One hundred and twenty-sixth Roving Ranger

Life and Works

Parma Eldalamberon 20 : The Qenya Alphabet is available again on demand at Barnes & Noble (Si apre in una nuova finestra) as well as The Great British Bookshop (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Bluesky (Si apre in una nuova finestra)]

Events & Shows

Michael Drout will be giving a talk at UMass Lowell titled "Making I = Eye: How the One Ring Works in J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings'" (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [March 24]

The Hobbit is on with the Theatre of Youth (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Buffalo, NY]

The Hobbit is on with the Kings Mountain Little Theatre (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [North Carolina]

The New England Youth Theatre (Si apre in una nuova finestra) is offering effects classes (Si apre in una nuova finestra) meant for their upcoming Hobbit rendition.

The Magic of Middle-Earth exhibition is on tour again, this time in Dorset (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

The seven-graders (Si apre in una nuova finestra) at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in Baton Rouge, LA, loved dressing in Hobbit attire as well.

Aragorn's Birthday - Lord of the Rings Party! (Si apre in una nuova finestra) is happening at Serpentine Cider in San Diego. [h/t Tolkien Guide]

The New York Tolkien Conference has - in preparation for its 2025 rendition - a look back at 2019 (Si apre in una nuova finestra) (which was quite exceptional; (Si apre in una nuova finestra) I participated but need to write on the conference - and even more things as well.)

For all events check out the International Tolkien Fellowship (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [FB] and the Tolkien Guide Calendar (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

Scholarship & Fandom

John Garth has Mordor on the Oxford express. (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

Thoughts on Tolkien has The Vocation of Faramir (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

Stephen C. Winter has ” Good Night, Captain, my Lord,” Sam Said to Faramir. “You Took the Chance, Sir.” Praise From the Praiseworthy in Henneth Annûn. (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

Will Sherwood has Eldest and Oldest: Middle-earth’s Mother/Father Trees (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

A redditor has come up with renditions of Tolkien swords (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

There are two new posts at thetolkienist.com: “Hearses at Daybreak”: How a Tolkien birthday card has made the rounds on the Internet (Si apre in una nuova finestra) & F2M2: How Aragorn is Sherlock Holmes and Germanicus and was married to Minerva McGonagall (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

The German Tolkien Society’s Seminar has its CfP (Si apre in una nuova finestra) - Tolkien’s Works on the Book Market.

Robin Reid has Horses (a fun post!) (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

Gandalf's First Lessons in Pity for Hobbits? [Miriam Ellis]

Merchandise & Franchise

Warner Bros. is shuttering Monolith Productions (Si apre in una nuova finestra) (LotR: Shadows of Mordor etc.) [Wertzone]

Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum Movie Gets Release Window (Si apre in una nuova finestra) from Andy Serkis [The Direct]

Amazon to launch linear TV channel Prime in Germany (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Broadband TV News]

Lord of the Rings Online unexpectedly breaks out Update 43 (Si apre in una nuova finestra): Secrets of Utug-bûr [Massively OP]

Inter alia

BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Guardian]

Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Ars Technica]

Have you ever wondered… (Si apre in una nuova finestra) how Ancestry make so many records available on their website? Following an enquiry last year, we realised some of you may be curious as to the details… [The Iron Room aka Library of Birmingham]

Cristian Spagnuolo: Technicolor´s Failure: The End of an Era of Exploitation (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [h/t INDAC]; Shaun Severi: The problem wasn’t talent or execution — it was mismanagement at the highest levels (Si apre in una nuova finestra).

Lord of the Rings actor Bruce Hopkins continues charity tradition (Si apre in una nuova finestra) with 69 backflips for 69 years of life [New Zealand Herald; Gamling is the best!]

Kathleen Kennedy Speaks On Her Lucasfilm Plans — She Is Not Soon Retiring (Si apre in una nuova finestra)— & The Films That Will Keep Her In ‘Star Wars’ Orbit For Years To Come [Deadline]

 The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Nominations (Si apre in una nuova finestra) are now open.

The five-year RIDDELL (Si apre in una nuova finestra) [Brian Sibley]

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