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Translations from Elvish: dialogue from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five...
The folks at Gwaith-i-Phethain, The Fellowship of the Word-smiths on the Elendilion website, have just finished analysing and translating the Sindarin dialogue from The Hobbit: Battle of the Five...
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It seems that, with those Tolkien biopics gradually approaching, more and more people are taking an interest in the biographical details of Tolkien’s life. If that’s your thing, you might enjoy this...
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Hoot twice like a barn-owl…
You may recall that, in The Hobbit, Thorin issues a very specific set of instructions as he despatches Bilbo to investigate the camp of the three trolls. “You must go on and find out all about that...
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Tolkien Exhibition still at the Bodleian, Oxford – until Oct 28
Just a reminder that the incredible Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibition is still on at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. You have until October 28th to see this astonishing collection of...
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Lost in Translation – Chewing up Tolkien in 2020
Speaking of translating Tolkien's world to TV and cinema, we dug into our archives to find a rather relevant masterpiece from Green Books staffer Ostadan - originally posted November 4th, 2004. Enjoy!...
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The Joy of Discovering (or Rediscovering) the Tolkien Estate Website
“A palace with a thousand and one entrances, J.R.R. Tolkien's world can be explored through a thousand and one doorways … doors and corridors leading into often unexplored aspects of his universe.” –...
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Christmas greetings! – from some familiar faces.
Here we are, at the final day of TORn's Advent Calendar. We hope you've enjoyed our 24 days of posts: exploring Amazon's new cast announcements, day dreaming about visiting New Zealand, taking a...
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Interview with Julia Golding, Project Northmoor founder
This is part one of a two part interview with Julia Golding, founder of Project Northmoor and the Oxford Centre for Fantasy, which is dedicated to creativity and the study of Oxford’s most famous...
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Preview The Nature of Middle-earth now
Harper Collins has just released a preview of its forthcoming Tolkien book The Nature of Middle-earth. The Nature of Middle-earth reveals for the first time J.R.R. Tolkien's final notes and essays,...
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Translating the Runes
Partially hidden behind the show title on one of the new Amazon Prime The Lord of the Rings–The Rings of Power posters is a hammer handle bearing Cirth runes. They appear to say "AWAKE SLEEPING...
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Vanity Fair raises 10 burning questions about Amazon’s The Rings of Power
I've read a lot of responses to, and hot takes on, The Rings of Power in the last 24 hours (you can check some of them out here if you've missed our roundup). But, without a doubt, this is the most...
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Did the Teaser Trailer give us what we hoped for?
The initial posters released by Amazon spawned a million questions, and then the Vanity Fair articles explained some things but spurred even more questions. Just before the teaser trailer, we released...
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