Contributor: Michael Flowers

On this day exactly 100 years ago, an emaciated J.R.R. Tolkien left Brooklands Officers’ Hospital and was transferred to a convalescent hospital in Blackpool. His 18 months convalescing in Hull and East Yorkshire was at an end. Over two summers he had spent nearly 18 weeks at this hospital separated from the distractions of family-life, […]

The first Tolkien tapestry, in a series of 13, has been unveiled by Baillie Tolkien in a ceremony at the Tapestry Museum in Aubusson, France.

Keen-eyed Tolkien fans have discovered that some bookseller sites are advertising the release of a new Tolkien book later this year. Two days ago the book was simply listed as Untitled, so there was some speculation amongst fans as to what the subject matter was, and if indeed it was a genuine new title. Just […]

Luna Press Publishing has announced the forthcoming publication of  a new book on Tolkien: Tolkien’s Library: An Annotated Checklist by Oronzo Cilli with a Foreword by the esteemed Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey.

Luna Press Publishing has today announced the forthcoming publication of a new biography of J.R.R. Tolkien’s guardian Father Francis Morgan.

  Tolkien readers would have to be living under a stone not to be aware that Beren and Lúthien was published on 1 June 2017. What follows is a round-up of some of the reviews, interviews, films, and media attention, which has appeared in the last week or so.  Most of it is about the […]

On this day exactly 100 years ago, an emaciated J.R.R. Tolkien left Brooklands Officers’ Hospital and was transferred to a convalescent hospital in Blackpool. His 18 months convalescing in Hull and East Yorkshire was at an end. Over two summers he had spent nearly 18 weeks at this hospital separated from the distractions of family-life, […]

Luna Press Publishing has announced the forthcoming publication of  a new book on Tolkien: Tolkien’s Library: An Annotated Checklist by Oronzo Cilli with a Foreword by the esteemed Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey.

The first Tolkien tapestry, in a series of 13, has been unveiled by Baillie Tolkien in a ceremony at the Tapestry Museum in Aubusson, France.

Luna Press Publishing has today announced the forthcoming publication of a new biography of J.R.R. Tolkien’s guardian Father Francis Morgan.

Keen-eyed Tolkien fans have discovered that some bookseller sites are advertising the release of a new Tolkien book later this year. Two days ago the book was simply listed as Untitled, so there was some speculation amongst fans as to what the subject matter was, and if indeed it was a genuine new title. Just […]

  Tolkien readers would have to be living under a stone not to be aware that Beren and Lúthien was published on 1 June 2017. What follows is a round-up of some of the reviews, interviews, films, and media attention, which has appeared in the last week or so.  Most of it is about the […]

About the Author: Michael Flowers
I am a self-employed wildlife guide. I take people to beautiful places to learn about their local nature. I've been reading Tolkien from the age of 9, and have recently become interested in Tolkien's time in East Yorkshire during WW1. I completed a Masters degree from the University of Sheffield in the Victorian Ghost Stories of Ellen [Mrs Henry] Wood.