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.

On 2 September 1973 J.R.R. #Tolkien died aged 81. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is the best-selling book of the 20th Century, and is joined by seminal works The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. He may have died 52 years ago but his influence and legacy lives on in us all. Namárië. #BookSky

COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME? 😀 I would love to have my newsletter get to 1,000+ subscribers by Frodo's and Bilbo's Birthday on Sept 22... ... but for that I would need your support in sharing this and letting people know about THE ROVING RANGER. If you need to hear a reason why... here are seven 😅

It lives! Copies of my book Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc have arrived! So happy to finally see it in print after all this time. Artwork here by Yassen Panov, Jerzy Czerniawski, Alexander Korotich and Sergei Iukhimov. Available from 18 Sept www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...

And we have lift-off! projectamaze.com Stay tuned for daily fact drops!

Including a chapter by yours truly on Tolkien's Use of Invented Languages in The Lord of the Rings!

We'll be launching in less than Iℓℓ hours!! Amaze! Amaze! #ProjectHailMary

Giving an update on the Digital Tolkien Project at Balisage 2025 today!

This project is doing (at a smaller scale) for Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary, what the Digital Tolkien Project does for Tolkien.

This project is doing (at a smaller scale) for Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary, what the Digital Tolkien Project does for Tolkien.

Catching up on @prancingponypod.bsky.social episodes and absolutely loving @jtauber.com’s insights and thoughts!

This month, beyond Tolkien (and Greek) will be some Le Guin and Andy Weir

1/ One common grammar "rule" is that "farther" should be used for physical distance and "further" for figurative distance. The ever-reasonable Fowler suggests in actual usage they are not mutually exclusive: whereas "farther" is used only for physical distance, "further" covers all cases.

"Parma Eldalamberon 17: Words, Phrases & Passages in _The Lord of the Rings_" is available again on demand at: The Great British Bookshop: www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/par... and at: Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/parma-elda...

Updates on new @harpercollins.bsky.social UK 'signature' #Tolkien paperbacks, coming out later this year. www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb... @dimitrafimi.bsky.social @ashiggins.bsky.social

@digitaltolkien.com on his amazing digital linguistic work across Tolkien's legendarium! So cool to see how @jtauber.com sees Middle-earth and these online tools! youtu.be/Qgc6xg1sfOQ

For all fans of #Tolkien and Middle-earth: The YouTube channel I started has some amazing conversations with authors, scholars and Tolkien nerds that will expand your imagination! Verlyn Flieger, Malcom Guite, John Garth, Tom Hillman, James Tauber, John Hendrix, and more!

Congratulations to @shaungunner.bsky.social for his appointment as the @tolkiensociety.org's first CEO!

There’s still time to join the Saturday section of my class on Tolkien’s Invented Languages in the Lord of the Rings this month: blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module...

Tolkien Glossary now has (a) the named entity data I showed at Westmoot; (b) much more comprehensive invented language tagging (with the help of eldamo); (c) an upgrade from "alpha" to "beta" ! glossary.digitaltolkien.com

After over a year, my missing Oxonmoot 2023 talk video has been found (albeit missing the first few minutes because someone forgot to press record). I'll re-record those first few slides and make it available on YouTube at some point.

I nicknamed James Pengoloð a while back

Tomorrow I'm recording an episode for the @prancingponypod.bsky.social on the Dangweth Pengoloð, a fictitious essay by Tolkien on the nature of language change. If I ever fulfill my dream of writing a book on Tolkien's language and languages, there'll probably be a chapter devoted to this essay.

It is with much pride that we announce that Paul Corfield Godfrey's incredible work adapting The Lord of the Rings is now available to pre-order. Congratulations to everyone involved in this remarkable project. #Tolkien #the-lord-of-the-rings

New J.R.R. #Tolkien Book coming out in the UK in October by @harpercollins.bsky.social edited by Christopher Tolkien and @richove.bsky.social www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

This Saturday at 10am ET I'll be giving a free, online taster of my course on _Tolkien's Invented Languages in The Lord of the Rings_ as part of Signum University's Spring SPACE Showcase: blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2025-...

This Saturday at 10am ET I'll be giving a free, online taster of my course on _Tolkien's Invented Languages in The Lord of the Rings_ as part of Signum University's Spring SPACE Showcase: blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2025-...

Finally up! www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/winn... Hearty congratulations to all the winners, amongst a very strong field of nominees! Ted Nasmith Andoni Cossio and @dimitrafimi.bsky.social Collected Poems of JRR #Tolkien @digitaltolkien.com and Douglas A. Anderson

Great news! The schedule is now live on our website for #Westmoot attendees! Registered attendees, please check your email for the password to access the schedule. There is so much to do at #Westmoot25! Enjoy perusing the schedule to plan your weekend! www.westmoot.org #tolkien #intothewest

Ha, would help to post the correct link I guess… www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/vote...

Reminder for @tolkiensociety.org members, today is your last opportunity to vote for the 2025 TS Awards. Winners will be announced at the AGM meeting tomorrow. Your vote matters! www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/01/nomi...

@lotr-chronology.bsky.social would love for you to join us

Congratulations to @shaungunner.bsky.social who is now the longest serving Chair of @tolkiensociety.org in its history!