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New Tolkien Books.
“HarperCollins has announced a new Tolkien publication to be published on 24 June 2021. The book, The Nature of Middle-earth, is edited by Tolkien scholar Carl Hostetter and has been heralded as an unofficial 13th volume of The History of Middle-earth series.” Read more at the Tolkien Society website. Another report is here and here.…
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The Fall Of Gondolin
The last book in the Tolkien trilogy of Great Tales of the Elder Days, THE FALL OF GONDOLIN was released on August 30th.The Publishers description of the book can be found here .
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Story written by Tolkien in 1914 about to be released.
The Story of Kullervo. writtten back when Tolkien was a 22 year old student at Oxford, tells the dark tale of a young man, sold into slavery and seeking revenge. Click here for more information on the tale, to be released on Aug 27th.
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First edition of The Hobbit fetches £137,000 at auction
A copy of The Hobbit, originally given by Tolkien to one of his students, has just been sold by Sotheby’s. Details can be found here .
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BBC launches online guide on Tolkien and the Great War
AS part of their coverage of the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 the BBC has released an online ‘iGuide’ discussing the impact that his involvement in The Great War may have had on Tolkien’s writings. The guide can be found here .
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Tolkien’s Translation of Beowulf Released
Details about the book, which is being released by both Harper Collins and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, depending on your location, can be found here, here and here.
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Tolkien Reading day; March 25th, Tolkien’s Translation of Beowulf is coming soon
This Tuesday, March 25th, is celebrated by Tolkien fans as Tolkien Reading Day. You can click here for some suggested ways to participate and here for a video, posted by Middle-earth Network, in which Tolkien Scholar Professor Michael Drout explains how to read Tolkien. For information on the release of Tolkien’s Beowulf translation you can…
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Rare copy of ‘The Hobbit’ heading for Auction
A rare first edition of The Hobbit will be auctioned off in London England on April 11th. Details of the auction can be found here
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Tolkien’s ‘Ainulindalë’ visualized in watercolor
Artist Evan Palmer has taken on the task of interpreting the ‘Ainulindalë’, Tolkien’s Middle-earth creation story, in a comic with 54 pages of watercolors. Click here for a look at the results.
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How to Pronounce the Dragon’s Name
Most English speakers want to pronounce it to rhyme with ‘fog’, but in this article in Arrant Pedantry we are given the proper pronunciation of ‘Smaug’ and an explanation of the reasons for so many people having difficulty with the pronunciation.
