The Eighty-ninth Roving Ranger

Life and Works

June 23, 1945. Tolkien is elected Merton Professor of English Language and Literature (Abre numa nova janela).
June 24, 2022. The Great Tales Never End (Abre numa nova janela) is published.
June 25, 1957. Tolkien writes Letter 200 (Abre numa nova janela) on the nature of Sauron.
June 26, 1968. Tolkien writes Letter 305 (Abre numa nova janela) to Rayner Unwin about a serious injury.
June 27, 1972. Tolkien meets Vera Chapman (Abre numa nova janela) and agrees to become the Tolkien Society's honorary president.
June 29, 1944. Tolkien writes Letter 74 (Abre numa nova janela) to Stanley Unwin, hoping to soon finish the sequel to The Hobbit.
June 30, 1972. Tolkien writes Letter 339 (Abre numa nova janela) (to the Daily Telegraph) defending trees and his name.
July 1, 1937. Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics (Abre numa nova janela) first published.
July 4, 1966. The Jerusalem Bible (Abre numa nova janela) is published.
July 5, 1957. Tolkien writes Letter 108 (Abre numa nova janela) on his revisions on the Farmer Giles of Ham manuscript.

Events & Shows

Spain is pulling out all the stops with this conference (Abre numa nova janela) on J.R.R. Tolkien and they do have Brian Sibley to boot. [July 4th-7th]

France is joining in the festivities with Tolkiendil in October in Paris (Abre numa nova janela).

The Tolkien Society has announced an online seminar on Nov 26th: Secondary Believers, Secondary Worlds: Tolkien and Religion in the Twenty-First Century (Abre numa nova janela).

Theatre under the Trees (Abre numa nova janela) is bringing The Hobbit to the stage on July 10-29 in Kamloops, British Columbia.

An excellent beer, wine and cider festival with expert Tolkien knowledge - Catherine McIlwaine on Tolkien and Oxford (Abre numa nova janela). [June 24th]

John Howe has posted many photos of his exhibition before its opening on June 25th on his Instagram account (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 and Fandom

David Bratman has written on R.W. Reynolds (Abre numa nova janela).

Anna Smol has the news (Abre numa nova janela) on Tolkien at IMC Leeds.

A little something by me on the cats of Queen Berúthiel (Abre numa nova janela).

Douglas A. Anderson on the possibly first booklet ever published on Tolkien (Abre numa nova janela).

Franchise and Merchandise

During an investor call (Abre numa nova janela) the Embracer Group clearly stated they intend to exploit the Lord of the Rings franchise to the fullest (Abre numa nova janela) as "one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world" [Games Radar]. This has come after news of a major restructuring (Abre numa nova janela) of the company. [Variety]

Buying Middle-earth Enterprises was much cheaper than expected (Abre numa nova janela). [Variety]

Emmy nominations and wins (Abre numa nova janela) may not be easily forthcoming for major fantasy shows. [Hollywood Reporter]

Amazon is being sued by the FTC for allegedly duping customers (Abre numa nova janela) into subscribing to Prime. At about the same time the company mentioned it has spent over $5 billion in the UK creative industries (Abre numa nova janela) since 2010.

Inter alia & Back in the day

Tolkien's True Love (Abre numa nova janela) [European Conservative].

The 3 Body Problem (Abre numa nova janela) has a trailer. [Netflix/ Youtube]

Disney is planning a massive number of films (Abre numa nova janela). [Variety]

Amazon itself offered leaks of Good Omens 2 (Abre numa nova janela). Dont use the link if you do not want any spoilers [Winteriscoming.net (Abre numa nova janela)]

The SFWA (Abre numa nova janela) has published a statement on AI/ ML.

Babylon 5: The Road Home (Abre numa nova janela) has a trailer.

My kind of humour 😊

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