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22nd February 2026: Tolkien Conference Switzerland 14.3.26
Walking Tree Publsihers are pleased to announce their participation in the upcoming Tolkien Conference Switzerland, to be held in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
The second Tolkien Conference Switzerland, organized by the University of Zurich, the University of Lausanne, and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, will take place on Saturday, March 14, 2026, once again at the University of Zurich as a hybrid conference.
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Read more on tolkien-tagung.ch.
Timeline of talks here.
Location: University of Zürich, Alte Kantonsschule (Kleine Aula), Rämistr. 59, 8001 Zürich
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/26_zurich.php )
22nd February 2026: Reviews in Inklings Jahrbuch
Inklings-Jahrbuch für Literatur und Ästhetik 39 has published four reviews of our books. These reviews are by Thomas Fornet Ponse and shared here with kind permission.
- Sub-creating Arda:
World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works, its Precursors, and Legacies
- Tolkien and the Classics
- Middle-earth or There and Back Again
- The Gallant Edith Bratt
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=252 )
22nd February 2026: Two reviews of Theologians
Two reviews of Tolkien among the Theologians have been published.
A review by David Llewellyn Dodds was published in Lembas 211 (September 2025). The review is available in Dutch (pdf) and kindly translated into English by Jan van Breda here.
The volume was also reviewed by Pauline Fleck for Beyond Bree (November 2025 edition). The review can be read here (pdf).
See all reviews of this volume.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=251 )
22nd February 2026: Review in Rice Magazine
Celebrating Tolkien's Legacy has been reviewed in Rice Magazine, Fall 2025, p 68.
See all reviews of this volume.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=250 )
22nd February 2026: Fafnir publishes two reviews
Fafnir, (in its edition Vol. 12 No. 2/2025 has reviewed two of our books.
The Songs of the Spheres: Lewis, Tolkien and the Overlapping Realms of their Imagination is reviewed by Andrea Valeiras of Universidade da Coruña here.
Review of Germanic Heroes, Courage, and Fate: Northern Narratives of Tolkien’s Legendarium is reviewed by Natalie Hopwood of the University of Leeds here.
These review links take you to the website of Fafnir.
See all reviews of Songs of the Spheres.
See all reviews of Germanic Heroes.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=249 )
30th October 2025: The Romantic Spirit reviewed in Journal of Tolkien Research
The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien has been reviewed by Deidre A. Dawson in Journal of Inklings Studies, Vol. 22: Iss. 2 (Article 1).
The review can be read on the website of Journal of Tolkien Research.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=248 )
29th October 2025: Two further reviews of Classical World
Two further reviews of Tolkien and the Classical World have been added.
The volume has been reviewed by Owain Williams in Anicent History Magazine blog (read here on the website of Karwansaray Publishers).
Another review was written by Simon Lentzsch in H/SOZ/KULT (read here on the website of H/SOZ/KULT).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=247 )
29th October 2025: A Real Taste for Fairy-stories reviewed in Journal of Tolkien Research
A Real Taste for Fairy-stories has been reviewed by Marilyn R. Pukkila for Journal of Tolkien Research, Vol. 22: Iss. 2, Article 10 (2025).
Read the review here on the website of Journal of Tolkien Research).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=246 )
28th October 2025: Reminder - Tolkien Seminar this weekend
Just a reminder that the Tolkien Seminar 2025 is this weekend.
This year's topic is Tolkien's Works on the Book Market.
The Tolkien Seminar is organised by DTG with the support of Walking Tree Publishers. It will takes place in the University of Mainz, Germany, from Friday 31st October to Sunday 2nd November 2025.
Online participation is also possible.
More information on the DTG website.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/25_mainz.php )
28th October 2025: The Romantic Spirit reviewed in Journal of Inklings Studies
The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien has been reviewed by Martin Simonson in Journal of Inklings Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2.
Link to the review here (on the website of Edinburgh University Press).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=244 )
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