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26th June 2015: Tolkien's Poetry reviewed in Journal of Tolkien Research

A review by Andrew Higgins has been published in Journal of Tolkien Research.

Link to article here.

Link to journal here.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=116 )

23rd June 2015: In the Nameless Wood reviewed in Mythlore

J.S. Ryan's In the Nameless Wood Explorations in the Philological Hinterland of Tolkien's Literary Creations has been reviewed in Mythlore

The review is reproduced here with kind permission.

Mythlore is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal published by the Mythopoeic Society that focuses on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and the genres of myth and fantasy.

Link to the website of the Mythopoeic Society.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=115 )

22nd June 2015: Book reviews in Inklings Jahrbuch


Reviews of two of our books have been published in Inklings Jahrbuch 32:

- Barbara Kowalik (editor), O What a Tangled Web: Tolkien and Medieval Literature A View from Poland
- J.S. Ryan, In the Nameless Wood Explorations in the Philological Hinterland of Tolkien's Literary Creations

(Reviews published in German).

Inklings Jahrbuch is the review of Inklings Gesellschaft.

The website of Inklings Gesellschaft is www.inklings-gesellschaft.de

The reviews are reproduced on this website here with kind permission (you can also click on the individual covers above).

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=114 )

19th May 2015: Book reviews in Hither Shore


Reviews of three of our books have been published in Hither Shore 11:

- J.S. Ryan, In the Nameless Wood Explorations in the Philological Hinterland of Tolkien's Literary Creations
- Thomas Honegger & Dirk Vanderbeke (editors), From Peterborough to Faëry The Poetics and Mechanics of Secondary Worlds
- Roberto Arduini & Claudio A. Testi (editors), Tolkien and Philosophy

The first of these reviews is in English, the subsequent two in German.

The reviews are reproduced on this website here with kind permission (you can also click on the individual covers above).

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=113 )

23rd April 2015: Tolkien Seminar coming weekend

On Fairy-storiesJust a reminder that the Tolkien Seminar is taking place coming weekend in Aachen, Germany (1st to 3rd May 2015). For more information, please consult this page on the Deutsche Tolkiengesellschaft website.

This year's topic is "On Fairy-stories"

The event is supported by Walking Tree Publishers.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/15_aachen.php )

13th November 2014: Deep Roots in a Time of Frost published

Deep Roots in a Time of Frost Patrick Curry's new book, Deep Roots in a Time of Frost, Essays on Tolkien is now released. The new volume collects essays that were all previously published (some of them by us) but some of which may be difficult to track down, and which have never been released in one volume before.

In this collection of his published essays, Patrick Curry explores two themes in Tolkien's great work: enchantment, the Elves and Faërie, and the natural world of Middle-earth. He considers their different effects on both readers and literary critics, and brings to light the deep connections between these two subjects, as well as between them and Tolkien's ultimate concern ... [read more]

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=111 )

29th October 2014: The Broken Scythe reviewed in Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung

The Broken Scythe Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung have in their May 2014 edition published (in German) a review of The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung is the journal of Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung. The review is republished on this website here with kind permission.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=110 )

26th October 2014: Table of contents of Deep Roots in a Time of Frost

Deep Roots in a Time of Frost Patrick Curry's collection of essays is making good progress and is due to be published in mid November under the title Deep Roots in a Time of Frost. These essays have all been previously published (several by us) but some are little know and they have never before been made available in a single volume.

In this collection of his published essays, Patrick Curry explores two themes in Tolkien's great work: enchantment, the Elves and Faërie, and the natural world of Middle-earth. He considers their different effects on both readers and literary critics, and brings to light the deep connections between these two subjects, as well as between them and Tolkien's ultimate concern, 'Death and the desire for deathlessness.' Also illuminated, in contrast, is magic, as epitomised by the One Ring. Finally, he argues that the hobbits are exemplars of how to live in relation to enchantment: neither pursuing, nor avoiding, but honouring it.

The table of contents of this volume can be previewed here (along with some early reviews).

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=109 )

18th September 2014: Sir Severus Le Brewse is back!

The Monster Specialist E dward S. Louis' new book, The Monster Specialist is finally available. The book's Part 1, "Sir Severus le Brewse" was first published in 2005 by another publisher and is now republished by us in a single volume jointly with the previously unpublished parts 2 and 3, "Severus and the Two Kings" and "Lilava in Search of Severus".

The Monster Specialist tells the adventures of Sir Severus le Brewse and his lovely lady, Lilava, as they quest against monsters of all descriptions. In contrast to other knights, Severus is not keen to slay his monster opponents, but will seek out a more amicable solution wherever possible. But he is gradually drawn into a confrontation with his nemesis, King Abra, and through him into the darker events of the wider world and the conflict between Arthur and Mordred.

In the picture on the left below, the new book is shown alongside the original Sir Severus Le Brewse. On the right, the book is opened to show one of ten black and white illustrations by Anke Eissmann (click on pictures to enlarge).

The Monster Specialist and Sir Severus le Brewse The Monster Specialist Severus finds a sword

A free download of the first two chapters is available here.

More information, including some high-profile reviews, can be found here.

Some booksellers offering The Monster Specialist are listed here.

The Monster Specialist by Edward S. Louis, 310 pages, Walking Tree Publishers, Zurich and Jena 2014, ISBN 978-3-905703-23-8.

Recommended price UK: £15.00, USA: $24.30, Europe: €16.85, Switzerland: CHF20.00.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=108 )

29th August 2014: Seryn Ennor

Readers who have been following Walking Tree Publishers for some time will recall that the company's origins lay in the Swiss Tolkien Society (Eredain). This society was finally dissolved in 2005. We are thus pleased to observe that a new Swiss Tolkien Society is being formed (with some of us involved). The new society is called Seryn Ennor and has a website at www.serynennor.ch. An inaugural event will take place in Jenins (Grisons, Switzerland) on the weekend of 6th September.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=107 )

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