Blog Talk RadioBlog Talk Radio Our next radio show is set for this Sunday, December 13th at 2PM Eastern. Our guest will be Sam Roads, artistic director at Microcosm Games, makers of The One Ring Game. We will also be talking about all the latest Hobbit news and other items featured on TheOneRing.net. You can now catch the video feed on Ustream!

We’ll be taking questions from listeners via chat, email, text and the old fashioned phone! Visit our BlogTalk Radio page to listen in!

Sotheby's AuctionSotheby’s is delighted to announce that their English Literature, History, Children’s Books & Illustrations auction on 17 December (sale code L09777) will include an exceptionally early drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is exceptionally rare for original artwork by Tolkien to be offered at auction. This early example depicts his aunt’s farm (‘Lamb’s Farm, Gedling, Notts’) and shows the location where he composed the earliest known writing that relates to his mythology.

The lot can be viewed here or the e-catalogue for the entire sale is available here (please note that the e-catalogue can take some time to load and the Tolkien drawing is lot 178).

Viggo Mortensen was in Montreal (what, you don’t come over for dinner?) this past Friday to celebrate the Montreal Canadiens 100 years. He introduced hockey great Guy Lafleur to the audience in fluent French. Take a look!

Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks On the next TORN radio show on Sunday, December 6th at 2PM Eastern, our guest and author Ethan Gilsdorf will be giving away a copy of his new book Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. All you need to do to win is listen in, and be the first person who emails the correct answer to a fantasy or Tolkien trivia question.

We’ll also be taking questions from listeners via chat, email, text and the old fashioned phone! Visit our BlogTalk Radio page to listen in!

Russell Nelson from Leicester Square TV sends this in: LSQTV sat down for an intimate one on one chat with the charming and phenomenally talented John Rhys-Davies last weekend whilst he was meeting UK fans at Collectormania London.

He talks about not only the magic of Tolkien and his experience of making the films, but also about whether or not he’d be interested in returning to the franchise for the upcoming Hobbit films. Continue reading “Video: John Rhys-Davies Talks Tolkien”