📆 #TolkienTrewsday Week 168 (12/05/26): “Hemlock Glade” Sometime between May and June 1917 Edith sang and danced for J.R.R. #Tolkien in a glade near Roos, East Yorkshire. From this sprang the story of Beren and Lúthien. #TolkienTuesday

Introducing the two Tolkien courses I'll be leading for this year's Inspiring Oxford summer school! Please share. People often say they'd love to study with me. Let's make sure this reaches them. www.youtube.com/shorts/5-PBh... Course link: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/tutors/7333 #Tolkien #Oxford

The latest issue of Mathoms is out! Some thoughts on one of Tolkien's early poems and Tolkien-related items I've been reading lately. thoughtsontolkien.substack.com/p/mathoms-no-4

The latest issue of Mathoms is out! Some thoughts on one of Tolkien's early poems and Tolkien-related items I've been reading lately. thoughtsontolkien.substack.com/p/mathoms-no-4

Congrats to all!

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: Visit the Tolkien bust; Barth & Tolkien; PA 16 available again; Tolkien & childhood; Bilbo's Long Shadow; Hunt for Gollum news; hobbit home for $50?; Tehran Argonath?; GNU Moo says Tolkien and much more..

"Parma Eldalamberon 16: Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 1" is available again on demand at: The Great British Bookshop: www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/search?type=... and at Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/s/parma%20el...

Thanks to @alas-not-me.bsky.social whose own post sparked this one

My new blog post explores the breaking of the Fellowship, and the shadow of Bilbo that overhangs it thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/t...

Do you like Tolkien's alliterative verse? Do you perhaps write some of your own? Then my next open call for submissions is for you ... alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/ #tolkien #arda #middleearth #elven #rohirrim #lotr #silmarillion #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #tolkiensky #fanfic #poems

#OnThisDay in 1957, #Tolkien writes to Mr. Haywood. In reply to a letter from a boy who had read The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien says he is pleased that his work is bringing enjoyment to readers. He says that The Silmarillion gives backstory and history to The Lord of the Rings.

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: I am nominated for the TS Awards; Brandywine going UK; Sarehole returning; Tapestries at Angers; Songs for 65k; LEGO Smaug; upcoming films & games etc... steady.page/en/bd48e165-...

🌟WOW! My painting "The Long Winter, 1158: Gandalf Helps The Hobbits" has been shortlisted in The @tolkiensociety.org Awards for 2026. Voting is now open to society members (check your email). I'm so moved by this great honor. Thank you! Vote at: www.tolkiensociety.org/members/awar... #Tolkien

Mathoms No. 3 is out! Some Tolkien recommendations and reading for you: thoughtsontolkien.substack.com

My new blog post explores the origin of the Elendilmir and proposes a theory for its creation. thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/t...

Coming April 2nd, Easton Press will offer a signed, limited edition of 325 copies of Michael Drout’s new book, The Tower and the Ruin. t.co/OtwLkJSXNP

The #Tolkien Great Tales Deluxe editions coming out in June and July 2026, edited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee. www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

Hobbit 50th Anniversary stuff, some of which I bought at the time in my youth, others picked up later. Guessing they will be producing 90th anniversary editions next year and 10 years after that ....... #Tolkien #TheHobbit

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: TOLKIEN READING DAY coming up; MythCon 54; Lustrum registration open; T's land of the dead; imaginary maps; 2025 retrospect; TotS now Switch 2; FoMe $700k+; Cannes & PJ & much more... steady.page/en/thetolkie...

Given that @johngarthwriter.bsky.social only recently had a look back at 2025... There is nothing wrong with being in good company. Here we go. thetolkienist.com/2026/03/07/2...

People like @alas-not-me.bsky.social are doing serious research on Turin and I’m out here butchering Tolkien and country music at the same time for entertainment

With apologies to Steve Goodman, John Prine, and David Allen Coe, this is... The Perfect Children of Húrin Song 🎶 1/x

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: Leadership in Middle-earth; little blade from Gondolin; eavesdropping; Ides Aelfscyne; in the house of Tom Bombadil; the fox and the hobbits; and many more... steady.page/en/thetolkie...

