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Extra prize news! A big thank you to The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth who have donated a prize for our Tolkien Reading Day haiku contest! In addition to the other great prizes, the winner will receive a Heroic Haiku […]
The beginning chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion is entitled “Ainulindalë, The Music of the Ainur.” It starts out with Eru, also know as Ilúvatar, creator and father of the Ainur. Who are the Ainur? They are “the […]
The Knitting Witch is at it again! We’ve featured her knitted Hobbit characters in a past Eagle’s View, and this time she has blown us away with her knitted version of The Hobbit’s dust jacket. […]
Some readers who are new to Tolkien complain about the songs and poems in the books, perhaps thinking that they are not important to the story. But Sarah Wesson, author of the Earful of Cider […]
Check out this fantastic cosplay of Ori by frauleinninja! She had been dreaming about getting winter snow pictures with her costume, saying “Outside in the snow is the perfect place for Ori to read her […]
It’s officially March, which means Tolkien Reading Day (TRD) is not far away. For those of you unfamiliar with TRD, it is celebrated every March 25, the day Sauron was defeated and The One Ring destroyed, ushering […]
Often times when we find ourselves in search of a good book, we seek out the ones with the most enticing cover art. The various styles used and choices made by illustrators have been […]
Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the home of the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection, a treasure trove of Tolkien manuscripts and related materials. Norse mythologist Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried recently led a group of his […]
Third Dart Studios has posted the first casting announcement for the film Jack and Tollers: The True Story of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Here is the announcement from the film’s Facebook […]
J. R. R. Tolkien mined his own experience on the front lines during World War I when he created the scenes of terrible battles and heartbreaking loss in The Lord of the Rings. The Birmingham […]
