Tolkien Reading Day 2018: Nurturing Your Inner Hobbit
Tolkien Reading Day 2018 is upon us! I should begin by wishing everyone a Happy Gondorian New Year! Tolkien Reading Day takes place on March 25 each year, the date that marks the downfall of […]
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Beren and Luthien Book Club: Week 1 & 2
On March 25th is the long awaited Tolkien Reading Day so all month long in March, we, along with some of our readers, are reading Tolkien’s Beren and Luthien over in our Facebook group. If […]
Join our Book Club in March!
All month long in March, Middle-earth News will host another book club were we will read Tolkien’s Beren and Lùthien. Last year in June, we hosted a book club discussing The Hobbit and you seemed […]
Collector’s Corner: Collecting Everything vs. Specialized Collections
In this week’s Collectors Corner post we’ll talk about having a specialized collection versus collecting everything. A few weeks ago, I’ve ordered my fourth illustrated edition of The Hobbit. The edition is from 1992 and […]
Playing the Pronoun Game: Are All of The Hobbit’s Dwarves Male?
It’s not exactly a secret that J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is short on female characters. While the recent Peter Jackson films may have created new characters as well as expanding on the roles of women […]
Celebrate with the Tolkien Birthday Toast 2018!
The year is new, and Tolkien fans always start the year off right, by honoring the man who brought us Middle-earth and all of Arda. On January 3, the Tolkien Society invites Tolkien fans throughout […]
‘A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War: A New Documentary Series on Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in the Making
Our friends over on the German Tolkien Society reported that a new documentary series about J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis is in the making. In 5 episodes, each 50 minutes long, the documentary will explore the […]
New ‘LOTR’ Figures from Funko!
Have you heard the news? Funko announced that they’ll be releasing a new wave of The Lord of the Rings Pop! figures along with Mystery Minis! For years it seemed like we would never be […]
‘Celebrate Tolkien’ Recap
By Jim Wert, Guest Contributor “Celebrate Tolkien” had its inaugural gathering on November 9 and 10, 2017 at the Old Cigar Warehouse in downtown Greenville, SC. The celebration drew more than 100 Tolkien fans from […]
Weta Workshop Inspired Prancing Pony Sign DIY
I don’t know why, but I’ve always wanted to own a replica of the Prancing Pony sign, preferably a Weta Workshop collectible. I really like the idea to have a wall on my kitchen with […]
