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Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold: We Announce the TRD Photo Contest Winners!

Tune into Middle-earth Network Radio for tonight’s LIVE broadcast of Warriors of the Westfold at 9 PM EST! Join hosts Arwen Kester, Oloriel Rudmin, and Mark McBride as they announce the winners of Middle-earth Network‘s Tolkien Reading Day photo contest! They’ll also […]

Dale Set Revealed

The German website HDRF believes it has the first sighting of the set of Dale and has posted the pictures on it’s website. It has been known for some time that Peter Jackson had permission […]

Happy Elvish New Year!

Do you feel like you could use a do-over of your New Year? It’s not too late! As our friends at the Elvenesse blog reminded me this morning – it’s Elvish New Year! March 28 […]

Kylie Leane’s, The Child, Sets Out From GQB This Spring!

Later this Spring, Grail Quest Books, the official publisher of the Middle-earth Network, is excited to present the international debut of The Child, the opening novel in Kylie Leane‘s epic fantasy series, Chronicles of the Children. Kylie is […]

Billy Boyd: the Importance of Film Festivals

In Muscat to participate in the seventh edition of the Muscat International Film Festival (MIFF), actor and musician Billy Boyd talked about the benefits of film festivals – such as how they can boost an […]

Fry Supports “Bloody Cuts”

Stephen Fry recently gave his support to the short film industry by making a donation to the horror film makers of Bloody Cuts.  Bloody Cuts is a series of 13 short films to be released online over the […]

Crafting The Hobbit: Crocheted Smaug

If you are, like myself, a bit of a crafty crafter (and I know many Tolkienites are) then have a gander at this recent addition to Instructables. User ChrysN has put together what at first […]

A Tolkien Reading Day Celebration

Since I don’t live in New Zealand, England, or even on either coast of the US, there haven’t been a large number of Tolkien-related events for me to attend. Therefore, it was my great pleasure […]

Casual Stroll to Mordor Episode 133

This week we discuss the 6.0.1 patch notes, the re-scheduling of the spring festival and the upcoming Turbine Party at PAX East.

Interview with Epicland

Formed in 2008 by Einar Sveinsson, Epicland combines symphonic black metal with folk and Celtic influences. Epicland’s first album, “A Madman and his Angel,” was released in 2009, followed by two more albums, “Songs of […]