Art and Literature News

The Hobbit No Longer in the Public Domain

According to Businessweek, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to uphold a federal law in the case of Golan v. Holder 10-545, a decision which restored copyrights to some foreign works that were previously in […]

10 Nails to Rule Them All

Check out this Lord of the Rings manicure with the Tengwar inscription written on gold nails! Our applause goes to “billythebrime” who posted these photos on Tumblr. Be sure to visit her website to read […]

Athelas: Healing Herb, Award-winning Font

I ask you, what can’t Athelas do? The December 2011 release of Apple’s iBooks 1.5 got rid of some old fonts that were nobody’s favorite (Baskerville, anyone?) but it also included 4 new fonts, Athelas […]

The Tolkien Professor’s Exploring the Hobbit Available for Pre-order

That’s right friends! Dr. Corey Olsen, Tolkien Professor, founder of the Mythgard Institute, and all-around smart guy, has finally got his first book, Exploring the Hobbit, up for pre-order. It is not, as you may first […]

Radio News Show, Warriors of the Westfold, Premieres Feb. 3

Look out, Middle-earth! The ‘Warriors of the Westfold’ are taking over Middle-earth Network Radio starting February 3 at 9 PM EST. Check back here for more details and follow ‘Warriors of the Westfold’ on Twitter!

Jef Murray’s Middle-earth Paintings – On Sale During Carnival Season

Jef Murray, Tolkien artist and friend of MENet, announced via Facebook that he will be helping us celebrate carnival season (that’s now, folks!) in a special way. From now until Mardi-Gras midnight (February 21), Jef is selling […]

The Hobbit Short Film from 1966

Yes, it’s true – this oddball film that has been making the news rounds lately really is as strange as it sounds. Gene Deitrich, creator of Tom & Gerry, joined his producer Tom Snyder in […]

Vintage Tolkien Covers, from the Charming to the Bizarre

Whenever I’m in a used bookstore, I like to look at the copies of anything by Tolkien, just to see what they have. Usually it ends up being the movie editions of The Lord of […]

The Delightful Dr. Shippey

A memorable interview with Dr. Tom Shippey took place this last Saturday, January 7th. Dr. Shippey, or just Tom as he prefers, visits with us about a range of topics that cover his early life […]

The Hobbit Hunter

Henk Brassien, aka The Hobbit Hunter, collects books by and on Tolkien, but he specializes in copies of “The Hobbit.” It all started when he was eleven years old, and his schoolmaster started reading “The […]