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Feast Week: Frolicking Mapleberry Cookies, by Ginkgo Marie

Many thanks to Ginkgo Marie for submitting her fantastic Frolicking Mapleberry Cookies recipe for Feast Week! She put a lot of effort into them and we can’t wait to try them ourselves. Check out her recipe below, […]

The Hobbit Celebrates its 80th Anniversary!

The Hobbit celebrates its 80 year anniversary today! Written by JRR Tolkien and published by Allen & Unwin, The Hobbit was released to the public on September 21st, 1937. The book started out as a […]

It’s Tolkien Week!

The celebration is upon us! Today is the start of Tolkien Week, the annual festival that honors the work of J. R. R. Tolkien and his son and editor, Christopher Tolkien. First celebrated in 1978 […]

40th Anniversary of the Publication of ‘The Silmarillion’

The Silmarillion is the history of the War of the Exiled Elves against the Enemy, which all takes place in the North-west of the world (Middle-earth). Several tales of victory and tragedy are caught up […]

10th Anniversary LOTRO Soundtrack Now on Sale!

One of my favorite parts of playing The Lord of the Rings Online would definitely be the music. I have a habit of staying on the login page for a long time just to listen […]

Weta Collecta + Win a Trip to New Zealand!

Weta Workshop recently announced a new mystery box called the “Weta Collecta” which features $150 worth of goodies! The box will come with a collectible, a t-shirt and more mystery items “from the world of […]

Dragon Con Wraps Ups Record-Breaking Year

The panels are over, the photo ops are done, the vendors are all gone, and the fans are drifting back to real life. Dragon Con 2017 is a wrap, and it was one for the […]

Send in Your Tried and Tested Recipes for Feast Week and WIN!

Every year, the Middle-earth News staff rolls up our sleeves and gets cooking to bring you some Hobbit-approved meals for Feast Week. Traditionally held between September 22nd through the 29th annually, Feast Week follows the […]

Celebrate Tolkien 2017

I’ve always been envious of Tolkien-themed events like Mythmoot, HobbitCon and DragonCon’s Tolkien track (which they sadly don’t have anymore), but that doesn’t stop me from being happy that others get to go. I recently […]

Collectors Corner: LOTR Funkos

With all of the different books and merchandise out there it’s almost unavoidable for Tolkien fans, including us at Middle-earth News, to not have a collection of some kind. We thought it would be fun […]