Mathoms No. 2 is out! Some Tolkien recommendations and reading for the weekend t.co/QNWKMIHuC2

Mathoms No. 2 is out! Some Tolkien recommendations and reading for the weekend t.co/QNWKMIHuC2

A new issue of my Mathoms newsletter will be going out this weekend. Please subscribe if you’re interested! thoughtsontolkien.substack.com

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: OTC vs. CTC; Leadership in Middle-earth; TRD coming up; Magnificent Merry; Tree of Light; a book launch; Nazgul at the Olympics; hobbit hotel scam; and many more... steady.page/en/thetolkie...

Tolkien scholars Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond have updated their addenda and corrigenda web pages. These pages are a tremendous work of scholarship, and I'm honored and humbled that they considered a few of my own thoughts worthy to include. wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/a...

My new blog post is a long, deep dive into the many details that are overlooked about Merry Brandybuck, and why he is one of the most underrated characters of The Lord of the Rings thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/m...

My new blog post is a long, deep dive into the many details that are overlooked about Merry Brandybuck, and why he is one of the most underrated characters of The Lord of the Rings thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/m...

Current status of my Beowulf shelf after a few recent additions

In case you missed the announcement, my publisher has posted a first description of my forthcoming book in their catalogue. Please, check back for more news soon! Happy Valentine's Day, my friends! uppsalabooks.com/catalog

I’ve been reading Beowulf so much lately, I decided to treat myself to the Easton Press edition of Tolkien’s Beowulf. It’s gorgeous.

scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftol... my review of Michael D. C. Drout’s The Ruin and the Tower ( Norton) for the Journal of Tolkien Research

A very happy birthday to Wayne G. Hammond! Hammond is one of the most prolific #Tolkien scholars who - with Christina Scull - has published and edited a number of important works including The Collected Poems, A Reader's Companion, The Art of The Lord of the Rings, and Artist and Illustrator.

#OnThisDay in 1952, #Tolkien writes to Father John Tolkien. Tolkien writes to his son John about a meal that he had with Lewis, which they called the 'ham-feast'.

Thank you all for the contributions to #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday this week, your support and love for #Tolkien is much appreciated! Coming next Tuesday…

#OnThisDay in 1962, #Tolkien writes to Cor Blok. Tolkien writes to Corr Blok about Blok's Exhibition of his paintings and offers to buy two of them, "The Battle of the Hornburg" and "The Dead Marshes".

So happy that @tolkienguide.com and i got to sit down with @teawithtolkien.com to discuss her new book “Into the heart of Middle-earth” hope y’all enjoy our chat! m.youtube.com/watch?v=s5-4...

1. Weekend #Tolkien thread as the Fellowship rests in #Lothlorien. Frodo has been traveling side-by-side with lovely Legolas, but he is only one Wood-elf, far from home. Climbing this flet, the hobbit enters a realm where the folk are so different that even time is not the same there. Astonishing.

Some news: I'm starting a newsletter called Mathoms about what I'm currently reading and thinking as I explore Tolkien's life and works. More details below in the thread... 1/x thoughtsontolkien.substack.com

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: Kullervo in cinemas; Balrog Beatdown; Tolkien Tapestries Return; Leadership in Middle-earth (i.e. in Zurich!); Tolkien Day Ball; nominations for TSA open: music for a sorrowless forest; Grendel/ond; & much more!

My new blog post highlights how Tolkien uses a technique from Beowulf to create narrative tension during a slow-developing scene. thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/g...

My new blog post highlights how Tolkien uses a technique from Beowulf to create narrative tension during a slow-developing scene. thoughtsontolkien.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/g...

#OnThisDay in 1964, #Tolkien writes to Mrs. A. Mountfield. A typed letter of thanks to Mrs A. Mountfield of Eltham Green School, thanking her for sending the letter by one of her class children which gave him great pleasure. He adds some text with praises for teachers and some (1/2)

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: LotR Magdalen Marathon; TSA 2026 nominations open; Tolkien Books Database; the "Tolkien Hypothesis"; Insect Damage, Tolkien, and a book of... Cheese?; the Crown of Gondor & more... steady.page/en/thetolkie...

Coming out in April from @harpercollins.bsky.social @richove.bsky.social www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb... #Tolkien

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... #Tolkien #Hobbit

The Winter issue of Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse, on "Psalms and Meditations" will be released by the 25th. Here's the cover! #alliterative #poetry #psalms #meditations #poetrysky #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #litmags