March 2016 Oh, what a month! I had a good, long Easter holiday, getting rested up and re-energized, and on Tolkien Reading Day there was less than a handful of Tolkien-related stories that I hadn’t already dealt with, so I thought I was in good time. Then something happened, and what a great week that […]

January 2016 Another busy month … I have said often enough that the two primary criteria for something to make it to these transactions is 1) that I actually see it, and 2) that I find it interesting or relevant or otherwise worthy enough to spend time on sharing it with you. I am sure […]

Tolkien Studies volume 12 is now available to download from Project MUSE.

February 2016 February was a month where I tried something new for the very first time in my life! Our oldest moved out, leaving us to reorganise the house, which has included setting up a nice office space, where I have been able to gather my Tolkien matters right next to my desk. Being quite […]

December 2015 First of all: Happy New Year! Now, with that out of the way, it is appropriate to highlight the Tolkien Birthday Toast on the evening of January 3rd (21:00 – or 9 PM – local time). For more information on the Birthday Toast, please refer to the Tolkien Society web-site. Christmas this year […]

November 2015 All the usual disclaimers apply about newness, completeness and relevance (or any other implication of responsibility) 🙂 These transactions are posted on my blog, Parma-kenta (Enquiry into the books) and on the Tolkien Society website.