Celevon writes: The authors of Lembas for the Soul would like to thank the TORn community for nominating our book for the ORC award for Best Tolkien-themed book of 2005. It’s truly an honor to be nominated in the company of such distinguished artists and Tolkien authors. Now that the holiday rush is over, we’ve finally had time to pull together some photos of the Lembas launch party at the LOTR Exhibit at the Indiana State Museum in December. [More]
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Talking Tolkien – A podcast about the Tolkien Society Archives.
Since 1969 the Tolkien Society has been collecting all sorts of items that have been created or inspired by the writings of JRR Tolkien.
In their archives they hold a variety of objects, from paintings by Italian fans to key rings from fast-food chains.
In 2002 Xan Phillips interviewed the Tolkien Society’s archivist Pat Reynolds. Xan was making a two hour radio special which was to air just before the release of ‘The Two Towers’ the second film in Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy.
Thanks to the cinematic triumph of the films the globally perceived images of Frodo and Gollum were to change forever. So how would effect the literature and marketing ephemera surrounding the Professor? – it was an interesting point in ‘Tolkien time’.
The visit to the archives also brought up the opportunity to look at some of the previous items the society had collected, to delve into the history of the books and, of course, talk about Tolkien.
Podcast: Xan Phillips presents
Feature Title: Talking About Tolkien
Running time: 29 minutes
Link: http://www.xan.co.uk/volume_39.php
Web site: http://www.xan.co.uk/
From The Tolkien Society: At 9pm (local times) on January 3rd fans around the world are invited to raise a glass and toast J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday. The Tolkien Society has a webpage where fans across the globe can let other fans know where they’ll be celebrating if they’re hosting a party, or just what particular tipple they’ll be raising. Fans will be able to check the webpage and see who is celebrating where and if they wish to get in touch and join in. [More]
From The Tolkien Society
3rd January 2006
The toast is “The Professor”
Tolkien Birthday Toast!
At 9pm (local times) on January 3rd fans around the world are invited to raise a glass and toast J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday
The Tolkien Society has a webpage where fans across the globe can let other fans know where they’ll be celebrating if they’re hosting a party, or just what particular tipple they’ll be raising. Fans will be able to check the webpage and see who is celebrating where and if they wish to get in touch and join in.
The Birthday Toast event should be understood to consist of the saying of the toast and a drink (not necessarily alcoholic) of an individual partaker’s choice. The information posted by anybody on the Birthday Toast web pages will not be sold or passed on to any third party (outside of the context of the web pages and the ‘Birthday Toast’ event). Further details can be found at the website above.
The organisers do not condone drinking alcohol if it endangers the health or safety of the drinker or others, or contravenes the law.
The Tolkien Society wishes you all a Merry Christmas!
Celevon writes: Tonight (December 3rd) 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 Exhibit at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana. The afternoon signing will be an informal “launch” party for the book, and all interested fans are invited to stop by and meet the authors. [More]
seanastin.com has released the entire booksigning tour dates and locations for next month. Sean Astin will be signing copies of his (first) new book ‘There and Back Again : An Actor’s Tale’ at the following locations; New York, NY, Huntington, NY, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL & Bloomington, MN. For more details follow this link. [More]