letters

Happy Birthday, @WatcherWraith! Here is a gift for you, inspired by your fanfiction 'On Behalf of the Dead'. I am glad to have met you, and I deeply appreciate the discussions we have had about our creative writings. As you well know, it means a lot to me. ❤️ 🫂 May the Lord bless you, and keep...

Awhile back --a long while back ( maybe 15 years ago?) because I totally forgot about it until now -- I decided to make the "prop" that is the letter Thorin wrote to Bilbo, and left for him, when the Dwarves decamped from Bag End. Thorin wanted to get an early start, but fully expected Bilbo...

‘Reduced to nonsense’: JRR Tolkien’s irritation with typist revealed in archive Exclusive: Important collection of author’s letters and manuscripts, being sold in April, reveals his loathing of sloppiness and love of language...

In March 2025 The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition will be released in a paperback version. Some small revisions/corrections to it will be incorporated in the printing. This I have received, from one of the folks involved in assisting with the project. It is said the...

New Edition of the Letters of JRR Tolkien coming out... (actually it's an expanded and updated edition) British edition (pub HarperCollins) to be released in Nov 2023...can be pre-ordered on the Amazon UK website. Haven't seen anything about the US release, no date ,no publisher info...

A few years ago, I wrote a blog titled The Bombadil Enigma, and I shared the link here in order to discuss it. I have just posted a second part to that blog that I think some here might be interested in reading. In it I share an excerpt about Tom Bombadil from an unpublished letter by Tolkien to...

I will have an image or book cover created that depicts the scene where Elrond discovers and reads the Moon Letters on Thorin's map. I reread the section of the Hobbit that describes it, and Thorin, Gandalf, Elrond, and Bilbo were all there. But I must have missed the scenery where it took place...

I saw this on a Facebook page and thought it would be fun. Itch King of Angmar

I know absolutely nothing about Quenya, but I would like to know how to begin a (formal) letter and how to end it in Quenya. In English, we can say a lot of things in the beginning: - Dear, X - Greetings, X And to end a letter: - Sincerely, - Best Regards, - Kind Regards, - Very truly yours...

Some guy on Reddit found these letters his uncle received from Tolkien. I thought I'd share.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lotr-new-edition-of-the-silmarillion-coming-this-october-featuring-letter-from-tolkien/1100-6501854/

I remember reading in the letters of Tolkien or in Humphry Carpenters Biography where a homeless looking man came to a church Tolkien was going to and Tolkien told the priest that the saint who the church had a statue of probably looked more like the homeless man than the statue. Does anyone...

Having just re-read John Garth's 2003 "Tolkien and the Great War", I got to thinking about the various authors who have written about JRRT. Humphrey Carpenter is unique in more than one way. He is the official biographer, he wrote (or edited) three books about quite different aspects of JRRT's...

According to what is said; Tolkien had written a letter to an friend or acquaintance in Wales. This letter was to someone who was sold in an auction in France (Marseille). There were those who saw it. In this letter, the nickname "Eastern Ring Slave" was used for one of the Nazgul, and it was...

This may have appeared here, but if so, I haven't found it. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/05/10/tolkien-letters/?utm_source=penultimate

Hi, I'm new to this forum and not that familiar with tolkiens work except of course watching the epic movies. Brought a copy of Letters of JRR Tolkien from a local charity shop and am going to be giving it to a friend for Christmas who is a massive fan. Just wondered if it is worth anything...

I just finished reading all these letters and I must say they are well written. You provide an excellent account of the final years of Arnor from Queen Firiel's perspective.

Is there realy a book with letters of Tolkien? Has anyone read that?

This is a link to an article about a newly discovered letter from JRR Tolkien to a fan, dated 1956. Unfortunately, the contents are only referred to.

I'm surprised our good friend Barley hasn't posted this.... ;) An auction house has a letter from Tolkien up for bidding. You can see it here. The text from the page reads: Pretty interesting. I didn't see an opening bid. It's probably more than I can afford. I think the auction...