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Conference in 2012
In 2012, from 16th–20th August, Tolkien societies
from around the world are collborating to organise The Return of the
Ring
,
a Tolkien conference at Loughborough University.
There will be several academic streams, plus at least one non-academic stream, family friendly items, and an informal fandom stream. Planned major events include a ceilidh, a banquet, and a masquerade.
More information and online booking for The Return of the
Ring
.
Tolkien was nominated by CS Lewis for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961.
It is interesting to see the variety of reactions to the news that Tolkien did not win a Nobel Prize for literature. It is a top 10 story on the BBC (www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16440150), the Guardian (www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize), and in Svenska Dagblat (Swedish language website www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur-och-nojen/article1597798/Nu-avslojas-det-Greene-tvaa-pa-listan-1961.html), the newspaper that broke the story ... the news is that Graham Green did not win the Nobel Prize for literature
Simon Tolkien
Simon Tolkien's The King of Diamonds, the second in his Inspector Trave series, was published March 15. As with The Inheritance, this murder mystery is set in Oxford, the Old Bailey, and Europe and is rooted in events of World War II. A review of the novel will appear in the fall issue of Mallorn.
Christopher Tolkien Text is Republished
Tolkien's publishers HarperCollins UK are making available an academic text and commentary by Christopher Tolkien.
First published in 1960, The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise translates a saga from 12th century Iceland, a story of legendary kings and warriors, including the woman warrior Hervor, her family and their feuds.
The original edition in the Nelsons Icelandic Texts series has become difficult and expensive to obtain in the last half century. The book is now available as a print-on-demand hardback priced £40 from www.tolkien.co.uk
For more information about the original publication and the Viking Society for Northern Research, see
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/953-The_Saga_of_King_Heidrek_the_Wise.php
Tolkien Society on Twitter
Radagast knew many things that the birds, and other creatures, told him; and Manwe knew much that passed in Middle-earth from the news great Eagles brought him.
We know Gwaihir and the eagles of The Hobbit could speak (let's face it eagles hardly cheep or twitter) but now the Tolkien Society now has a presence on the social network Twitter. So we can tell people (from time to time) via Tweets about events and news from within and without the Society.
White Tree Fund
Formed by the Tolkien/Lord of the Rings community initially to respond to the need of victims of the tsunami disaster, now for other disasters. White Tree Fund homepage.
