Ablaze sent a press release to promote their "new graphic novel" biography of J. R. R. Tolkien's life – but it was originally published in French in 2019 by Soleil. Tolkien: Lightning Up The Darkness, ...

On Sept. 15, 1939, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his publisher to explain why he didn’t expect to make much progress on his new story ...

J. R. R. Tolkien was a poet at heart. Charmed by the sound of language, he was influenced by everything from the poem The ...

Lovers of literature the world over will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of J.R.R. Tolkien Sept. 2. Although the anniversary will be an opportunity to celebrate the life and work of the ...

On the occasion John Tolkien, 3 years old, fished for information about Father Christmas, his own father spent the next 23 years responding. From 1920 to 1943, J.R.R. Tolkien, the novelist who would ...

Last Friday, Sept. 2, was the 49th anniversary of the death of J.R.R. Tolkien at the age of 81. By coincidence, this past weekend also marked the release of the first two episodes of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. I made a plan to journey into Middle Earth to follow in the ...

Tom Emanuel receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). If you have read The Lord of the Rings, there is a good chance that you skipped over one or more of the 75 songs and ...