The University of Nottingham came under fire over a course described as decolonizing fantasy works by famous British authors ...

There is still confusion over which towers are "The Two Towers" in the title of J.R.R. Tolkien's second Lord of the Rings ...

The end of The Lord of the Rings had a very big influence, and J.R.R. Tolkien had an explanation that changed everything for ...

J.R.R. Tolkien, renowned Catholic writer and creator of Middle-earth, died 50 years ago this September. His books continue to captivate minds. Tolkien enthusiasts near and far continue to champion the ...

This year’s annual Tolkien Society seminar will pay “more critical attention than ever” to diversity issues, according to an announcement by the literary charity. Academics and non-academics alike ...

A new Oxford exhibition offers unusual artifacts of the famed writer. TOLKIEN TREASURES. Above, the final design of The Hobbit dust jacket is part of ‘Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth.’ Tolkien not only ...

A dark, malevolent force is gathering on the edge of Middle-earth. It’s more poisonous than the Witch-King of Angmar. More toxic than Smaug. More evil than Sauron himself. That’s right, conservatives ...

HarperCollins has been busy refreshing their J.R.R. Tolkien offerings with spectacular illustrated editions of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. They also released The Fall of Numenor, which ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

On Sept. 15, 1939, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his publisher to explain why he didn’t expect to make much progress on his new story ...

The son of literary great J.R.R. Tolkien — author of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” — has died. Christopher Tolkien, himself a well-regarded author known as the “cartographer” of Middle ...