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• Happy 20th Anniversary!
  April 26th, 10:46am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Welcome to TORn Founders Day – 2019!
  April 26th, 10:30am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• TORn’s Founders Day Party Tree
  April 26th, 10:25am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Today in Middle-earth, April 26
  April 26th, 5:36am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• How Does Death Work in Middle-earth?
  April 25th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Tolkien Fans Gathering for Meetups Week of May 10, 2019
  April 22nd, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Xenite.Org Administrator

• Who were the Druedain, Haradrim, and Easterlings?
  April 22nd, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Earth Day Sale at WB’s Hobbit Shop TODAY
  April 22nd, 12:18pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• A [Middle-] Earth Day Tribute
  April 22nd, 6:15am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Getting to know Corvar
  April 21st, 10:33pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• An Evening in Middle-earth Charity Dinner Dance
  April 18th, 1:21pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by Kelvarhin

• Today in Middle-earth, April 12
  April 12th, 6:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• What Color was Gollum?
  April 11th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Visit Tambora
  April 10th, 10:26am UTC at Portfolio

• Will Amazon Create a New Canonical History for Middle-earth?
  April 8th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Today in Middle-earth, April 8
  April 8th, 6:00am UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by grammaboodawg

• Middle-earth Map March Madness – CHAMPION 2019
  April 6th, 3:43pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• Middle-earth Map March Madness – GRAND FINAL
  April 4th, 1:50pm UTC at TheOneRing.Net News by greendragon

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: Ghost ship
  March 29th, 5:16am UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: Sailing
  March 29th, 5:16am UTC at Portfolio

• Where did the Uruk-hai live prior to the War of the Ring?
  March 28th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: Out of the mist
  March 27th, 2:31pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: Tall ships....
  March 25th, 2:36pm UTC at Portfolio

• What Could Gil-galad and Elendil Have Done If They Captured Sauron?
  March 25th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Another Round of Short Answers and Questions
  March 14th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.03 - SHIPS AT SEA: ?lvir the Often Nauseated
  March 11th, 3:32pm UTC at Portfolio

• Why did Minastir Organize the Númenórean Military in Support of Gil-galad, Rather than his Father, Isilmo?
  March 11th, 12:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Could Half-elven Families Ever Become Fully Elven?
  March 7th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Could the Lord of the Nazgûl Have Defeated Gandalf?
  March 4th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• This is Happening
  March 1st, 1:41pm UTC at Scriptorius Rex by Jeff Draper

• Why Was Thranduil So Hostile to Thorin?
  February 25th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: In the library
  February 24th, 5:31pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: Bookworms
  February 23rd, 5:06pm UTC at Portfolio

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: Old man reading
  February 23rd, 3:47pm UTC at Portfolio

• What Do We Know about Thorin’s Halls in the Blue Mountains?
  February 21st, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• What Do We Know about the Divisions and Actions of the Maiar in Middle-earth?
  February 18th, 1:30pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Michael Martinez

• Amazon Launches a LoTR On Prime Website
  February 15th, 9:32pm UTC at Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog by Xenite.Org Administrator

• 2019.02 - BOOKS: The best How(e) to book ever...
  February 12th, 11:21am UTC at Portfolio

• Why I Wrote "Blue Moon of Cthulhu"
  March 20th, 8:43am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Parables Before Jesus"
  January 26th, 9:12am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Stand At The Crossroads"
  January 19th, 8:32am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Lectures on Tolkien and Rowling
  December 18th, 4:16am UTC at Tolkien Studies Blog by Michael Martinez

• Why I Wrote "A Song Of The One"
  June 14th, 7:55am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "The Last Days Of The Kingdom Of Judah"
  June 6th, 7:05am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Between Two Fires"
  May 31st, 1:14pm UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Little-known Lewis letters
  May 28th, 1:21pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Why I Wrote "The Drowning Land: An Atlantean Alphabet"
  May 10th, 8:01am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Mars Hill: Paul V. The Philosophers"
  April 10th, 8:30am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Hopewell Dreamquest"
  March 30th, 8:26am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Assassin Of Acheron And Other Stories"
  March 9th, 7:10am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Madness Of The Glyphs"
  March 2nd, 7:58am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Why I Wrote "Happiness In The Psalms"
  January 20th, 10:02am UTC at Alfred D. Byrd's Blog by Alfred D. Byrd

• Watch Middle-earth Talk Episode 52 from Tolkien Moot XII
  July 28th, 5:03am UTC at Tolkien Studies Blog by Michael Martinez

