Lúthien sprang into the air, and her voice came dropping down like rain into pools, profound and dark. She set upon Morgoth a dream, dark as the Outer Void where once he walked alone. Then Beren drew forth the knife Angrist; and from the iron claws that held it he cut a Silmaril.

The Professor! books.digitaltolkien.com #TolkienBirthdayToast

#OnThisDay in 1964, #Tolkien writes to Michael George Tolkien. Tolkien sends Michael George a cheque for £45 and is pleased by the post he got for his birthday. He is also impressed that The Times announced his birthday.

Here we go! It was a great 2025 (for Tolkien news, community and books at least), and we look forward to a fantastic 2026 (our 20th anniversary at TolkienGuide.com!) Join for for a fun live chat.

Join us in about 45 minutes!

Today is J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday! Born in 1892, Tolkien paved the way for modern fantasy literature and his creativity continues to inspire the minds of many to this day. ✨ 📸 | Tolkien, Bournemouth, July 1965 Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien photogr. 7, fol. 75r (c) Tolkien Trust, 2015

WORK IN PROGRESS: #TOLKIEN BIRTHDAY TOAST! Events all across the world, collected via Google Maps! Let me know if you want to be added! maps.app.goo.gl/vCDSFPzAC6zd...

Finished watercolour of Treebeard’s head, created as a logo for this year’s summer moot of @germantolksoc.bsky.social Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien #TolkienBirthdayToast

“I did very much enjoy writing The Lord of the Rings; in fact it was written entirely for my own pleasure, and it is good to hear that others who read it also share in that pleasure.” www.tolkienguide.com/guide/letter...

Tomorrow is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! As Frodo did for Bilbo, the Tolkien Society continues to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast "The Professor!" www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...

Each month I am going to share with you a bit about the art in the Beyond Bree 2026 Calendar, as I am very proud of it, and the artists who are featured. For January, I will also talk about the fantastic cover art. This calendar is still available for ordering from beyondbree.org 1/4 🧵

Each month I am going to share with you a bit about the art in the Beyond Bree 2026 Calendar, as I am very proud of it, and the artists who are featured. For January, I will also talk about the fantastic cover art. This calendar is still available for ordering from beyondbree.org 1/4 🧵

Hey everyone! This handle has been updated to @uruloke.tolkienguide.com, and the automated account (that currently posts the Tolkien Letter of the Day but will be doing much more this year) has been updated to @tolkienguide.com - just a bit of bookkeeping for the new year. Nothing you need to do.

Here’s a link to an interview we did with Tolkien Collector's Guide’s OnThe Trail and Trotter about Paul Corfield Godfrey’s operatic #thelordoftherings after the mythology of #tolkien Many thank to them for being wonderful hosts! youtu.be/MSyV7Lcp_DE?...

#OnThisDay in 1960, #Tolkien writes to L.W. Forster. Writing to L.W. Forster, Tolkien states that The Lord of the Rings was not influenced by the two World Wars, except for the landscape. Tolkien also writes that he wishes he had written more Children's books, gives a very detailed (1/2)

The TolkienGuide team will do our livestream end-of-year wrapup on Saturday January 3rd - hope to see some of you there! youtu.be/kERKDUjcHXk

My ebook readers tell me I read 56 non-Tolkien ebooks this year, plus about a dozen physical books from the library, plus Tolkien related reading puts me just under 100 I think.

Mi amigo Andrew Ferguson "Trotter" ha estado publicando 365 de sus tesoros bibliográficos de #Tolkien en Bluesky día a día este 2025. Pasaos a echarle un vistazo a parte de su increíble colección, porque hay muchas maravillas que descubrir. Congratulations! It was an amazing countdown.

365 of 365 - The Final entry #Tolkien

So friends: HOLY MOOT II is coming! If you have contributions worth hearing on the interplay of Tolkien and Theology, please be in touch!

Pretty funny to name a home security-service for the guy who famously didn’t spot three intruders until it was too late

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Rise and Fall of the Numenorean Empire

Walking to Mordor: Do’s and Dont’s

359 of 365 - The Letters from Father Christmas #Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring as Penguins! 🐧 They are all a different species that matches them! 🧵 below:

356 of 365 - SuperDeluxe editions #Tolkien

Really looking forward to this release next year (May 2026) from @harpercollins.bsky.social #Tolkien www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

Doomscrolling Denethor #tolkien #art

I am very happy to share this piece of news with a lot of background on Tolkien's favourite tree, the Pinus Nigra aka Laocoon. Get to Oxford as soon as you can! thetolkienist.com/2025/12/19/t...

Unfriends for ever #art #Tolkien

A great 🧵 @thetolkienist.com might enjoy

#OnThisDay in 1972, #Tolkien writes to Richard Jeffery. A reply to the following questions: (1) Does ‘Speak, friend, and enter’ (the inscription over Moria Gate) mean ‘Speak as a friend’, i.e. in a friendly voice? (2) None of the Kings of Gondor and Arnor has a name ending in a (1/4)

New release from Mythopoeic Press! Proceedings from our 2025 OMS focusing on intersectional feminist approaches to women and gender in fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction, and other mythopoeic work. Paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/188772637... Kindle: www.amazon.com/Online-Midsu...

in the return of the king film when gandalf comforts pippin about the prospect of dying by describing the white shores and far green country under the swift sunrise i always half expect him to be like “i mean that’s where i’m going. i have no idea about your ass” because pippin is mortal

The 2026 Beyond Bree calendar still has some copies available for ordering - if you are in the USA, you might be able to get these by Christmas! Features fantastic art from the likes of Ted Nasmith, Tim Kirk, Ron Ploeg, Tom Loback, Emily Austin, Anke Eissmann, and many more. www.beyondbree.org

347 of 365 - The #Hobbit Diary 2006 #Tolkien

348 of 365 - Letters from Father Christmas #Tolkien

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

344 of 365 - Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tolkien

A clip from my Substack “live” on J.R.R. #Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters earlier on today. @tolkiensociety.org @tolkienguide.com @digitaltolkien.com

343 of 365 - #Tolkien paperback boxed set

For those of us who will never see this desk in person, @trotter.tolkienguide.com was allowed to quickly shoot this short clip when he visited the auction house, and share it with us!

Westmoot returns in 2026! Our new annual event - Westmoot - returns to Minneapolis on May 22-24. Bookings are now open, and we've kept the price the same as 2025 to help keep costs down. Look out for more info, including guests and more! Follow @westmoot.org www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westm...

342 of 365 - Cards from the #Hobbit #Tolkien

The latest editions of our magazine Amon Hen and our journal Mallorn are landing with our members. A Christmas treat! Get yours too by joining the Society as a member at www.tolkiensociety.org/join. Print and digital options available, and we ship worldwide! #Tolkien #BookSky

339 of 365 - The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún edited by Christopher #Tolkien

Now three of our kids now have the 🤮+💩 bug. Spent last night in the ER for the 2nd who had it worst, no sleep, day started with #3 cleanup. #4 staying home because I am certain they are hours away from joining the party.

I made what I thought was a clever reply here a while back (one I can’t now find) to the effect that a reference to many linguists finding “cellar door” beautiful was probably thinking of a set of one, i.e. Tolkien. But I was wrong, as Hammond & Scull point out in their online corrigenda: 1/3