This Week in Middle-earth
Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings March 17 Battle of Dale King Brand and King Dáin Ironfoot fall Many Dwarves and Men take refuge in Erebor and are besieged Shagrat brings Frodo’s cloak, […]
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90 Years Later, Tolkien’s ‘Beowulf’ Translation Sees Publication
Translated in 1926 but never before considered for publication, Tolkien’s version of the epic Old English poem, edited by his son Christopher, will finally be published on May 22 of this year as Beowulf: A […]
Tolkien-themed Cruise Answers the Question, “What’s Next For Hobbit And Lord Of The Rings Fans?”
Official Press Release: Wildly impatient for the release of Peter Jackson’s third installment of The Hobbit trilogy, There and Back Again, the global community of Tolkienites and Ringers are also getting ready to mourn the loss of […]
What Is It to Hear the Author Speak?
In a recent article from The Artifice, H.M. Bradford addresses the questions of artistic responsibility and authorial identity–two concepts that are surprisingly recent–which have developed mostly in the past few hundred years. For millennia, when […]
Middle-earth and Strong Female Characters
With the creation of Tauriel in The Hobbit trilogy, the discussion of female characters within Middle-earth arose once again. In the last decades, various discussions, essays, and even entire books examined Tolkien’s creation and representation […]
This Week in Middle-earth
Year 2941 – The Hobbit March 15 Gandalf meets Thorin and talks with him at the Prancing Pony in Bree Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings March 10 The Dawnless Day The […]
This Week in Middle-earth
Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings March 3 Théoden retreats to Helm’s Deep Battle of the Horn-burg begins Ents complete the destruction of Isengard March 4 Théoden and Gandalf set out from Helm’s […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
Check out this fantastic cosplay of Ori by frauleinninja! She had been dreaming about getting winter snow pictures with her costume, saying “Outside in the snow is the perfect place for Ori to read her […]
Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day: Giveaways, Contests, and Prizes!
It’s officially March, which means Tolkien Reading Day (TRD) is not far away. For those of you unfamiliar with TRD, it is celebrated every March 25, the day Sauron was defeated and The One Ring destroyed, ushering […]
This Week in Middle-earth
Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings February 25 The Company pass the Argonath and camp at Parth Galen First Battle of the Fords of Isen; Theodred son of Theoden slain February 26 Breaking […]
