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2nd July 2023: New publication, Tweaking Things a Little
"World-building, name-finding, language-crafting; the flaws in chivalric practice, and the ethics (Machiavellian and otherwise) that produce the moral complexities of Middle-earth and the Known World are thus the topics that Tweaking Things a Little considers. The modest title belies what lies within these covers: nimble readings, profound knowledge of the medieval world, original and provocative reading of both books and the TV show await the reader here. Pointing both back in time to the medieval underpinnings of Tolkien's creation and outwards to the contemporary world that informs Martin's pragmatic and politically astute thinking, these essays enthral, astonish and challenge. Best of all, they encourage us to journey back into Middle-earth and the Known World, with newly opened eyes and ears, to rediscover their wonders anew."
Carolyne Larrington, Professor of Medieval European Literature (University of Oxford), author of Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of 'Game of Thrones' (2015) and All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in 'Game of Thrones' (2021).
About the author: Thomas Honegger is Professor for English Medieval Studies at the Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena (Germany).
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(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=207 )
2nd July 2023: Tolkien Seminar 2023
The 2023 DTG Tolkien Conference (with support of Walking Tree Publishers) will be held at the Georg-August Universität in Göttingen, Germany on 27 to 29th October 2023. The conference topic is "With other eyes: The Visualisation Tolkien's Work / Mit anderen Augen: Die Visualisierung von Tolkiens Werk".
A conference program will be published shortly. Please also check Tolkien Seminar (on DTG website) and conference latest (on this website).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=206 )
14th April 2023: Mythlore reviews The Gallant Edith Bratt
A review of The Gallant Edith Bratt has been published by Mythlore Volume 41 Number 2 (2023).
The review can be read here (on the website of Mythlore).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=205 )
13th April 2023: Video review of The Gallant Edith Bratt
A video review of The Gallant Edith Bratt has been published by Regreso a Hobbiton of Sociedad Tolkien Española.
(embedded Spanish YouTube video below)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=204 )
12th April 2023: Many book reviews
Catching up on a quite a few book reviews.
The Gallant Edith Bratt has been reviewed by:
- Rice Magazine Spring 2022 (pdf format)
- The Journal of Tolkien Research 14.2 (pdf format)
Tolkien and the Classical World has been reviewed by:
- Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung 10.1 (2022) (on page of ZfF)
- VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center Vol 38.2. (pdf format, on page of Wheaton College)
Middle Earth or There and Back Again has been reviewed by:
- Mythprint Vol.58 No.2 (Summer 2021) (pdf format)
Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works has been reviewed by:
- Beyond Bree November 2022 (pdf format)
Tolkien and the Classics has been reviewed by:
- Mythprint Vol.59 No.1 (Spring 2022) (pdf format)
- Mallorn 60 (Summer 2020) (pdf format)
Sub-creating Arda has been reviewed by:
- Mallorn 60 (Summer 2020) (pdf format)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=203 )
6th April 2023: Book reviews in Fafnir
Catching up on some earlier book reviews, here are four that were published in Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research over recent years.
These links take you directly to the relevant pages on the Fafnir website.
Fafnir Vol 8, Issue 2 (2021) reviewed:
- Tolkien and the Classics
Fafnir Vol 8, Issue 1 (2021) reviewed:
- "Something Has Gone Crack": New Perspectives on J.R.R. Tolkien in the Great War
- Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond
Fafnir Vol 5, Issue 1 (2018) reviewed:
- Binding Them All: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on J. R. R. Tolkien and His Works
The following page collects all reviews of our books in Fafnir.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=202 )
3rd April 2023: Thersites reviews Tolkien and the Classical World
Tolkien and the Classical World has been reviewed in Thersites. The review can be read here (on the website of Thersites).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=201 )
3rd April 2023: Rosetta reviews Tolkien and the Classical World
Tolkien and the Classical World has been reviewed in Rosetta. The review can be read here (on the website of Rosetta).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=200 )
3rd April 2023: Anabases reviews Tolkien and the Classical World
Tolkien and the Classical World has been reviewed in Anabases (in French). The review can be read here (on the website of Anabases).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=199 )
31st March 2023: Podcast on The Gallant Edith Bratt
Co-author, Nancy Bunting, discusses The Gallant Edith Bratt on The Texas Tolkien Talk Podcast.
www.buzzsprout.com/1794710/10618441-the-gallant-edith-bratt-nancy-bunting
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=198 )
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