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Tolkien Week and Hobbit Day – Find Events Near You!

Starting in 1978, fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and his writings have celebrated his literary brilliance with a week of festivities. Tolkien Week is observed as the calendar week containing September 22, which is always observed […]

Celebrate Tolkien Week, Hobbit Day, and Feast Week With Us!

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re pretty big Tolkien fans. So, you can imagine how much excitement and planning has gone into this year’s Tolkien Week, Hobbit Day, and Feast Week. The 2 […]

Jian Guo’s Lord of the Rings Stained Glass Art

For thousands of dedicated fans, Lord of the Rings has always been somewhat of a religious experience, and thanks to Jian Guo we now have a trove of bright and beautiful images to inspire our […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This Hobbit Door Shirt is available today only on shirtwoot! If you want it, come and claim it! (Lily Milos) Peter Jackson was planning to build a museum to house props from The Lord of the Rings, but after […]

My Shire Houses: A Dream Come True

Gloucestershire craftsman James Ford just wants “to help people have a little bit of real magic in their own lives.” After he was hit by a drunk driver and left in a wheelchair, told he would […]

WARS: The Battle of Phobos Through the Eyes of Knaves

Grail Quest Books, a partner publisher of the Middle-earth Network, is thrilled to present the annotated and illustrated special edition of Jim Perry’s WARS: The Battle of Phobos – Mavericks #1 “Firefight at Overwatch Command”, which includes ten original illustrations by Brian Hickey…

Design Contest: Treasures of Middle-earth

Attention artists! Here’s your chance to show the world YOUR vision of The Hobbit: the Treasures of Middle-earth Design Contest. Entries will be accepted until October 15, during which time visitors to the site can […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This Gandalf figure is one of several you can find at The Shire General Store shop on Etsy. 10 year-old Paul creates these handmade Lord of the Rings characters with the help of his younger […]

BREAKING: First Look at Lee Pace as Thranduil!

Harper Collins has just released The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Almanac 2013 (alternately called The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Annual 2013)! It is available on Amazon.co.uk for £7.99. You can also find it at the Weta Cave! […]

Return of the Ring 2012 in Pictures: An album by photographer Emil Johansson

Photo Credits: Emil Johansson There is “an odd Swede from Gothenburg doing a project of creating a complete Lord of the Rings family tree.” That amazing project can be seen here: http://lotrproject.com/ Yet, Emil Johansson is also a […]