Why is it called The Shire?
In this interesting feature, Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez answers what on the surface seems a very simple question:…
Continue readingIn this interesting feature, Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez answers what on the surface seems a very simple question:…
Continue readingThe first official Tolkien Reading Day was held on March 25, 2003. A New York journalist was wondering…
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Continue readingAs you know by now, we’ve just started our 2013 edition of Middle-earth March Madness. With a field…
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