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News archive <-newer items | older items-> 12th March 2017: Two book reviews published in Journal of Tolkien Research Two book reviews have been published in Journal of Tolkien Research Volume 4 Issue 1 The reviews are of Representations of Nature in Middle-earth and Laughter in Middle-earth: Humour in and around the Works of JRR Tolkien The articles can be read on the web page of the journal here. (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=128 ) 23rd February 2017: Call for Papers: Tolkien and Literary Wordbuilding Celebratory volume on the occasion of the twentieth birthday of Walking Tree Publishers' Cormarë Series (1997-2017) Read the call for papers here. (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=127 ) 24th November 2016: Laughter in Middle-earth published Walking Tree Publishers are proud to announce the publication of a new book Laughter in Middle-earth: Humour in and around the Works of JRR Tolkien. This collection of nine papers is edited by Thomas Honegger and Maureen F. Mann. "It is precisely against the darkness of the world that comedy arises, and it is best when that is not hidden." With these words Tolkien replied to Rayner Unwin's comments upon first reading Book 1 of Lord of the Rings. Rayner had not commented on the comedy of Book 1 but on the overpowering effect of "the struggle between darkness and light", as he put it, and that omission disappointed Tolkien. If this was the response of Tolkien's famous first reviewer, it is not surprising that academic studies have also tended to ... [read more] (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=126 ) 24th August 2016: About Edward S. Louis dward S. Louis, author of The Monster Specialist has launched a website presenting this and his other books,as well as two entertaining blogs. The website is edwardslouis.com (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=125 ) 24th August 2016: Call for Papers, Music and Middle-earth
In 2010, Walking Tree Publishers published a volume, Music in Middle-earth in conjunction with Edition Stein und Baum (Musik in Mittlerde). A follow-up volume with the same topic and the title Music and Middle-earth / Musik und Mittlerde will be published by the above mentioned publishing houses in English and German in 2018. A call for papers for this book has been published and can be read here. (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=124 ) 24th August 2016: Call for Papers, Tolkien Conference 2017 A call for papers has been published for the 2017 Tolkien Conference. This can be downloaded here. The conference will be held in Augsburg University (Germany) from 27 to 29th October 2017 (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/17_augsburg.php ) 17th July 2016: Pre-publication offprints (update) Earlier this year, we made available three chapters of our forthcoming volume Humour in and around the Works of JRR Tolkien. These papers have since undergone some updates and corrections, and two further further papers made available. The documents presently available are:
NEW Chapter 2 NEW Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=122 ) 26th April 2016: Tolkien Conference Jena Just a reminder that the Tolkien Seminar is taking place in Jena, Germany from 6th to 8th May 2016. For more information, please consult this page on the Deutsche Tolkiengesellschaft website. (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/16_jena.php ) 26th April 2016: Pre-publication offprints The digital revolution seemingly knows no bounds, and although we at Walking Tree Publishers remain dedicated to the print medium, we have decided to also test the waters of digital distribution. How will these digital releases fit into our portfolio? We are presently preparing the paper publication of a volume entitled Humour in and around the Works of JRR Tolkien. However, with some papers long ready and awaiting publication whereas others are still in progress, we have decided to make some of the completed papers available in the interim. These documents are presently available for free download. This system may change at some point in the future. Presently available are: Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=120 ) 8th December 2015: Book reviews in Beyond Bree
Reviews of two of our books have been published in recent editions of Beyond Bree: Beyond Bree is the newsletter of the Tolkien Special Interest Group of American Mensa. Subscriptions are open to all lovers of Tolkien's Middle-earth, Mensan and non- Mensan alike. For more information on Beyond Bree, please visit http://www.cep.unt.edu/bree.html The reviews are reproduced on this website with kind permission. (to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=119 ) <-newer items | older items-> The most recent news items can also be viewed on the latest news page. | |
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