I expect Middle-earth aficionados to express annoyance at the placement and design of […]

EXCLUSIVE Bonus Chapter from ‘Wisdom of the Shire’ – Part 2

This is the conclusion to the EXCLUSIVE Bonus Chapter: The Children of the Shire from The Wisdom of the Shire. Read the first section here. Tolkien obviously loved his children. But strangely enough there is only […]

Pre-Order ‘Songs of the Dwarves’ by the Lonely Mountain Band

The Dwarven supply routes have opened up and the pre-order packages are now available in limited supply! “Songs of the Dwarves” celebrates the lore of the Dwarf and is the third album from the Lonely Mountain […]