The One hundred and nineteenth Roving Ranger

Life & Works

Jan 11, 1943. Michael George Tolkien (Abre numa nova janela), grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
Jan 12, 1928. A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District (Abre numa nova janela) with foreword by Tolkien.
Jan 14, 1956. Tolkien writes Letter 180 (Abre numa nova janela) on the sub-creation process.
Jan 17, 1937. Tolkien writes Letter 10 (Abre numa nova janela) on illustrations for Hobbit & Mr. Bliss.

Events & Shows

There are tengwar courses with Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Abre numa nova janela) in March & April [h/t Vincent Ferré]

Líre Itarildeo (Abre numa nova janela) (song translated by Christopher Gilson) [Youtube]

Tolkien Stage Adaptations - Performance Calendar (Abre numa nova janela) for January.

1962: Tolkien on LotR (Abre numa nova janela) - Writers & Wordsmiths with BBC Archive [Youtube]

GIFCon at Glasgow University will be taking place 7-9 May (Abre numa nova janela).

Check the list of events with Signum University for 2025 (Abre numa nova janela).

Boise, Idaho, has a new smial (Abre numa nova janela). As well as New Zealand (Abre numa nova janela).

TolkienCon is happening in Prague, Jan 17-19 (Abre numa nova janela).

For all events check out the International Tolkien Fellowship (Abre numa nova janela) [FB] and the Tolkien Guide Calendar (Abre numa nova janela).

Scholarship & Fandom

Douglas A. Anderson has Borges on Tolkien (Abre numa nova janela) - including a very lively discussion in the comments.

John Garth has A mathom on Tolkien’s birthday (Abre numa nova janela).
[consider supporting John’s Garth with Steady - I convinced him to be there!]

Andrew Higgins has Explorations into Tolkien's Elvish Languages (Abre numa nova janela).

Black Metal fans might like that Summoning (Abre numa nova janela) [Facebook] have reissued Lugburz, Minas Morgul and Dol Guldur (Abre numa nova janela) as picture discs. [Napalm Records]

The Lembas 2025 issue (Abre numa nova janela) will be published in April, including proceedings to last year’s seminar Evil in Eä. [Facebook, h/t Renée Vink]

My report on the fan screening of “War of the Rohirrim (Abre numa nova janela)” in Lucerne.

Kristine Larsen has J.R.R. Tolkien – Geologist? (Abre numa nova janela)

Roberto Arduini has Receiver of a Tolkien’s letter discovered (Abre numa nova janela).

If ever need to Cite.Tolkien (Abre numa nova janela). [Digital Tolkien]

Mike Glyer of File770 collected What’s your favourite Tolkien (Abre numa nova janela) for #TolkienBirthdayToast.

The Wertzone has The Longest SFF Novels of All Time (Abre numa nova janela)(2025 update), including The Lord of the Rings.

doubtfulsea has Bacon and Eggs, Etc. (Abre numa nova janela)

The Tolkien Society has changed its status to better serve its members and the community - here is the “new” TS’ entry (Abre numa nova janela) with the charity commission.

Volume 20, issue 2, of the Journal of Tolkien Research is filling up nicely (Abre numa nova janela).

John D. Rateliff has Happy Tolkien Day (Abre numa nova janela) with David Bratman answering. (Abre numa nova janela)
[Let’s see whether someone adds another perspective in mentioning that modern writers do not use “South Africa” as a geographical umbrella term but always as a term for the Republic of South Africa 😃]

Taruithorn: The Oxford Tolkien Society is reviving its magazine Miruvor (Abre numa nova janela) - contributions are welcome. [Instagram]

Merchandise & Franchise

Beast Kingdom has Gandalf (Abre numa nova janela).

Making ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Nearly Killed Its Director (Abre numa nova janela) [IndieWire] | ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’: A Tokyo Take (Abre numa nova janela) [AWN]

The Silent Hill 2 Remake Team Pitched A Lord Of The Rings Horror Game (Abre numa nova janela). [80lv]

Ex-Annapurna Staff Reportedly Form New Company to Inherit Private Division IPs (Abre numa nova janela) [about Tales of the Shire]

Check out Morgan’s Tolkien collection, selling via Tradera now (Abre numa nova janela) [Sweden]

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Inter alia & Back in the Day

Fun Fact Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Abre numa nova janela) premiered on Jan 3, 1993, thirty-two years ago. Tolkien was born on Jan 3.

Our culture isn't fantasy - so stop misusing it for mystical books (Abre numa nova janela) [BBC News]

The Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at Glasgow Uni has Fantasy in the Midst of War: Perspectives from Ukraine (Abre numa nova janela) coming up Feb 26.

I love xkcd.

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