Ablaze sent a press release to promote their "new graphic novel" biography of J. R. R. Tolkien's life – but it was originally published in French in 2019 by Soleil. Tolkien: Lightning Up The Darkness, ...

Most people are likely aware — at least vaguely — that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was Catholic. Fewer, perhaps, know how seriously he took his faith, in a time ...

On Sept. 15, 1939, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his publisher to explain why he didn’t expect to make much progress on his new story ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s family is making it clear that they do not support an upcoming biopic starring Nicholas Hoult as the legendary author. The Dome Karukoski-directed Tolkien, which chronicles The Lord ...

A new Oxford exhibition offers unusual artifacts of the famed writer. TOLKIEN TREASURES. Above, the final design of The Hobbit dust jacket is part of ‘Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth.’ Tolkien not only ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories are more than fantasy, they are rooted in history. This video explores how the myths and past of England inspired Middle Earth.

This article, and others about one of the most celebrated writers, is featured in Newsweek's Special Edition: J.R.R. Tolkien—The Mind of a Genius. Tolkien's first mark on the genre came with the ...

The play, ‘Lewis and Tolkien’, was staged in the Museum of the Bible, Washington DC  earlier this month. This unusual play, ...

A university in the United Kingdom faced backlash over resurfaced reports about a course described as "decolonizing" the works of "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien. The course, reportedly ...

A new website from the Tolkien estate includes some previously unpublished artwork by the fantasy author. J.R.R. Tolkien, Mithrim (1920s), detail. This pastel landscape of Lake Mithrim in the land of ...

This year’s annual Tolkien Society seminar will pay “more critical attention than ever” to diversity issues, according to an announcement by the literary charity. Academics and non-academics alike ...