The Red Book of Westmarch (Archives)

Events, Legendarium, News
This week in Middle-earth history: April 11th – 17th
04.12.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and 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, Tolkien 101
Happy eleventy-eighth birthday to ‘Lord of the Rings’ author JRR Tolkien
01.03.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and 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.
News
Confirmed: Settlement reached in Tolkien v. New Line
09.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 3 Comments

An official announcement has confirmed the story that TheOneRing.net broke last week, that the parties in a lawsuit that could have derailed production of the upcoming The Hobbit films have reached a settlement.
Collectibles, News
Limited edition of ‘Sigurd and Gudrún’ now available
08.11.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

Publisher HarperCollins has made available a special deluxe hardcover edition of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, each signed by editor Christopher Tolkien, and limited to 500 copies worldwide. Each copy includes a facsimile page of the original manuscript. The book is hand-bound in goat-skin and features raised spine ribs and pages edged in gold.
News
Tolkien heirs vs. New Line: October trial date confirmed
07.17.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 2 Comments

New details have come to light concerning the lawsuit by the heirs of JRR Tolkien, the late author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, against film production company New Line Cinema. It has been confirmed that the suit will go before a jury in October, and may impact plans by New Line and Time Warner to shoot a two-part adaptation of The Hobbit, now in pre-production in New Zealand.
News
Finalists announced for Inklings Studies award
06.02.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

The Mythopoeic Society has announced its 2009 finalists for the The Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies. The award is given to books on J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, or Charles Williams that make significant contributions to Inklings scholarship. The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group at the University of Oxford in the 1930s and 40s.
News
“Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun” Drops May 5th
04.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

I got an email today, that I can pre-order the latest book written by the ghost of JRR Tolkien through the mediumship of Christopher Tolkien — The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun. It collects translations of “The Saga of the Völsungs” written while Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford in the 1920s and ‘30s.