the Walking Tree Publishers are a leading source of secondary literature on Tolkien and his world http://www.walking-tree.org Environmentalism in Tolkien's Middle-earth brings together ten essays exploring Tolkien as a proto-environmentalist and deep ecologist before the term exist http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=266 http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=266 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200 The Third Tolkien Conference Switzerland, organized by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, University of Lausanne, and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, will take place on Saturday, March 13, 2027, at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in beautiful Lucerne, Switz http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/27_lucerne.php http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/27_lucerne.php Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200 The 2026 Tolkien Seminar, organised by DTG and with the support of Walking Tree Publishers, will be held in Augsburg from 16th to 18th October 2026. The topic is Environment, Ecosphere, Community: Tolkien and Enworldment. http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/26_augsburg.php http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/26_augsburg.php Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200 A review by Andrew Higgins of Arda Notebooks,The Best of I Quaderni di Arda was published in the Journal of Tolkien Research http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=263 http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=263 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200 Tolkien - History Meets Legend, essays by Nancy Bunting, is now published. 'Legend and History have met and fused' (OFS 156) These essays deal with how Tolkien excavated the http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=262 http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=262 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0200 A Real Taste for Fairy-Stories has been shortlisted for the 2026 Mythopoeic Awards. More inform http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=261 http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=261 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0200 A review by Nancy Bunting of Arda Notebooks,The Best of I Quaderni di Arda was published in Beyond Bree May 2026. http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=260 http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=260 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0200