The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
Have you ever wished you could jump into a painting and join its inhabitants in their idyllic lives? For me, that feeling is never stronger than when I look at a painting of The Shire […]
Finally, Tolkien Feast Week has arrived! Welcome and well met, friends! We’re so glad you’ve decided to celebrate Feast Week with us. “When they had sung many songs, and talked of many things they had […]
In case you couldn’t tell, the staff here at Middle-earth News are a bit passionate about Tolkien. Alright, we’re downright crazed fans! Either way, we are very excited about this year’s Hobbit Day and Tolkien Week, […]
First published in 1937, The Hobbit has never gone out of publication, being translated into over 60 languages and selling over 100 million copies worldwide. While writing the Tolkien Companion and Guide with Christina Scull, Wayne Hammond, a well-known […]
The trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug had its first showing in HFR 3D at the IBC Awards in Amsterdam last weekend. And it included the first full body shot of Smaug! Adrian […]
Have you ever dreamed of building your own hobbit hole? Well, with Lynn Dean’s book ‘Home Sweet Hole: A Folio of Feasible Fantasy Floor Plans’, you might just be one step closer! You may recall […]
The Mythgard Institute was founded in 2011 as a new online academic center dedicated to promoting the study of imaginative literature and making academic resources more available to fantasy and science fiction fans around the […]
It seems that Galadriel won’t appear in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, but we’ll be able to see her again in The Hobbit: There Back and Again. Actress Cate Blanchett revealed her speculations to […]
Whether it is the Shire with its cosy Hobbit holes or Rohan’s vast plains, Middle-earth captures ones imagination, and suddenly, all you want to do is to go for a stroll. With its rich beauty, […]
These wonderful prop replicas of the hats of Gandalf the Grey, worn by actor Ian McKellen, and of Bofur the Dwarf, worn by James Nesbitt in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have been crafted by Stansborough to […]
