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May 31, 2013

Another Smaug to enjoy – and a calendar and new Hobbit edition to preorder!

It may only be the end of May, but many of us have already been thinking ahead to the end of...
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May 22, 2013

Tolkien’s ‘The Fall of Arthur’ comes out tomorrow, May 23rd

  As we all know, J R R Tolkien was, from an early age, fascinated by myth and heroic legend,...
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April 26, 2013

J.W. Reviews The Hobbit Chronicles II Book

This month on J.W. Braun’s Bookshelf, J.W. takes a look at The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey...
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April 3, 2013

Exclusive Look at ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Chronicles II: Creatures and Characters’

We are very privileged today to share with you an exclusive spread from HarperCollins’ April...
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March 19, 2013

Share your ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Blu-Ray and DVD Photos!

Are you like us? Bouncing with joy to receive your copy of ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected...
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March 19, 2013

Repost: ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ home use lowdown: dates, covers, exclusives

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a re-post that we thought might be helpful to consumers today,...
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March 10, 2013

J.W. Reviews The Hobbit Chronicles Book

This month on J.W. Braun’s Bookshelf, J.W. takes a look at The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey...
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January 28, 2013

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Chronicles: Creatures and Characters

On the heels of one of the best art books for a film that I’ve had the chance to add to my...
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January 3, 2013

J.W. Reviews The Hobbit Visual Companion

This month on J.W. Braun’s Bookshelf, J.W. takes a look at The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey...
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December 21, 2012

Winners in the ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles: Art and Design’ Giveaway

Thanks to HarperCollins Publishers for sponsoring this amazing giveaway to promote the release...
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December 19, 2012

Book Review – The Wisdom of the Shire by Noble Smith

First off just let me say that, as an Aussie, I was a bit dubious at being asked to review a self...
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December 17, 2012

Collecting The Precious – ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles, Creatures & Characters’

Following the success of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey called The Hobbit: An Unexpected...
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December 17, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Chronicles

As we’ve come to expect, Weta and Harper Collins have produced another sumptuous,...
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December 10, 2012

Ethan Gilsdorf’s Boston Globe Hobbit series

Our friend Ethan Gilsdorf, author of “Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks” has been running...
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November 27, 2012

Hobbitus Ille: The Latin Hobbit – ‘In foramine terrae habitabat hobbitus.’

In foramine terrae habitabat hobbitus. (‘In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.’) The...
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November 26, 2012

A New Book on the Hobbit Labor Crisis of 2010

Jonathan Handel, a contributing editor for The Hollywood Reporter, covered that tense period during...
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November 14, 2012

Spoilers galore in Hobbit movie tie-in books

Ethan Gilsdorf from Wired reviews several of the tie-in books for The Hobbit: An Unexpected...
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November 10, 2012

J.W. Braun’s Bookshelf: Hobbit Storybook

This month, J.W. looks at The Hobbit Storybook and gives away a Tolkien Encyclopedia in a contest....
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November 2, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey tie-in books – coming next week!

In the United States, Tolkien publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are releasing five books to...
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October 30, 2012

The White Tree Fund’s annual journal is available now!

Thanks to johobbit from the Silver Leaves journal team, who let us know that their journal issue...
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October 21, 2012

J.W. Braun’s Bookshelf – October

This month, J.W. looks at the new Hobbit Tribute magazine and holds a contest with a free issue as...
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October 15, 2012

TORN Message Boards Weekly Roundup – October 14 2012

Welcome to our collection of TORN’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen...
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September 28, 2012

J.W. Braun’s Bookshelf – September

This month, J.W. reviews The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Annual 2013, a companion to the first...
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September 4, 2012

New Thorin images in Hobbit 2013 Annual!

Some new images of Richard Armitage’s Thorin Oakenshield have popped up online over at...
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September 1, 2012

Harper Collins releases movie tie-in book covers!

Following the publication in the UK of THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY ANNUAL 2013 on Thursday,...
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August 29, 2012

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hobbit giveaway!

Publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are running a competition where they’re giving away a...
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August 27, 2012

The Hobbit with Training Wheels!

DragonCon is nearly here, and here’s some news of a great giveaway which will be happening at...
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August 8, 2012

New Tolkien book focuses on Aragorn

Author Elizabeth M Stephen‘s new book focuses on Aragorn the hero-king of The Lord of the...
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August 3, 2012

J.W. Braun’s Bookshelf – August

This month, J.W. reviews The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad. Meanwhile, he tackles the...
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July 27, 2012

XKCD goes geek… on Cirith Ungol

Thanks to ringer spy Chris, who sent in the link to the latest xkcd.com cartoon. Cirith...
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July 24, 2012

J.R.R. Tolkien Bio Graphic Novel at a Comic Store near You

In the era of digital books, music, and movies – everything seems possible. It seems the...
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July 21, 2012

Hobbit movie’s book tie-ins debut in November

For lovers and collectors of movie tie-in books, Houghton Mifflin is releasing a slew of The...
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July 10, 2012

TORn to give away “The Hobbit with Training Wheels” at Comic-Con

The highly anticipated San Diego Comic-Con will feature appearances from many of the major stars of...
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June 8, 2012

‘The Hobbit’ Cast Conquers Total Film’s Future 100

Total Film has released their annual “Future 100″ issue. As well as people, the list...
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June 1, 2012

J.W. Braun’s Bookshelf – June

This month,  J.W. Braun reports from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando Florida to...
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May 25, 2012

Mythopoeic award finalists (good reading) announced

Note: This comes from our newest contributor Momosanla. Look for more great stuff from her soon. If...
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May 23, 2012

U.S. Tolkien book publisher files for bankruptcy

Some news from Publisher’s Weekly that shouldn’t impact readers of J.R.R. Tolkien but...
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