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”

Thoughts on the release of the Tolkien Society Summer Seminar videos and push-back against the online small-minded backlash around the event

“Eärendil the Mariner” by Adrian Bara

With much anticipation and jubilation, the Tolkien Society have uploaded the videos from their Summer Seminar to their YouTube channel.

You can view them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1BYu4NOIv8&list=PLoyx2jXs6Le_MelDj_rJsmiYSYQBeVYxQ

The Seminar details can be still found here: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-summer-seminar/

Late July updates: Imaldris and Ninimiel’s gossip

 

Apologies, I’ve fallen a little behind on posts, so this one will cover both news updates from Imaldris (Tolkien-related news) and also Ninimiel’s gossip (LOTRO-related news). I’ll keep it short and concise, for ease of viewing.

Tolkien-related book releases – 2021 and beyond (Part Two)

  

Tolkien-related book releases – 2021 and beyond (Part Two)

The following is an updated list of expected Tolkien-related book releases for 2021 (so far).

Please let me know of any mistakes, omissions or additions. Thanks to the usual crowd of people who help keep me updated.

A blog post covering the releases earlier this year is still available here (just in case you missed any releases): https://greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2021/01/tolkien-related-book-releases-2021-and.html

Tolkien-focused calls for papers - conferences/seminars and publications

Tolkien scholarship and research: Calls for papers for publication and presentation at conferences/seminars

List of Publishers, Organisations and Events:

• Academia Lunare: For Speculative Non-Fiction: https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/academialunare
• Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic: https://fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/
• Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft e.V.: https://www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/english/
  
• International Medieval Congress: https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/
  
• Journal of Tolkien Research: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/
• Luna Press Publishing: https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/
  
• Mythopoeic Society: http://www.mythsoc.org/
  
• Mythcon: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon.htm
  
• Oxonmoot: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2021/
  
• Tolkien Society: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/
• Tolkien Studies: https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/299
• Walking Tree Publishers: http://www.walking-tree.org/

Over on the Tolkienists website is a great list of conferences: https://tolkienists.org/cfps/

The Hemlock Glade – Saturday 5th JUNE 2021 @ 8pm (UK) or 15.00 /servertime