• Decennial conference
  March 24th, 12:37pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Tolkien Studies Volume 12
  December 29th, 11:55am UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• A new review of my book — from a surprising reviewer!
  November 4th, 7:16pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Scattered leaves
  October 21st, 4:53pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Art: Celegorm & Huan
  October 1st, 7:44am UTC at The Silmarillion by Alassë

• Art: Nienna & Irmo
  September 9th, 3:56am UTC at The Silmarillion by Alassë

• A standalone edition of The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun — in Serbian!
  August 31st, 6:49pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Art: Morwen & Túrin
  August 31st, 1:37am UTC at The Silmarillion by Alassë

• Horcruxes: analogues and sources
  August 20th, 12:15pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Tolkien Calendar 2016: Illustrated by Tove Jansson
  July 28th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• The Amateur Lord of the Rings
  July 27th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• Watch Middle-earth Talk Episode 51 from Tolkien Moot XI
  July 22nd, 6:15am UTC at Tolkien Studies Blog by Michael Martinez

• J.R.R. Tolkien a writer of note
  July 17th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• Why Tolkien's books are so popular Among the Students
  July 17th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien,The Story of Kullervo
  July 16th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• The Hobbit in tengwar!
  June 25th, 9:42pm UTC at The Silmarillion by Sirielle Ontalómë

• Rare The History of Middle Earth, all 3 Limited Deluxe Editions in Publishers Slipcase
  June 11th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• Tolkien and L.W. Forster
  June 10th, 6:29pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• News and updates
  June 9th, 3:12pm UTC at Lingwë - Musings of a Fish by Jason Fisher

• Signed copy of the Hobbit sells for record at auction
  June 6th, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

• post
  June 4th, 8:05pm UTC at The Silmarillion by Sirielle Ontalómë

• On the shores of the shoreless sea
  May 3rd, 12:00am UTC at Tolkien Library News

Tolkien Blogs

The following blogs are aggregated into the recent posts on this site:

• Musings and Considerations

• Speculative Faith

• storago.com

• Scriptorius Rex

• Portfolio

• Weekly Silmarillion Excerpts

• Lingwë - Musings of a Fish

• Michael Martinez

• Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog

• Aiya Iluvatar

• The Silmarillion

• www.theonering.com

• Ted Nasmith

• lordofthekingdom.com

• Diary of a Tolkien Fiend

• the-hobbit-movie.com

• Kanteker's Craft

• Tolkien Geek

• tolkiendil.openstyles.net

• Tolkien Library News

• MiddleEarthBlog

• TheOneRing.Net News

• Tolkien Studies Blog

• Alfred D. Byrd's Blog

• Lord of the Rings and Narnia

• The Stars of Elbereth

• LOTR Librarian

• Lord Fingolfin's Silmarillion

• morgoth

• Tolkien Corner

• The Hobbit

• The Hobbit Blog

• www.thehobbitblog.com

• Jacob Oliver Levine

• Zebby Feeds

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Tolkien in the News

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• The Story of Tolkien and His Magical Worlds
  Posted at AMC Scene

• LA Readers: See TOLKIEN Early On Us
  Posted at Birth.Movies.Death.

• Why J.R.R. Tolkien’s Estate Is Distancing Itself from Starry Biopic Tolkien
  Posted at Vanity Fair

• J.R.R. Tolkien's family doesn't approve of new biopic about the fantasy author
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• How J.R.R. Tolkien's wife, Edith, inspired the female characters of Middle-earth
  Posted at Entertainment Weekly News

• The Late Show Meets Middle-Earth: Stephen Colbert Hosts National In-Cinemas Preview Of 'Tolkien'
  Posted at Forbes

• Lord of The Rings TV series on Amazon Prime: Elijah Wood shocked by budget
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• Avengers: Endgame Star Brie Larson Visits J.R.R. Tolkien Exhibition
  Posted at Comicbook.com

• JRR Tolkien's Greatest Love Story
  Posted at National Catholic Register

• Chosen One of the Day: Tolkien's kissing book
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• What Tolkien Knew About Love
  Posted at The New York Times

• UNT gets its precious first edition of 'The Hobbit' returned — 45 years later
  Posted at Dallas News

• Lord of the Rings' composer Howard Shore to debut his newest work in Ottawa on May 1
  Posted at Ottawa Citizen

• How the Morgan Library's Tolkien exhibit shows off the author's artistic side
  Posted at Entertainment Weekly News

• Happy 20th Anniversary! | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Builds a Game Around an Impossible Main Character
  Posted at ExtremeTech

• Exclusive: Lily Collins and Nicholas Hoult Discuss the "Beautiful Romance" at the Heart of Tolkien
  Posted at POPSUGAR

