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Tolkien Archives Field Trip

Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the home of the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection, a treasure trove of Tolkien manuscripts and related materials. Norse mythologist Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried recently led a group of his […]

Tolkien’s War Experiences Explored in Upcoming BBC Radio Documentary

J. R. R. Tolkien mined his own experience on the front lines during World War I when he created the scenes of terrible battles and heartbreaking loss in The Lord of the Rings. The Birmingham […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings February 17 Gwaihir bears Gandalf to Lorien February 23 The boats are attacked at night near Sarn Gebir At that moment there was a twang of bowstrings: […]

University of Northern Colorado Offering Course on Tolkien

Tolkien fans at the University of Northern Colorado may be excited to know that they can now take a course on the Professor. “The World of J.R.R. Tolkien” (MIND 288), taught by Kristin Bovaird-Abbo, will […]

Tolkien Reading Day Event and Benefit

Join the Long-Expected Fundraiser! The Tolkien Reading Day event will take place Tuesday, March 25, from 7:00 until 9:00 at Defiant Comics, 7234 Madison Street in Forest Park, Illinois. Admission is only $5.00 and includes […]

Is Athelas based on real-life plant?

“I have, I suppose, constructed an imaginary time, but kept my feet on my own mother-earth for place.” Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: “211 To Rhona Beare” Tolkien once mentioned in one of his […]

The J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts: Public Showings in 2014

It’s a small wonder we consider film as the form of art that speaks the clearest to our minds. And there’s also nothing new in when we say that the mind is a queer thing […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings February 14 The Mirror of Galadriel Gandalf returns to life, and lies in a trance No trees grew there, and it lay open to the sky. The […]

Marvelous Mathoms: A Beginner’s Guide

Mathoms: those totally useless objects that we somehow can’t let go of. We all have them. When those mathoms relate to a particular passion — Tolkien, for example — some of us fervently seek out […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings February 3-9 The Fellowship dwells in Lothlorien They remained some days in Lothlorien, so far as they could tell or remember. […] They had not seen the […]