Dragon Con Goes Virtual for 2020
In more normal times, I would already be safely ensconced in a hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, getting ready for Dragon Con to get full and truly underway. As we know too well, the times are […]
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On Escapism and Tolkien’s Work During Challenging Times
Bag End, Hobbiton Movie Set, Matamata, New Zealand. Photo credit: Myla Malinalda. Haven’t you ever wanted to throw a brick at your TV or computer, run outside your front door to find Bilbo sitting there […]
Return of the 6 Week Middle-earth Movie Marathon!
We saw the beacons! We saw your call for aid! And Middle-earth News will answer! Muster the fandom! While we can’t do much to help with the real crisis, we CAN help our fellow Tolkien […]
Tolkien Reading Day 2020
Tolkien’s world has long been one of my refuges. I first visited Middle-earth at age 8 and have made frequent pilgrimages there in the more than a half century since. I think that we need […]
Why we will celebrate Tolkien Reading Month
Each year on March 25th, the day The Ring was destroyed, the Tolkien community celebrates Tolkien Reading Day in celebration of Tolkien’s work. Every year, the Tolkien Society introduces a theme for Tolkien Reading Day […]
Collector’s Corner: New LOTR & Hobbit Boxed Sets to be Released
As I was browsing Amazon for Tolkien related books, as one does, I stubled upon two soon-to-be-released box sets containing Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and with Tolkien Reading Day just […]
Christopher Tolkien Dies at Age 95
It is with great sadness that Middle-earth News joins the Tolkien fandom in mourning the passing of Christopher Tolkien, son of J. R. R. Tolkien and devoted steward of his father’s work. We extend our […]
“The Professor!” Tolkien Birthday Toast 2020
As we start a new year and (depending on how you count it) a new decade, Tolkien fans will symbolically join together all over the world to honor the man who brought us Middle-earth and […]
EXCLUSIVE: Astrid Winegar on Her NEW Soup Book, “Cooking For Halflings and Monsters, Vol 2”!
What was your initial inspiration for the new cookbook? After I completed my first cookbook, I was looking through my spiral notebooks which contain all the recipes I’ve been working on over the years. I […]
Staff Changes Ahead for Middle-earth News
I remember the exact moment in January 2011 when I sat down at the computer and decided to start a blog about Tolkien-related news. One that didn’t cover only news of the new Hobbit films […]
