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Tolkien Reading Day is March 25th
February 25, 2010 - As 2010 is the International Maritime Organization's Year of the Seafarer the theme chosen gives people a chance to read and think about exploring the undercurrents in the Numenorean romance the "Tale of Aldarion and Erendis" from "Unfinished Tales", the journeys and ships of the Teleri, the flight of the Noldor, and the voyages of Tuor and Earendil in "The Silmarillion", or Bilbo's poem about the latter in LotR. There are also the poems "The Happy Mariners" and at a pinch "Bombadil Goes Boating." |
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TWTF Last Alliance Action Alert - Haiti
January 14, 2010 - As more news of the amount of devastation from the earthquake in Haiti on January 12th becomes available , The White Tree Fund are putting information together for any who would like to assist the aid efforts. |
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"Festival in the Shire" to be Held in Wales
November 22, 2009 - "A town in Mid Wales is to be turned into a bit of Middle Earth next summer with the launch of a festival based on Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings." |
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Happy Birthday, Frodo and Bilbo!
September 22, 2009 - September 22nd marks the birthday of these well-known and world-renowned Hobbits! |
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Alan Lee to Sign Books at Weta Cave
September 9, 2009 - Alan Lee is back in New Zealand signing books... and maybe more? |
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Celebrate Oxonmoot 2009 this September
July 26, 2009 - "Oxonmoot is the special event of the Tolkien Society year held on a weekend close to Bilbo & Frodo's birthdays. There is a range of activities such as academic talks & papers, workshops (see the Call for Papers below if you wish to offer something), new, second-hand and rare book dealers, an art show (with professional and amateur works), plus a quiet area where you can drink tea, fill up the corners and chat with old or new friends." |
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Lord of the Rings Radio City Music Hall Website Now Live
July 21, 2009 - Here's the latest press release regarding the Lord of the Rings score being performed at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. |
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Tolkien Festival at Penkridge Library
July 7, 2009 - Visit this festival (with Events for all ages) where Tolkien spent part of 1915/1916 in the Army training camps on Cannock Chase and in a small cottage called Gipsy Green in Great Haywood, near Penkridge, with his wife Edith |
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Rain Doesn't Damper this Year's "Fun at the Mill" Tolkien Weekend
May 19, 2009 - "Fantasy fans had a magical weekend in a Birmingham suburb transformed into a scene from Middle Earth to celebrate author JRR Tolkien." |
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Call for Papers for 2009 Tolkien Society Seminar, "Journeys & Destinations"
May 12, 2009 - For any serious Tolkien scholar, this seminar provides academics, students and independent scholars with a venue for interdisciplinary dialogue. |