• What to expect from Amazon's Lord of the Rings show and its Second Age setting
  Posted at Entertainment Weekly News

• Down to Middle-Earth at the Hobbit Rave: Morgan Library Throws Tolkien-Themed Party -
  Posted at ARTnews

• Taking on Tolkien: What Nicholas Hoult learned from playing the legendary author
  Posted at Entertainment Weekly News

• ‘I Hand-Sewed This Cloak About 40 Years Ago’: Meet the ‘Lord of the Rings’ Superfans Who Attended the Morgan Library’s Costume Party
  Posted at artnet News

• Lord Of The Rings star John Rhys-Davies gets standing ovation for blasting politicians over Brexit betrayal
  Posted at The Sun

• Tolkien was right: Scholars conclude Beowulf likely the work of single author
  Posted at Ars Technica

• Lord Of The Rings TV Show Reportedly Starts Filming This August
  Posted at Screen Rant

• 7 Things From The Lord Of The Rings Books Left Out Of the Movies
  Posted at Screen Rant

• First edition copy of 'The Hobbit' returned to UNT after 45 years
  Posted at Denton Record Chronicle

• First Reel: 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' is a fitting end to an epic series
  Posted at The Post

• 5 best and 5 worst scenes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy
  Posted at Looper

• After 45 years, someone just returned a rare copy of 'The Hobbit' to UNT's library
  Posted at WFAA.com

• Lord of the Rings star in fiery CLASH with Caroline Lucas on BBC QT 'Our last GREAT hope'
  Posted at Express

• Lord Of The Rings Fan Travels Through New Zealand Dressed As Gandalf
  Posted at LADbible

• Rare J.R.R. Tolkien Book Returned to UNT with a Story of its Own
  Posted at NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

• The Best Books Like 'Game Of Thrones' & 'Lord Of The Rings,' Because Soon You'll Need A New Fantasy Fix
  Posted at Bustle

• HarperCollins UK profits double due to Tolkien TV deal with Amazon
  Posted at The Guardian

• Tolkien – Maker of Middle-earth | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• The Myers-Briggs® Types Of Lord Of The Rings Characters
  Posted at Screen Rant

• Tolkien’s Art: Full of Color & Magic
  Posted at National Review

• Tolkien Stars on Finding Inspiration in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - IGN First
  Posted at IGN

• An exact replica of the ring from 'The Lord of the Rings' was stolen in England, and everyone is blaming Bilbo Baggins
  Posted at Business Insider

• New Species of Early Human Is Even Smaller Than the 'Hobbit'
  Posted at Live Science

• Hobbits & Wizards Stun in This Exclusive Middle-Earth: Journeys in Myth & Legend Preview :: Comics :: Features :: Lord of the Rings :: Paste
  Posted at Paste Magazine

• New Tolkien Featurette Highlights the Iconic Author’s Influence
  Posted at ComingSoon.net

• Win! Tickets to the Tolkien premiere in London
  Posted at RTE.ie

• How To Pronounce Tolkien
  Posted at GameSpot

• Win a pair of tickets to see Tolkien at Burnley's Reel Cinema
  Posted at Burnley Express

• Tolkien biopic promises to explore the author's love of friends, Edith Bratt, and language
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• ‘Tolkien’ Cast and Director on What Surprised Them About Tolkien’s Real-Life Story
  Posted at Collider.com

• ‘Tolkien’ film likely contains more of ‘wormtongue’ than truth, literature buff warns
  Posted at Lifesite

• Updates From Avengers: Endgame and Amazon's Lord of the Rings Series
  Posted at Gizmodo

• Mindy Kaling Late Night, Stephen Colbert Tolkien Event | Montclair 2019
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

• After 45 Years, Reader Returns Stolen Early Copy Of 'The Hobbit' To UNT's Library
  Posted at Texas Standard

• The Most Beautiful Shots of ‘The Lord of The Rings’ Trilogy
  Posted at Film School Rejects

• Middle-earth Map March Madness – CHAMPION 2019 | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors
  Posted at TheOneRing.net

• REPORT: Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' Series to Film in Scotland
  Posted at Bleeding Cool News

• Nicholas Hoult reckons we've been pronouncing JRR Tolkien wrong
  Posted at DigitalSpy.com

• JRR Tolkien Biopic: We've Seen Exclusive Footage
  Posted at IGN

• Lord Of The Rings TV series will kick off filming in Scotland in August
  Posted at Metro.co.uk

• Best of the Week: 'The Hobbit,' Faarow, Final Four Fan Fest, American Ballet Theatre and more
  Posted at Minneapolis Star Tribune

