Medieval History
25th March is Tolkien Reading Day!
Tolkien Reading Day was set up to encourage people to get together and explore some of Tolkien?s stories at school, university, in reading groups, or as a family; the theme for 2010 is
?Tolkien?s Seafarers?
Reading Day is an opportunity for people of all ages to read together and share their thoughts about the story. As 2010 is the International Maritime Organization?sYear of the Seafarerthe theme chosen gives people a chance to read and think about exploring the undercurrents in the Numenorean romance the ?Tale of Aldarion and Erendis? from ?Unfinished Tales?, the journeys and ships of the Teleri, the flight of the Noldor, and the voyages of Tuor and Earendil in ?The Silmarillion?, or Bilbo?s poem about the latter in LotR. There are also the poems ?The Happy Mariners? and at a pinch ?Bombadil Goes Boating.?
Ideas for exploring Tolkien?s books together are available online
www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/tolkienreadingday.html
J.R.R. Tolkien?s books appeal to all ages and readers worldwide find pleasure, entertainment and deep significance in his work.
Reading together is fun, for both children and adults, and reading on a theme stimulates good conversation and vocabulary development. There is much more to Tolkien than ?The Lord of the Rings? though as the list above shows. Families or library reading groups can enjoy these stories and poems or for the younger readers there are the travels and travails of the dog ?Roverandom? which include a journey under the sea.
Schools can contact the Society for education packs, bookmarks and posters. Members of the public, libraries, or reading groups wishing to hold an event near to rather than on the 25th can contact the Society for free posters to help with publicising their event.
e-mail publicity AT tolkiensociety DOT org
Launched in 2003 the reading day event has sparked interest in reading and reading groups across several nations and ages from Primary schoolchildren to University students and library users of all ages. Hence the circulation of this release to the media, educational press and county library services. 25th March has significance to Tolkien?s readers, as it is the day of the Downfall of Sauron at the conclusion of the ?War of the Ring? in ?The Lord of the Rings.?
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- Atherton On Tolkien (trans.) & Tolkien (ed.), Beowulf
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Medieval History
March 25: Tolkien Reading Day
25th March is Tolkien Reading Day!
Tolkien Reading Day was set up to encourage people to get together and explore some of Tolkien?s stories at school, university, in reading groups, or as a family; the theme for 2010 is
?Tolkien?s Seafarers?
Reading Day is an opportunity for people of all ages to read together and share their thoughts about the story. As 2010 is the International Maritime Organization?sYear of the Seafarerthe theme chosen gives people a chance to read and think about exploring the undercurrents in the Numenorean romance the ?Tale of Aldarion and Erendis? from ?Unfinished Tales?, the journeys and ships of the Teleri, the flight of the Noldor, and the voyages of Tuor and Earendil in ?The Silmarillion?, or Bilbo?s poem about the latter in LotR. There are also the poems ?The Happy Mariners? and at a pinch ?Bombadil Goes Boating.?
Ideas for exploring Tolkien?s books together are available online
www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/tolkienreadingday.html
J.R.R. Tolkien?s books appeal to all ages and readers worldwide find pleasure, entertainment and deep significance in his work.
Reading together is fun, for both children and adults, and reading on a theme stimulates good conversation and vocabulary development. There is much more to Tolkien than ?The Lord of the Rings? though as the list above shows. Families or library reading groups can enjoy these stories and poems or for the younger readers there are the travels and travails of the dog ?Roverandom? which include a journey under the sea.
Schools can contact the Society for education packs, bookmarks and posters. Members of the public, libraries, or reading groups wishing to hold an event near to rather than on the 25th can contact the Society for free posters to help with publicising their event.
e-mail publicity AT tolkiensociety DOT org
Launched in 2003 the reading day event has sparked interest in reading and reading groups across several nations and ages from Primary schoolchildren to University students and library users of all ages. Hence the circulation of this release to the media, educational press and county library services. 25th March has significance to Tolkien?s readers, as it is the day of the Downfall of Sauron at the conclusion of the ?War of the Ring? in ?The Lord of the Rings.?
- Videos On The Hobbit - News And Interviews
Ian McKellen's Expected, New Tolkien Journey Ian McKellen is back as Gandalf in 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,' the 1st in Peter Jackson's new trilogy from J.R.R. Tolkien's writings. McKellen says Jackson uses Tolkien's style...
- Kalamazoo, And Tolkien Too
Every year about 3,000 medievalists descend on Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, but tucked into the over 600 sessions on every medieval topic imaginable, you can find 6 or 7 sessions on Tolkien,...
- New Book Examines The Influence Of Medieval Welsh On Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote: ?I love Wales?and especially the Welsh language?. Now, a Cardiff University academic has explored Wales? influence on Tolkien in the first book-length study of his debts to Welsh language and literature. Tolkien and Wales: Language,...
- Atherton On Tolkien (trans.) & Tolkien (ed.), Beowulf
J.R.R. Tolkien (trans.) and Christopher Tolkien (ed). Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell. London: HarperCollins, 2014. 448pp. Reviewed by Mark Atherton Beowulf is "the major piece of Old English verse...
- Smol Reviews Ferré, Dictionnaire Tolkien
Anna Smol recently reviewed: Dictionnaire Tolkien. Ed. Vincent Ferré. Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2012. J.R.R. Tolkien?s fiction is read around the world, having been translated into dozens of languages, from Vietnamese and Korean to Slovak and Catalan to...