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Tolkien Estate Threatens Lawsuit Over Book Featuring Tolkien As Character
The Tolkien Estate has sent a ‘Cease and Desist’ order over author Stephen Hilliard’s attempt to release his new book ” Mirkwood, A Novel About J.R.R. Tolkien”, which contains JRRT as a character and is described as an exercise in ‘literary criticism’. On Feb 17th Hilliard filed suit against the Tolkien Estate arguing that his…
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Silver Leaves Issue 3 Released
Issue 3 of Silver Leaves, the journal of the White Tree Fund, has been released. The theme for this special super-sized issue is “Tolkien / Fantasy Art and Artists,” and it features works by Tim Kirk, Ted Nasmith, Colleen Doran, Jef Murray, Hyatt Moore, Anke Eissmann, David Wyatt, Virginia Lee, John Dickenson, and more, along…
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Simon Tolkien and his grandfather’s shadow
In this article at The Huffington Post, Simon Tolkien, grandson of JRR Tolkien, describes how the LotR movies were a turning point for him. “I knew that the time had come to decide whether I was going to look in the mirror and see a famous man’s grandson or someone who had an identity in…
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Tolkien’s Norse Lays Garner Praise
Catherine Innes-Parker of the Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) had this to say about the latest Tolkien offering: “Yet because these are retellings rather than translations of any one particular source, Tolkien is free to exploit the force and energy of alliterative verse, recreating not only the content and style, but the very “feel” of…
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Summer reading with the CoE Book Club
The Council of Elrond Book Club is considering ending its sabbatical and restarting for this summer, but we’re looking for guidance from members as to which book we should read, and discuss, next. If you are interested in joining us, please come to the Book Club Forum and vote in our poll.
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CoE Store Item of the Month
For the month of May the CoE Store will be featuring the newest book release by Tolkien, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun. Released on May 5th, this previously unpublished work is Tolkien’s retelling in English narrative verse of the epic Norse tales of Sigurd the Völsung and The Fall of the Niflungs. Order you…
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Christopher Tolkien talks about Sigurd and Gudrún
On an interview with Guardian.co.uk, the usually silent Christopher Tolkien, son of the late J.R.R. Tolkien, has come out to discuss his father’s newest posthumous book, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. You can read the full story here.
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Tolkien e-books
E-versions of the Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Children of Húrin have recently been released and are now available for download. You can find further information at Harper Collins.
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New Tolkien book
A new book by JRR Tolkien (edited by Christopher Tolkien) will be published this May. Entitled “The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún”. The book, which is in narrative verse, is Tolkien’s re-telling of the Norse legend of Sigurd. You can read the full story here.
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“Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits”
A new book was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan and written by Dr Dimitra Fimi,”Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits.” You can view the author’s website here. The author sums it up for us: “My book is a new analysis of Tolkien’s mythology, looking at his creative vision from the perspective of cultural…