• Ascender #1 From Image Comics is Star Wars meets Lord of the Rings
  Posted at Bleeding Cool News

• Filming For 'Lord Of The Rings' Series Will Commence This Summer
  Posted at Age Of The Nerd

• Water Cooler: Game of Thrones, Bosch, Homecoming, Police Story, Tolkien, Formula 1, Vlogging Disneyland, BPRD, Cuphead
  Posted at /FILM

• More new human species are discovered - The Hobbit's cousin
  Posted at The Economist

• Amazon's £1bn Lord of the Rings series set to be filmed at new Scots studio
  Posted at Daily Record

• GoT Season 8 Episode 2: The Lord of the Rings reference you missed
  Posted at THE WEEK

• YouTuber Lindsay Ellis Has Been Nominated for a Hugo Award for Her Acclaimed "Hobbit Duology" :: Movies :: News :: Lindsay Ellis :: Paste
  Posted at Paste Magazine

• How Moments From 'Game Of Thrones' Season 8, Episode 2 Connect To 'The Lord Of The Rings'
  Posted at Zimbio

• Fearsome prehistoric ‘Warg’ beast is something straight out of Lord of the Rings
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• A new tiny hominin discovery gives the 'hobbit' a distant cousin
  Posted at CBC.ca

• Hobbit Hole Draws Curious Tourists
  Posted at 425magazine.com

• Lord Of The Rings TV Show To Film This August
  Posted at UNILAD

• What Auckland Airport could be: Hot springs and hobbit hotels
  Posted at Stuff.co.nz

• Montclair Film Fest 2019: Mindy Kaling, Colbert On Tolkien
  Posted at Montclair, NJ Patch

• First U.S. editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy returned to OBU nearly 50 years after taken
  Posted at KFOR Oklahoma City

• 20 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend
  Posted at The New York Times

• Tolkien Society Education Travel Bursary
  Posted at Locus Online

• Full of Hell’s “Silmaril”: Heaviest Tolkien-Inspired Song Ever?
  Posted at MetalSucks

• Stars of Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and The Hobbit coming to fantasy event this summer
  Posted at East Lothian Courier

• Norwegian TV channel turn on Solskjaer with hilarious Austin Powers meme… having lauded the Man Utd boss just
  Posted at The Sun

• Top authors set to feature at Stonyhurst Festival
  Posted at Clitheroe Advertiser and Times

• What Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Maps Reveal About Its Middle-earth Prequel Series
  Posted at Vulture

• Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings': Second Age Explained
  Posted at Hollywood Reporter

• This Ancient 'Warg' Was Scarier Than a Tolkien Beast, Terrorized Kenya 22 Million Years Ago
  Posted at Live Science

• Amazon teases when its 'Lord of the Rings' series will take place
  Posted at Engadget

• The Final Treasure from the Tolkien Hoard
  Posted at lareviewofbooks

• Tolkien fans, here's your chance to be part of author's oral history
  Posted at USA TODAY

• The quest to binge-read 'Lord of the Rings' in one day
  Posted at Mashable

• There's a 'Lord of the Rings' story game about Gollum coming in 2021
  Posted at Mashable

• Toy Tuesday: The Most Epic 'Lord of the Rings' Toys
  Posted at Geek

• Caitlin Moran's Celebrity Watch: Don't damn Emma Thompson for using a plane to save the planet
  Posted at The Times

• Lord of the Rings Amazon TV Series Confirms a Second Age Time Setting
  Posted at Den of Geek US

• The Creative Brilliance of J.R.R. Tolkien
  Posted at The Epoch Times

• Tolkien’s World: An Exhibition Transports Us to Middle-earth
  Posted at The New York Times

• ‘Tolkien’ Trailer: Fox Searchlight Biopic Stars Nicholas Hoult As ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Author
  Posted at Deadline

• Was Tolkien really racist?
  Posted at The Conversation UK

• Art review: Celebrating the lord of 'The Lord of the Rings'
  Posted at The Boston Globe

• Head's up, Ringers! See exclusive first photos of Nicholas Hoult as 'Tolkien'
  Posted at USA TODAY

• Why Amazon’s giant Tolkien project should focus on the First Age of Middle-earth
  Posted at SYFY WIRE

• 10 Storylines From The LotR Books That Should Be Made Into Their Own Movies
  Posted at Screen Rant

• JRR Tolkien's Final Posthumous Book Is Published | Smart News
  Posted at Smithsonian.com

• Teenage Tolkien's early glimpses of Middle Earth
  Posted at BBC News