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31st March 2023: Article shortlisted for Tolkien Society Awards 2023
The essay "Shadows of Middle-Earth: Tolkien in Subculture, Counterculture and Exploitation" by Mónica Sanz has been nominated as Best Article to the Tolkien Society Awards 2023.
The article was included in Nölé Hyarmenillo: An Anthology of Iberian Scholarship on Tolkien, number 47 of the Cormarë Series, from Walking Tree Publishers.
You can see the other nominated articles, and vote for your choice on this page of The Tolkien Society (only TS members can vote, and voting closes at midnight today).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=197 )
31st March 2023: Journal of Tolkien Research reviews Nólé Hyarmenillo
The Journal of Tolkien Research (volume 15, issue 2, 2022) has published a review of Nólé Hyarmenillo: An Anthology of Iberian Scholarship on Tolkien.
Link to review here (on web page of Journal of Tolkien Research)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=196 )
10th February 2023: Beyond Bree reviews Nólé Hyarmenillo
Beyond Bree (February 2023) has published a review of Nólé Hyarmenillo: An Anthology of Iberian Scholarship on Tolkien. The review, authored by Nancy Martsch, is reproduced here with kind permission.
Read the review here (pdf link).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=195 )
6th February 2023: Book reviews in Mallorn
Five reviews of our recent books have been published in Mallorn over the last three years.
Mallorn 61 (2020) reviewed:
- "Something Has Gone Crack": New Perspectives on J.R.R.Tolkien in the Great War (link to pdf)
Mallorn 62 (2021) reviewed:
- Tolkien and the Classical World (link to pdf)
- Middle-earth or There and Back Again (link to pdf)
Mallorn 63 (2022) reviewed:
- Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works (link to pdf)
- The Gallant Edith Bratt (link to pdf)
All reviews of our books in Mallorn.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=194 )
2nd February 2023: Call for Paper, Tolkien Seminar 2023
A call for papers for the 2023 Tolkien Seminar has been published on the website of DTG.
The topic of this years's conference is With other eyes: The Visualisation of Tolkien's Work.
The conference is being held on 27-29 October 2023 at Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=193 )
22nd December 2022: Hobbit Place-Names reviewed in Beyond Bree
Beyond Bree (December 2022) has published a review of Hobbit Place-names: A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire
. The review, authored by Joris de Moel, is reproduced here with kind permission.
Read the review here (pdf link).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=192 )
20th December 2022: Law government and Society in JRR Tolkien's Works reviewed in The Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center
Law government and Society in JRR Tolkien's Works has been reviewed in The Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center, Vol 38.2. The review by David Llewellyn Dodds can be read here (link to page of the journal).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=191 )
28th November 2022: Seamus Hamill-Keays wins Beyond Bree Award
The winner of the Beyond Bree award 2022 is Seamus Hamill-Keays, co-author of The Gallant Edith Bratt.
According to Beyond Bree, The "Beyond Bree" Award is given "In recognition of outstanding contribution to the study of J.R.R. Tolkien, from the Readers of 'Beyond Bree'". Recipients for the Award are nominated and voted by the readers of "Beyond Bree". The intent is to recognize people, especially fans, who have contributed greatly to the study of Tolkien but who might not be well known in scholarly circles.
Walking Tree Publishers congratulates Seamus Hamill-Keays on this well-deserved recognition.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=190 )
27th November 2022: Law government and Society in JRR Tolkien's Works reviewed in The Journal of Tolkien Research
Law government and Society in JRR Tolkien's Works has been reviewed in The Journal of Tolkien Research. The review by Douglas C. Kane can be read here (link to page of the journal).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=189 )
8th November 2022: New review of Law government and Society in JRR Tolkien's Works
A new review of Law government and Society in JRR Tolkien's Works has been published by Andrés Urbano Medina in Dereito Vol. 31 Núm. 1 (2022), and is re-published here with kind permission.
Dereito is a publication of the University of Santiago de Compostella (USC).
The review can be read in Spanish on the website of the USC
A pdf of the review can also be downloaded here (in Spanish) or an approved English translation here.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=188 )
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