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Fans to enjoy Tolkien-based events and exhibitors at Comic-Con 2010
07.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

The San Diego Comic-Con International, the yearly mega-convention devoted to comics, movies, television, collectibles and popular culture, takes place this year from July 21-25 at the San Diego Convention Center. As usual, Tolkien fans will find a number of things to enjoy…
Events, Legendarium, News
This week in Middle-earth history: April 11th – 17th
04.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

This week in Middle-earth history: The Shadow of the Past; Tolkien’s parents are married; Sean Bean born; “The Children of Húrin” published.
Events, Legendarium, News
Today in Middle-earth history: March 25th and the Downfall of Sauron
03.25.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Today in Middle-earth history: The destruction of the One Ring, the Downfall of Barad-dûr and the final defeat of Sauron Gorthaur; also, it’s Tolkien Reading Day!
Events, News
Tolkien’s original art on display today in Oxford
03.03.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Original art by fantasy author JRR Tolkien will be on display today only, March 4th, at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, in celebration of World Book Day.
Events, Tolkien 101
Happy eleventy-eighth birthday to ‘Lord of the Rings’ author JRR Tolkien
01.03.10 | Permalink | Comment?

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, Oxford University professor, and author of the globally beloved fantasy epics The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was born eleventy-seven years ago today, on January 3rd, 1892, in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State, a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.
Events
Today in Tolkien History: son Father John Tolkien born in 1917
11.16.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

On November 16th, 1917 John Francis Reuel Tolkien was born to future Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien and his wife, Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt). He was their first child of four. Father Tolkien passed away in January 2003, while denying allegations that he had sexually assaulted a teenage congregant in the 1960s.
Events, News
Tolkien conference and fair to be held in Wales
11.01.09 | Permalink | Comment?

The Festival in the Shire, a conference, exhibition and fair celebrating the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, will be held in Machynlleth, Wales on August 13-15, 2010.

The event will cater to both serious Tolkien fans and the general public by hosting three separate events.