In the footsteps of Tolkien - Celebrating Heritage across the UK in September: Tolkien events

 

Celebrating Heritage across the UK in September: Tolkien events

Every year* the country opens its doors to many cultural institutions, historic buildings and other places not usually open to the general public.  

Scholars of the Undertowers - Gazetteer of Tolkien on the World Wide Web

Gazetteer of Tolkien on the World Wide Web

“Gandalf in the Archives of Minas Tirith” by Matthew Stewart (2014)

Gaming in Middle-earth - State of play August 2021 report

 

State of play August 2021 report

Gaming set within J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth is still in a strong place. Currently there are board games, card games, roleplaying games, mobile games and PC/console games either available or in production.

In the Footsteps of Tolkien: 1947 - Tolkien and the Malvern Hills

1947 - Tolkien and the Malvern Hills

Mid-August updates: Imaldris, Gaming in Middle-earth and Ninimiel’s gossip

 Late July update here. 

I have created updated blog posts for the following:

• Tolkien-related book releases – 2021 and beyond (Part Two) https://greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2021/07/tolkien-related-book-releases-2021-and.html
• Tolkien-focused calls for papers - conferences/seminars and publications
  https://greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2021/07/tolkien-focused-calls-for-papers.html 

The Tolkien license – exploring where the Tolkien Estate, Middle-earth Enterprises, games, television, films, Tolkien-based societies/groups and other things fit in.

The Tolkien license – exploring where the Tolkien Estate, Middle-earth Enterprises, games, television, films, Tolkien-based societies/groups and other things fit in.

[Writer note: This was originally posted as a Twitter thread in response to a continued misinformation campaign against the Tolkien Society, the Amazon TV series and other licensing issues such as confusion over games set in Middle-earth. The original Twitter thread can be found here: https://twitter.com/timboltonuk/status/1411671574378336261. Please note the information here has been cleaned up and updated with new information just revealed about the Amazon TV series access to material.]

There is confusion and sometimes maliciously intentional misinformation regarding the various entities involved with Tolkien. I am hoping this blog post will clarify some details. I'll follow a chronological order as much as I can.

When Tolkien met Cthulhu – the blurring of reality and fantasy and a cautionary tale about how not all you find on the internet is true

 

“Tolkien, 1911”