   Salon.com: Walking with Tolkien in Moseley Bog in the West Midlands, England
Nicholas Tolkien’s ‘ANACAPA’ Trailer HitsNicholas Tolkien, great-grandson of JRR Tolkien, sends this in: I first want to say how much I love your site. I’d love to interact with it somehow in the future. I have just completed a feature film entitled ANACAPA which you very kindly linked to on your main page. I have just released the trailer and wanted to see if you may be interested in posting it somewhere here. I am hugely inspired by the work my great-grandfather made and I love the community you’ve created here. Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien!
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, S.A., on January 3, 1892. He would eventually move to England, become an accomplished linguist and scholar, an Oxford professor and a beloved husband and father. While in his twenties, he began developing a series of stories that went on to become the rich, complex history of a place called Middle-earth: a world that millions would eventually visit, both on the written page and on the big screen, and come to love. TheOneRing.net raises a glass to “The Professor!” today, in honor of all the enjoyment and camaradarie his birth would lead to. Thank you, professor Tolkien! And don’t forget, today is the annual Tolkien Society’s Birthday Toast to Professor Tolkien. For complete details on the toast, jump on over to the Tolkien Society’s website. [Tolkien Toast]  Discuss »More about Fans, J.R.R. Tolkien, Meet Ups, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien, Tolkien Family Tolkien Estate Comments on Book CancellationBeren writes: I received the following statement by the Tolkien Estate regarding the “Wheelbarrows at Dawn” cancellation:
Discuss »More about Books Publications, Christopher Tolkien, Merchandise, Tolkien, Tolkien Estate, Tolkien Family TheOneRing.net’s Tolkien Reading Room
TheOneRing.net’s Reading Room is intended to be a forum for critical analysis and on-topic discussion of Tolkien’s literary works. Reading Room features include ongoing discussions of Tolkien-related books and topics, where volunteers lead ‘formal’ discussions, as well as posts of general interest you can make at any time! So please feel welcome, don’t be shy (we don’t bite!) and jump right in! The Reading Room is open to all. [Reading Room] New Hilary Tolkien Book CancelledMelilot sends along word: Regarding the launch of the new book on Hilary Tolkien: It’s been canceled. Andrew Compton sent along a message to explain things – I thought you might want to know before too many people are getting their hopes up. It’s a great pity I think.
Radio: Bruce Hopkins Chats to Tolkien, TORners Quickbeam & Xoanon
Bruce also talks with Cliff, Quickbeam, Broadway who is a film maker living in the belly of Hollywood. Cliff is one of the drivers of the TORN website and producer of the doco ‘Ringers’. Listen Here. Lastly, Bruce Hopkins chats with Michael Regina, head of the worlds largest Tolkien fan website, TheOneRing.Net, TORN, about how the current impasse between the producers and acting unions is affecting the fan base of the hugely anticipated Hobbit films. Listen Here. BBC Interview with Tolkien Resurfaces
Jump on over to the BBC to view the video. [Video] Discuss »More about J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, Other Events, Tolkien, Tolkien Family Tolkien Great-Nephew to Create Statue for Papal Visit
Read the full story at the Birmingham Mail website. [Read More] Tolkien and Dickens descendants collaborate on children’s fantasyPoet Michael GR Tolkien’s reworking of classic children’s fantasy is read for audiobook by Charles Dickens’s great-great grandson. It is a match made in publicists’ heaven: the grandson of JRR Tolkien and the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens have collaborated for the first time on a verse retelling of a classic fantasy story. Poet Michael GR Tolkien, the eldest grandson of the Lord of the Rings author, was inspired by Florence Bone’s prose fantasy for children, The Rose-Coloured Wish, first published in 1923. Telling the story of two children who set out to use an evil enchanter’s wishing chain of stones to save their alpine valley, only to fall into trouble, the book was read to Tolkien in the 40s and 50s as a child, and he in turn read it to his own children. More.. Millions of ‘non words’ discovered in secret vault
We bring this up because millions of ‘non words’ have been discovered in a secret vault owned by the Oxford University Press. A graphic design student, Luke Ngakane, discovered hundreds of these words in his research and used them in one of his design projects. It makes for an interesting article that we thought we’d share with you! Enjoy! [Read More] JRR Tolkien’s descendant is lord of his own filmNicholas Tolkien, the great-grandson of JRR Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings, is directing his first film. JRR Tolkien’s family took legal action against the makers of The Lord of the Rings blockbusters over their £3 billion royalties, but his great-grandson has not been scared off film making. Nicholas Tolkien, 19, who makes his debut with Anacapa, says: “After dealing with the Byzantine workings of Hollywood, I thought, ‘you know what, I can finance this film and direct it, so let’s just do it’.” More.. |
 
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Salon.com has posted a slideshow featuring a look at the locations that informed celebrated novelists, from Faulkner to Woolf. Of course Tolkien makes the slideshow with an image and description of Moseley Bog in the West Midlands, England. Follow the link to see both. [
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
