Now through 12/31/25, Kent State University Press is having a 60th anniversary sale. Enter the code KSUP60 at checkout and receive 40% off plus free shipping. They have books on Tolkien, C.S Lewis, and the Inklings. Obviously, my book is there, but there's also FIVE by Verlyn Flieger. #tolkien

rolling out lots more information on the P-texts in Volumes 4, 5, and 12... home.digitaltolkien.com

rolling out lots more information on the P-texts in Volumes 4, 5, and 12... home.digitaltolkien.com

One of the things we’ve noticed working on HoMe Base is that Christopher Tolkien uses “noticed” where we would expect “noted”. He often describes “noticing” something but he doesn’t mean perceiving it but actually noting it elsewhere in the books.

Join the TolkienGuide crew along with special guest Parmastahir - creator of TolkienCalendars.com - as we officially launch the new, updated, fantastic, and ever incomplete "Guide to Tolkien Calendars" youtu.be/EQpmUUV2mTI

Now citable on HoMe Base: home.digitaltolkien.com/text/01:P2/#...

Side-by-side text comparison I’m experimenting with: home.digitaltolkien.com/labs/diff-de...

Side-by-side text comparison I’m experimenting with: home.digitaltolkien.com/labs/diff-de...

A long post from something I am working on for my next book, which will treat the Great Tales and (what I think of as) the Great Themes, Death/Immortality, Fate/Free Will, Divine Justice/Problem of Evil in the years before Tolkien began The Lord of the Rings. alasnotme.blogspot.com/2025/10/from...

One of the saddest parts of the Lost Tales frame narrative is how snubbed Eltas is!

Delighted to announce the (visible) beginnings of our work on The History of Middle-earth: home.digitaltolkien.com

Awesome, awesome, awesome. 😀😃👍

Delighted to announce the (visible) beginnings of our work on The History of Middle-earth: home.digitaltolkien.com

It will delight fans and scholars alike! Very exciting work!

It’s the anniversary of the publication of the Book of Lost Tales! Whatever might we have in store…?

3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ of 365 - The #Silmarillion edited by Christopher #Tolkien

Tomorrow’s the big day!

Final sneak peek until Monday...

Another little sneak peek...

Another little sneak peek...

Sneak peek of something we’re launching in just over a week...

just in time for the 70th anniversary of the publication of The Return of the King, I've changed the backend of Search Tolkien over to the new infrastructure. It should be a faster and a lot more reliable now. search.digitaltolkien.com

Sneak peek of something we’re launching in just over a week...

Some people are reporting issues with Search Tolkien. I can't move over to the new infrastructure soon enough!

The 2026 Beyond Bree Calendar is at the printer and will be shipping soon. Quite proud of this "best of" calendar with art from tons of awesome artists from 45(!) years of Beyond Bree newsletters and prior calendars. Get yours today! www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

This had its origins in Search Tolkien but has been improved (like the ability to group by speaker) and those improvements will make it back to Search Tolkien soon!

Not sure how manual your counting was but you may be interested to know I’m working on indexing/search of BLT that will distinguish Tolkien and Christopher. Announcement on 27th.

New Tolkien Society publication! Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...

Did a quick load test with locust and it was doing 100 users and 3,000 requests a second so I think it'll work out well :-) Also none of the start-up issues with entry-level PaaS. So Search Tolkien should be snappier too (once I switch over to using it).

Working on generalizing the Search Tolkien backend to work with a broader range of texts, support things like speaker identification, and also be multi-tenant so I don’t have to standup a server for each project.

The PPP Manic Moot Marathon is live! Join The Man of the West and friends for An Unexpected Livestream as we talk, read, and play all things Middle-earth! Learn more about PPP Moot 2025 and if you haven't yet, be sure to register for PPP Moot 2025 at theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/

I am going to bea keynote speaker at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 this December 18-21. The theme of the moot is “Creating Historical Depth within Fantastical Worlds.” theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/ My working title is: “From Words to Worlds: Elvish Roots of Tolkien’s Mythology.”

Announcing An Unexpected Livestream! As you know, the early-bird registration deadline for PPP Moot 2025 is this Sat. To help spread the word, we’re hosting a marathon livestream this Sat, Oct 4, starting at 10am PT! We’ll be live for at least 8 hours and may go longer!

Another one of those days when someone says they don’t understand the point of the Digital Tolkien Project 😢

And for Hobbit day, we look into occurrences of "time", the accidental answer Bilbo gives to Gollum in their riddle contest... projectamaze.com/beanbag/38/

Happy #HobbitDay to all! On 22 September: Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were born. As Ring-bearers, born 78 years apart, their birthdays were honoured as Cormarë, and Tolkien societies worldwide continue to commemorate. How will you celebrate? #Tolkien #BookSky

On 21 September 1937: J.R.R. #Tolkien's The Hobbit was published. The book tells of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his journey with thirteen dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon, Smaug. It's sold over 100 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. #BookSky

"Parma Eldalamberon 18: Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2" is available again on demand at: The Great British Bookshop: www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/par... and at Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/s/parma%20el...

My book Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc is released into the wild today! Here's a quick peek at a few more pages, artwork here by Győző Vida, Yassen Panov, Alexander Korotich and Sergei Iukhimov #Tolkien www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...

One of my goals with projectamaze.com has been to prototype some ideas that could then be applied to the Digital Tolkien Project. The post (or “beanbag”) that's coming out tonight just gave me an idea for something new for the Tolkien Glossary.

At #Westmoot25, James Tauber gave his presentation, “The State of the Digital Tolkien Project” outlining the goals, recent development, and future plans of the Tolkien Society Award winning Digital Tolkien Project. #westmoot #intothewest

📢 21st Seminar of the @germantolksoc.bsky.social 📜Tolkien’s Works on the Book Market 📅31 October-02 November 2025, @unimainz.bsky.social 🌐Attendance in-person or online is free #Tolkien #bookstudies 💙📚 #lit #litwiss #fantasy #bookhistory #booksky

Curtis Brown Heritage to represent the J.R.R. Tolkien Estate www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/curtis-...

Cite Tolkien cite.digitaltolkien.com is now rendered with Ryland too.

Okay, first milestone: cite-draft.digitaltolkien.com is now rendered with Ryland. Next stop: Cite Tolkien itself.

I’ve been recommending this book on several peer reviews recently so sharing here! For those interested in how Tolkien adapts women from medieval texts into his own work, please read this: vernonpress.com/book/1702?sr...

Tolkien language nerds, scans of the first five issues of Parma Eldalamberon, long only available as photocopies, are now available open access: dc.swosu.edu/parma/

Renewed my @tolkiensociety.org membership for another four years.