Today is the annual Tolkien Reading Day where fans from around the world celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien and his works by simply reading. Some schools around the globe participate as do bookstores and coffee shops but many more take part in their own way, by themselves or with friends and family. How did you celebrate? There are excellent responses on TORn’s own Facebook page (and we like to be “liked”) or you can share your experience on our message boards by following the “discuss” link below. It is also an excellent time to check our our own Reading Room including this post. If you didn’t have a chance to read Tolkien today, its not too late in many time zones (and we promise not to tell if you do it a day late.)
Category: Merchandise
To coincide with the new release of LOTR on Blu-Ray, Jack of the Noldor Blog sat down with Costa Botes, whose rarely-seen, difficult-to-get documentary on the making of LOTR will be included on the Blu-Ray release. Botes is a Wellington director and long-time friend of Peter Jackson who PJ hired to document the making of LOTR – and his only brief was to capture it “warts and all”. Botes’ doco was eclipsed – you could even say suppressed – by the official New Line documentary, and so its inclusion in the Blu-Ray limited edition release is something special. Read More
Gimli may not be in The Hobbit, but we all know his father, Gloin, will be playing a big part! Continuing their series of The Lord of the Rings statues, Sideshow Collectibles has just starting taking pre-orders for both the exclusive and regular editions of Gimli, son of Gloin. The exclusive edition is limited to 500 pieces and features an additional ‘felled Orc’ base at no extra cost over the regular. The exclusive is only available for purchase through the SideshowCollectibles.com website. And from what we can tell, they still have quite a few other The Lord of the Rings items available to ship today, including the Aragorn as Strider Exclusive statue! [Pre-Order Exclusive] [Regular Edition] [LOTR Items]
You’re Invited To An Unexpected Party! Taverncraft proudly announces that starting today fans can pre-order the latest stein in the ongoing series based on the literary masterpieces The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Illustrated by premier fantasy artist Matthew Stawicki, Bilbo: An Unexpected Party features Bilbo, Gandalf, Thorin and his company of dwarves all in festive form. Visit www.hobbitsteins.com to learn more about this incredible stein and pre-order yours today.
Each Bilbo: An Unexpected Party stein stands over 10″ (25.4 cm) tall and is handcrafted from authentic fine-grain stoneware. The stein feature panoramic bas-relief sculpting and a sculpted pewter lid featuring the legendary “One Ring to rule them all” plated with 18K gold.
Bilbo: An Unexpected Party stein will retail for $129.99 (Plus S/H) and is scheduled to ship June 2011. Additional images and information, along with ordering details, are available at www.hobbitsteins.com. Continue reading “Bilbo Stein Now Available For Pre-Order”
To celebrate the beginning of filming of The Hobbit, White Tree Press (www.whitetreepress.com) is giving away five copies of our fan appreciation anthology, Lembas for the Soul: How The Lord of the Rings Enriches Everyday Life. It’s been an amazing five years since Lembas for the Soul was published. We’re anticipating more joy and wonder now that filming of The Hobbit finally is under way.
White Tree Press will send a free copy of Lembas for the Soul to five fans whose names will be drawn at random from the emails we receive at lembasfolk@gmail.com. Entries must be received between now and April 16th, 2011 CST.
Jerry VanderStelt and the VanderStelt Studio send this along: We are proud to present an exciting, brand new series of Fine Art Giclees for our Licensed Lord of the Rings Fine Art Program. We have now upgraded our LOTR line-up with CANVAS and PAPER GICLEES! Our currently available line of LOTR lithographs are the very best as far as Lithographs can be, but we wanted to push the envelope a few notches further! Giclees are far superior to lithographs, due to a much wider color gamut, in-house color control and the very best Fine Art paper and canvas available by renowned manufacturer, Breathing Color. Continue reading “Jerry VanderStelt Licensed LOTR Art Now Available”