The One hundred and twenty-eighth Roving Ranger

Events & Shows

Register with the Zurich conference Omentië Nolwë (online and for free (Abre numa nova janela)) happening tomorrow [March 15; I’ll be there; places in Zurich are fully booked, afaik, but give it a try; online still available!]

The AGM and Springmoot (Abre numa nova janela) of the Tolkien Society is happening [Apr 25-27]

The Tolkien Poetry Colloquium (Abre numa nova janela) at Baylor University will have Christina Scull, Wayne Hammond and Michael Drout speaking. It is fully booked for this year but Michael’s lecture is public: “The Origins of Tolkien's Fantasy: The Éarendel poem, Beowulf 1208b, Christ I, the synthesizing impulse, and textualization” ; 4pm, April 4, Alexander Reading Room. [Apr 3-5]

The 21st Annual UVM Tolkien Conference: Tolkien and War (Abre numa nova janela) will have John Garth as a keynote speaker [April 4-5] Please also note his Fireside Reading (Abre numa nova janela).

The Tolkien Tapestries will be on display in Paris (Abre numa nova janela), following March 21, with a preview event on March 20th. [Sortir à Paris]

I am a little bit miffed that with the naming process of Wagga Wagga Public Library’s five robotic cats not a single Tolkien name has been suggested - but at least I can vote for Greebo (Pratchett) (Abre numa nova janela)! P.S. I get it - Tevildo is not the best idea![Wagga Wagga News]

Rehearsals are underway (Abre numa nova janela) for the Hobbit with Arden Theatre [Instagram]

The Open Stage (Abre numa nova janela) (Harrisburg, PA) will do a Hobbit musical. [Apr 24-27]

The Ocean K-12 school in Port Townsend, WA, will perform the Hobbit in March (Abre numa nova janela).

The Ohio Shakespeare Festival will put on the Hobbit (Abre numa nova janela) [Oct 2-26]; (casting calls have gone out (Abre numa nova janela) and I’ld love to know more about Thranduil, the Elven Queen!)

The Silmarillion Writers’ Guild is offering So You Want to Present at a Tolkien Conference? Putting Together the Presentation (Abre numa nova janela) (sessions are available on video.)

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

Marquette University has a public showing of “The J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts” on March 21st (Abre numa nova janela).

Stephen C. Winter has “He Came to Me Because He Trusted Me at First, I’m Afraid.” Frodo and the Capture of Gollum in the Pool Beneath Henneth Annûn. (Abre numa nova janela)

doubtfulsea has Riddle Me Ree (Abre numa nova janela).

Brenton Dickieson has An Abundance of Spreadsheets about Tolkien’s Expanded Letters (Part 2 of Voyaging With Voyant). (Abre numa nova janela)

The latest book by the Pope mentions Tolkien (Abre numa nova janela). [Vatican]

Douglas A. Anderson has Tolkien on de Camp's "Swords & Sorcery" Anthology (Abre numa nova janela).

Michael Martinez gets an honourable mention for this title: “Pedo Barbarians A Minno.” (Abre numa nova janela)

The upcoming McFarland “Studies in Tolkien” now has a webpage. (Abre numa nova janela)

Cameron Bourquein and Rachel Crane have added to the Journal of Tolkien Research (vol 21, iss 1 (Abre numa nova janela)).

David Bratman has John Wain (Abre numa nova janela).

VARIATIONS AND EPISODES for solo piano by Paul Corfield Godfrey (Abre numa nova janela) are available now. [TolkienGuide]

Merchandise & Franchise

First look at LEGO The Lord of The Rings: The Shire set (Abre numa nova janela) [BrickFanatics; also a very close look at similiar projects and their evolution (Abre numa nova janela).]

Lord of the Rings Online server transfer situation stands as queues (Abre numa nova janela) surpass 48 hours [MassivelyOP; updated more recently as Lord of the Rings Online speeds up 64-bit server transfer rate but sees more failures in the process (Abre numa nova janela).]

Lord of the Rings Online devs talk about Rivendell housing and a new homestead currency (Abre numa nova janela) [MassivelyOP]

Bruce Hopkins’ Stunning 69 Backflips for Local Charity And More… (Abre numa nova janela) [TORn]

The Tolkien & Donald Swann archive on sale is offering the full catalogue online (Abre numa nova janela) [Jonkers Books]

The Tolkien Visual Collection Guide now has the full Warner Brothers 100th Anniversary Tolkien Trading Cards (Abre numa nova janela).

Inter alia

On Tour with Fantasy: Realms of Imagination (Abre numa nova janela) [File770]

‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements (Abre numa nova janela) [Guardian]

Terry Brooks announces semi-retirement from writing (Abre numa nova janela) [Wertzone]

'I was lucky to be Sir Terry Pratchett's agent' (Abre numa nova janela) [BBC]

In an age of open hostility, Terry Pratchett’s militant decency is more urgent than ever (Abre numa nova janela) [Independent]

The Magical Humanism of Sir Terry Pratchett (Abre numa nova janela) [The Magical Humanist]

Signs of Terry Pratchett’s dementia may have been hidden in his books (Abre numa nova janela) [New Scientist]

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