Greetings — Anwyn here.

Just a note and apology to all you loyal Green Bookers: We regret to report that the next Green Books update is delayed until August, due to Comic-Con and other intrustions of Real Life. Watch for our Back to School edition which will feature new offerings from our columnists, a world of new Ticklers from Tookish, a choice selection of fan writing, and, of course, a new round of the always interesting Questions and Answers.

Much too hasty,
Anwyn, Turgon, Ostadan, Tookish, and Quickbeam

Irascian sends along the following scans from the latest issue of Empire Magazine, take a look! [More]

Our insider at Hughton Mifflin sends along this great pic of the new LOTR box set. Take a look! I must say they look spectacularly handsome in person — the title type is actually gold foil on all of them, and the wrap around the box (the last one below) is a nice toothy matte finish that really makes it pop. The individual books are glossy. These start shipping to US stores August 8th. [More]

Attendances at cinemas here have turned around after about five years of decline, all thanks to the unleashing of several blockbusters. Not long ago, the cinema business resembled the Titanic – the ship, not the movie. It was sinking fast. [More]

PeeJee writes: I Just picked up the new Empire magazine and thought i’d send you some info they featured on the new scenes in FOTR Extended cut. Empire saw the Extended Edition with the rest of the cast and crew during the reshoots for TTT. !!!Spoilers!!! [More]