An hour long chat with the author of The History of 'The Hobbit' will take place Wednesday April 16th on WBSD - that's in Burlington, Wisconsin, so for the rest of us it is also streamed online at www.wbsdfm.com. Tolkien will not be the only subject of the discussion, as the announcement also goes [...]

Jason Fisher has provided the following information (via TORN) for the Tolkien 2008 conference this weekend.
Friday, April 11thHenderson's Cafe, Davis Center7:30-9:00 p.m. -- Open-mike Fireside Tolkien Reading
Saturday, April 12thMemorial Lounge Auditorium, Waterman Building8:00-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00 a.m. -- Session I: Personal Identity, Power, and Post-colonialism- Jacob Seliger "The Paradox of Power and Defining Good and [...]

Lift Bridge Book Shop in Brockport, NY is sponsoring a discussion session and book signing event with Elizabeth Whittingham. Elizabeth is the author of The Evolution Of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth, published late last year. The publisher states "this work provides a thorough study of Tolkien's life and [...]