Never laugh at live dragons! A scorched and smoking Bilbo regrets taunting Smaug in this beautiful little Laima Eglïte illustration from the 1991 Latvian #Hobbit translation. Check out the cheeky, long-legged bat who cleverly echoes Bilbo's distressed pose in reverse #Tolkien

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Un immense merci à Zenibuka (compte inactif) d’avoir accepté de m’accompagner pour cette nouvelle promenade en Terre du Milieu, jusqu’aux Havres Gris et même au-delà pour parler créativité, voyages et inspirations culturelles et humaines 💫
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Hello #Tolkien friends. It has been a little while since I updated you all on the Guide to Tolkien's Letters at tolkienguide.com/guide/letters/. It has been a bit hectic of late but work continues. I have reached 1940 in my long project to capture all of the letters found in Hammond and

Melkor destruyendo las Lámparas, por William Thomy

Sooooooooooooo... 🤔🤔🤔

🧙‍♂️ #Tolkien Trewsday #Tolkien Tuesday #Tolkien
📆Week 62 theme (30 April 2024): “Colours”
30 April is World Tie dye day.
🗨️Welcome to Tolkien Trewsday!
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Another satisfied customer leaving the Mobile Library in Eday this afternoon.

My second literary passion, quite directly after #Tolkien .

Fortunately enough, I had the opportunity on several occasions to speak to him, have books signed...

And as a member of our Pratchett community recently passed away: #GNUTeh . Your name shall not pass.

Even when attending a wedding (circa 1990) Pratchetts will always look slightly scruffy. Not my colour, not his suit, but we’re both looking at the camera. Albeit in a slightly bemused way. He would’ve been 76 today. GNU Dad. Happy Birthday. #Speakhisname #TerryPratchettDay ❤️

Very happy to say I'll be joining Falmouth University for the summer, tutoring students on their online BA (Hons) Illustration degree. To celebrate the fact, here's a portrait of my favourite 14th century medieval manuscript illuminator, Ralf the Intertextual of Winchester🎨✍️

Join me for a journey deep into Tolkien's imagination and the epic history of The Lord of the Rings. With Seed Talks, Monday, at The Wardrobe, Leeds. Just a few tickets left…
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#Tolkien #LotR The Wardrobe Leeds

Now, there is a name I have heard before - Nevill Coghill 😁

Announcing the theme for Terry Pratchett Day 2024: START IN THE WRONG PLACE.

'Don't start in the right place!' they often say of Terry Pratchett 🖤 🤍's work. So, let's truly embrace the joy and chaos to be found in the many routes through Discworld and beyond.

People tend to think of classics as being “boring,” but we wouldn’t keep reading them for hundreds of years if we didn’t love them.

Let me introduce you to some FUN classics:

This is fascinating and interesting to see #Tolkien on the seating plan thanks for sharing Digital Tolkien Project Tolkien Society

Registration for this year's free #Tolkien Society hybrid seminar on Saturday 6th July is now open! The theme is 'Tolkien's #Romantic Resonances' and all papers will be recorded and uploaded onto the Society's YouTube channel afterwards. #Romantic ism

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From one exhibition to the next...

Some wonderful books have arrived for Prof. Simon Horobin's new exhibition, 'C.S. Lewis: Words & Worlds'. From next week it'll be open on Wednesday afternoons, 2pm-4:30pm.

ICYMI, the marble horse from our last exhibition will stay on a while🐴