Eogwyn writes: Colin Duriez, Tolkien expert and author (as featured on the Disc 3 TTT EE DVD) is giving a talk on Thursday 4th December 2003, at Leicester Writers’ Club, Leicester Adult Education College, Wellington Street, Leicester, UK, at 7-9pm. The title of the talk is “Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: their friendship and mutual influence” and will cover the story of their friendship and the enormous debt they owed to each other, without the friendship, the world would lack “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Chronicles of Narnia”. [www.le.ac.uk]
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Javier writes: LOTR fans in Spain will have a unique chance of seeing the special editions of both FOTR and TTT right before they witness the release of ROTK at midnight on December 16th. This screening will be offered in: Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Granada, Zaragoza, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Sevilla. [More]
elf ruril sends along these scans seen in and around Korea promoting ROTK. [More]
Emma writes: I have photos of the new Fell Beast (the one on the Reading Cinema) which I’m not sure you’ve posted shots of yet. I’ve attached one as well as my favorite of the new banners that went up yesterday. A Sam and Frodo Mastercard ad! [More]
Upper Hutt (not usually Nz’sbiggest tourist destination) is expecting its largest gathering of overseas visitors on any one day next Sunday 30 November because of the world Premiere of ‘Return of the King ‘ says City Promotion Manager Paul Lambert. [More]
Shell writes, “I’ve just heard from Nicki – Morning Music and she said rang to say that Howard Shore is signing CD’s at Sounds Music in Lambton Quay, Wellington on Sunday 30th at 2.00 pm.”