A celebration of all things JRR Tolkien will be held at Penkridge library to highlight Staffordshire’s local link with one of the world’s favourite authors.
Literary lovers can take part in a guided walk from Penkridge Library across the Teddesley Estate, passing through Gipsy Green where Tolkien’s cottage of 1918 still stands.
Free copies of the book ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ will be given away to participants as part of the celebrations for World Book Night.
Staffordshire County Councillor for Pat Corfield, Cabinet Member for Culture, Communities and Customers, said: “This is a lovely way to spend a Spring day, exploring the area that helped to inspire JRR Tolkien. This is a wonderful and innovative idea from our library staff in Penkridge.”
Kookie sends this along: The Licensing International Expo 2011 in Las Vegas has displayed the first official piece of marketing for The Hobbit…very cool. Take a look at the photo from comingsoon.net
It is Wednesday June 15th 2011, and many of us are just waking up from a long night of Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition bliss. As requested, many fans have emailed in their photos and experiences. So to make things easy on everyone, we are going to continuously update this particular post with your experience as you send them in. Make sure you are including your theater and location in the emails, otherwise they may not get posted. We did get quite a few reports of technical issues with the screening, and we’ll pass that along to the folks at Fathom and WB. Of course, check out our Facebook page as many folks are directly posting to it with their experiences. Without further delay, click the ‘continue reading’ button to read more about experiences from fans throughout the US and NZ as they saw The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition on the big screen for the first time! You can still buy tickets to TTT and ROTK, and don’t forget to order your copy of LOTR Ex on Blu-Ray! [TORn on Facebook] [Buy Tickets] [WBshop.com]
For those of you attending a screening of The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition tonight, don’t forget to email us when you get home. We would love to know about your experience and feel free to send us some photos. You can email them to spymaster@theonering.net . We’ll try our best to post as much as we can. Or, if you are on Facebook, share your photos and stories on our wall. We’ve also set up a special photo album.
Have a great time tonight! And for those of us who are not near a theater showing the Extended edition, plop in the DVD at home tonight and follow right along! [TORn on Facebook] [Buy Tickets] [WBshop.com]
Constance reminded us that the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra performance of FOTR this weekend has been cancelled. This has been known for a while, however just in case fans were unaware, there is a press release below. For more information contact the NJPAC at 1-888-466-5722.
PERFORMANCE CANCELLATION LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING WITH THE NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JUNE 17-19, 2011 PERFORMANCES AT NJPAC CANCELLED
Due to unforeseen circumstances, NJPAC regrets to announce the cancellation of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, which was to run at NJPAC June 17-19. An NJPAC Customer Service Representative will be in contact with each ticket holder with further information. For any questions, please contact NJPAC at 1-888-466-5722.
Ron Newcomb dropped us a line to let us know his film ‘The Fellows Hip – Rise of the Gamers’ is almost ready for viewing, and based on this impressive trailer, it looks like a ton of fun!
Ron writes “I believe your fans would enjoy our film, as our customers are very similar in nature. It was written for fans by fans about geeks and those who love them. The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers is a buddy-comedy written in honor of online gamers and The Lord of the Rings. Full of Tolkien-references and good-hearted parody, The Fellows Hip will appeal to Tolkien-fans and gamers alike, as well as anyone who’s never been part of the in-crowd.” Visit www.TheFellowsHipMovie.com
A celebration of all things JRR Tolkien will be held at Penkridge library to highlight Staffordshire’s local link with one of the world’s favourite authors.
It is Wednesday June 15th 2011, and many of us are just waking up from a long night of Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition bliss. As requested, many fans have emailed in their photos and experiences. So to make things easy on everyone, we are going to continuously update this particular post with your experience as you send them in. Make sure you are including your theater and location in the emails, otherwise they may not get posted. We did get quite a few reports of technical issues with the screening, and we’ll pass that along to the folks at Fathom and WB. Of course, check out our Facebook page as many folks are directly posting to it with their experiences. Without further delay, click the ‘continue reading’ button to read more about experiences from fans throughout the US and NZ as they saw The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition on the big screen for the first time! You can still buy tickets to TTT and ROTK, and don’t forget to order your copy of LOTR Ex on Blu-Ray! [
For those of you attending a screening of The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition tonight, don’t forget to email us when you get home. We would love to know about your experience and feel free to send us some photos. You can email them to