Lotho Sackville-Baggins (Dan) sends this news along via Facebook:
Have you read any of the Desolation of Smaug Productions Middle-earth folktales? Are you a subscriber to the American Tolkien Society’s newsletter The Minas Tirith Evening Star? Did you know that DoS Productions celebrated its 10th year in 2010? Well, if you have not read any of [...]

Christopher Gilson sends this welcome news along:
This issue, to which we have given the title "Quenya Phonology," presents three linguistic texts by J. R. R. Tolkien dealing with the internal history of the sounds of Quenya in relation to the cognate Elvish languages and their descent from a common source.
The "Comparative Tables" are a [...]

Lulu.com is having a one day sale today for 25% off any order up to $750 (!) and 30% off orders above that.
It can be hard to find things of interest on lulu.com given their search system. My recommendations are to pick up back issues of Quettar, and definitely check out the books from [...]

Dunedain is offering a very nice sale discount on all featured items in his Tolkien store through Tuesday November 30th. There are quite a few impressive items in this catalog, so it is well worth a visit to his site even just to browse around and see some amazing sights (and maybe grab an [...]

Call for Papers: Mythopoeic Society Conference XXXXII
Albuquerque, NMFriday, July 15 through Monday, July 18, 2011http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/42/
Monsters, Marvels, and Minstrels: The Rise of Modern Medievalism
The year 2011 marks the 75th anniversary of both C.S. Lewis' publication of The Allegory of Love and J.R.R. Tolkien's lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics." Spanning the early Anglo-Saxon/Scandinavian heroic legacies [...]

Over at tolkien.co.uk HarperCollins is running a giveaway contest for a 2011 calendar with artwork by Cor Blok. The calendar will be personally signed to the winner by the artist.
The calendar features fourteen paintings by the acclaimed Dutch artist, all of which are inspired by The Lord of the Rings. Cor Blok met and [...]

Doug sends this information along:
Ah, it does my heart good to post this. We finally have our first-ever Midwestern book event scheduled ... and in the Chicago area no less!
On Wednesday, December 15 at 7:00 p.m. I'll be speaking and signing copies of The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films at the Borders [...]

Andy Compton sends this unfortunate note along:
Hi,
I am sorry to have to advise that despite the tremendous work and dedication to this project by Angela Gardner, Neil Holford, the Publishers, designers, artists, and financial backing by ADC Publications Ltd I have no choice but to cancel the publication of the book for legal reasons.
Despite many [...]

National Book Auctions 11/7/2010
#9052: The Lord of the Rings, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1973
Bound in crimson cloth with bright gilt embossing on the spine and in the original mylared dust jackets, this classic vintage fantasy trilogy is a revised edition in beautiful condition. Each volume contains the original fold-out maps. This set is the [...]

UPDATE Please note that the book and event have been cancelled.
The Tolkien Society and ADC Books send along this announcement:
"Wheelbarrows at Dawn - Memories of Hilary Tolkien"Edited by Angela Gardner & Neil HolfordThis wonderful new book about JRR Tolkien's younger brother will be published soon and publishers ADC Books will be hosting a special Tolkien [...]