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 […]
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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 […]
Celebrate Tolkien Week 2018!
The celebration is upon us! Yesterday was 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 […]
BREAKING: ‘The Fall of Gondolin’ to be Released in August 2018
Publisher Harper Collins releases The Fall of Gondolin, edited by Christopher Tolkien, in August 2018. This news comes as a surprise for Christopher Tolkien wrote in the preface of Beren and Luthien, published in 2016, […]
Beren and Luthien Book Club: Week 3 & 4
On March 25th was the long awaited Tolkien Reading Day so all month long in March, we, along with some of our readers, read Tolkien’s Beren and Luthien over in our Facebook Group. Read my […]
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 […]
BREAKING: Christopher Tolkien Resigns as Director of the Tolkien Estate
After the news of Amazon producing a new Lord of the Rings series earlier this week, additional news came to Tolkien fans around the world. Christopher Tolkien resigned as an officer of the Tolkien Estate, […]
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 […]
Mythgard Institute Presents Class on ‘The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1’
Have you ever wondered how J.R.R. Tolkien’s compelling and detailed fictional world developed? Would you like to study how stories and mythologies grow? Are you interested to read Tolkien’s early works published in The History of […]
The Tolkien Society Announces Award Winners
The winners of the inaugural Tolkien Society Awards were announced at the Tolkien Society’s Annual Dinner in Hay-on-Wye on Saturday 11th April 2014. Shaun Gunner, Tolkien Society Chairman, said: “A hearty congratulations to all the […]
