This infographic hopefully provides an idea of known upcoming events along with book / game / merchandise releases for 2023. It’s a selection (highlights) so it is not exhaustive and limited by page space.
Associated links for Rana’s 2023 Highlights (January edition)
Tuesday 3 January 2023
J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday – the Tolkien Society “Tolkien
Toast”
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-birthday-toast-2023/
Tuesday 3 January 2023
The Royal Mint’s Tolkien commemorative
£2 coin
https://www.royalmint.com/annual-sets/2023/celebrating-the-life-and-work-of-jrr-tolkien/
25 March 2023
Tolkien Reading Day
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-reading-day-2023/
30 March 2023
“The Battle of Maldon: together
with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth”
J.R.R. Tolkien (Edited by Peter
Grybauskas)
https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-battle-of-maldon-together-with-the-homecoming-of-beorhtnoth-j-r-r-tolkien
20 April 2023
The Lord of the Rings Online 16th
anniversary
https://www.lotro.com/
Sunday 2 July 2023
Tolkien Society Seminar 2023:
“The Mighty and Frail Númenor”
Hybrid Event (In-person and
online) – Leeds, UK
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/
Monday 3 July - Thursday 6 July
2023
International Medieval Congress
Hybrid Event (In-person and
online) - Leeds, UK
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/
https://fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/2022/07/22/cfp-tolkien-sessions-at-imc-leeds-2023/
(Tolkien sessions)
5-6 August 2023
Mythopoeic Society Online
Summer Seminar 2023: Fantasy Goes to Hell: Depictions of Hell in Modern Fantasy
Texts
Online Event (Zoom and
Discord)
https://mythsoc.org/oms/oms-2023.htm
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August – 3 September 2023
Oxonmoot
2023 (50th anniversary)
Hybrid
Event (In-person and online) – Oxford, UK
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/
Tuesday 21 November
Christopher Tolkien’s Birthday
No release date
Magic the Gathering: The Lord
of the Rings Tales of Middle-earth
Wizards of the Coast
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/lord-rings-tales-middle-earthtm-format-legality-2021-08-24
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Daedalic Entertainment
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1265780/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Gollum/
War of the Ring card game
Ares Games
https://www.aresgames.eu/31467
Further expected releases for 2023-2024
Note: There will be focused upcoming events, books and games blogs in the coming weeks/month.
Below are some further expected releases:
- 20th anniversary of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2023)
- Amazon Studio’s season two of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”
- Electronic Arts - “The Lord of
the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth” mobile game
https://www.ea.com/games/lord-of-the-rings/the-lord-of-the-rings-heroes-of-middle-earth - Free League’s The One Ring RPG
and The Lord of the Rings 5e RPG updates
https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/ - New Line Cinema/Warner Brothers Animation - “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” anime film (April 2024?)
- Weta Workshop & Private
Division (March 2024?) – unnamed LOTR game
https://www.privatedivision.com/2022/08/15/private-division-announces-publishing-partnership-with-weta-workshop/
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