Photo of the front and back of the newly reprinted "Parma Eldalamberon 16: Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets"
"Parma Eldalamberon 16: Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 1" is available again on demand at:
The Great British Bookshop:
www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/search?type=...
and at Barnes and Noble:
www.barnesandnoble.com/s/parma%20el...
We are pleased to announce the shortlists for #Tolkien Society Awards 2026. If you're a member, vote now!
Our panellists have chosen the shortlists, and now members will choose the winner of the Best Article, Artwork, Book and Online Content awards. www.tolkiensociety.org/2026/04/vote...
Three book cases filled with Tolkien books including an entire book case with editions of the History of Middle-earth
Saving the best to pack last
True!
Imagine I’m flipping a house and agree to give you half the profits. But then I overpay a contractor to do the work so there doesn’t end up being any profit to share with you. Now imagine I’m also the contractor. That’s the trick.
I'm not sure any adaptation news would do anything other than underwhelm me.
I presume the Fourth Age is just a frame narrative as they recount what "really" happened.
It’s not like the original film just skipped bits. They fundamentally wrote them out. Let’s hope the new film leans towards book faithfulness over original film faithfulness.
The odd thing to me about the Colbert announcement is he said it would be faithful to both the book and the existing film but the film is fundamentally inconsistent with the book on the material planned to be covered.
Today is #TolkienReadingDay!
Founded by the Society and held on 25 March, the date the Ring was destroyed, Tolkien Reading Day is an opportunity to read your favourite #Tolkien passages. This year's theme is "Unlikely Heroes". But what will you be reading? www.tolkiensociety.org/2026/03/toda...
Working on P-text designations for HoMe volume 6.
It would be great to capture these annotations as part of the Digital Tolkien Project.
I can produce one-off KWIC results for people. Also we do have speaker identification done and it will be available soon in Search Tolkien just like we’ve done in @projectamaze.com
The #Tolkien Great Tales Deluxe editions coming out in June and July 2026, edited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee. www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...
I could use your help for this year's
GLOBAL TOLKIEN READING DAY MAP 😃
That is, events from Tolkien societies & smials, libraries and cultural partners, who have Middle-earth in their hearts. Send me your links!
My email is open: marcel@thetolkienist.com
IG, FB, Bluesky - send them in!
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Okay, text type designations done for the Ainulindalë chapter in Volume 10. Updated chapter page will come later today.
Small improvement but HoMe Base now has Tables of Contents for Volumes 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11. We've also been working hard on text type designations for the Ainulindalë chapter in Volume 10.
That's exactly what we've been working on for years. Watch this space!
We'll do this for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings soon.
The deadline to submit a paper or presentation is by the end of the day today! Don’t miss out, I would love to see you there! #westmoot #tolkien #tolkiensociety
401 – She's Got a Way
Join The Man of the West and The Sage of the South as we embark on a six-part journey through The History of Galadriel and Celeborn from Unfinished Tales.
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We're working on a resource at the Digital Tolkien Project (@digitaltolkien.com) to rigorously document timeline interconnections in #LOTR so it's easier for fans and scholars to find fun facts like this, and easily see all the textual references that the conclusions are based on.
scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftol... my review of Michael D. C. Drout’s The Ruin and the Tower ( Norton) for the Journal of Tolkien Research
Working on a paper on the Council of Elrond that I’m very excited about.