Category: Book News

Peter Jackson: A Film-maker’s Journey, written by Brian Sibley, will be published by HarperCollins on 6th November. You can read more about the book at Harper Collins.

CBC Arts report that The Children of Hurin, is due for publication next spring. The Children of Hurin was initially started by JRR Tolkien in 1918 but then abandoned although some excerpts have been published. For the last 30 years his son, Christopher Tolkien has been working on completing the book and has said, “It…

If you have several thousand dollars to spare you might like to buy a first edition of The Hobbit which is up for auction on 14th September at Freeman’s in Philadelphia. You can read more about the book here.

In her new book “Perilous Realms – Celtic and Norse in Tolkien’s Middle-earth”, Professor Marjorie Burns discusses how, “Tolkien’s writing is much more subtle and nuanced than most people have realized”. There’s further information at Rutland Herald.

The Ring of Word : Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary, by Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, and Edmund Weiner, is due for publication in the UK in April 2006. The book, “describes the powerful and unique relationship between Tolkien’s creative use of language in his fictional works and his professional work on the Oxford English…

On Saturday, December 3, 2005, many of the contributing authors for Lembas for the Soul How The Lord of the Rings Enriches Everyday Life, will be signing the book at The Lord of the Rings Exhibition at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana. The afternoon signing will be an informal “launch” party for the…

Lembas for the Soul, a collection of LotR fans’ true experiences will be released on December 1st. Ringers from all over the world have shared their Lord of the Rings experiences with editor Catherine Kohman and Lembas for the Soul has fifty deeply felt tales of newly forged friendships, courage and inspiration, joy and loss.…

Canadian readers have been voting for their favorite books and 4 of Tolkien’s works have been voted into the top 40 list. The highest entry was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King which was voted into the number 5 slot. You can view a complete list of the top 40 choices…

Today, July 29th, is the 51st anniversary of the first publication of the Fellowship of the Ring. You can read a summary of the book here and find CoE’s comparison of the book with the movie here.

As part of their 10th anniversary celebrations Amazon.com has compiled a list of their top 25 best-selling authors and JRR Tolkien makes the list at number 8. You can view the full list here.