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31st August 2010: ADC Books, Beowulf and the Dragon
We are pleased to announce that the Gloucestershire-based online bookseller and Tolkien specialist, ADC Books, now stocks our art edition of Beowulf and the Dragon.
ADC's stocking of the books will greatly improve its accessibility and distribution. Due to its conventional printing method and small production run (only 500 copies), the book is not readily available through many of our other sales channels.
ADC Books writes:
At long last, here we find the excellent illustrations of Anke Eissmann, alongside the poem they were based upon. The combination here of Old English poem, Anglo-Saxon font (see pic 3), modern translation by John Porter alongside, and pictorial representation by Anke Eissmann, creates a multi-media experience to bring the Beowulf poem's "lost third" back to prominence - and give both dragon and greybeard-hero once again their due. These last thousand lines of the poem, often skipped or summarised when studying from line I, contain much that is finest in the poem, besides the dragon: the vivid account of the death of the terrible old Swedish King Ongentheow, one of the most focussed battle-pieces in Old English; Beowulf's three death-speeches, which range between grief, regret and pride, and end with four lines of more-than-stoic resignation; and the theme of the Last Survivor, the man who leaves the treasure for the dragon to make his own. |
The website of ADC books is www.adcbooks.co.uk (or direct link to Beowulf and the Dragon). Of course ADC Books also stocks some of our other publications and can also obtain those it doesn't stock.
ADC Books will also be attending this year's Oxonmoot (24-26 September) and be selling the book there.
More information on Beowulf and the Dragon from Walking Tree Publishers.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=39 )
27th July 2010: Chat with Tom Shippey
tolkien-buecher.de has organised a web chat with the celebrated Tolkien expert, Professor Tom Shippey. The chat will take place on Friday 27th August (exact time to be announced) and will mark the publication of the German translation of Sigurd and Gudrún. For more information see this announcement (in German) on tolkien-buecher.de (external links).
Tom Shippey is best known for his books The Road to Middle-earth and J.R.R. Tolkien. Author of the Century but has also written for the Walking Tree Publishers. The Cormarë Series book Roots and Branches is a collection of his essays. Further contributions are "New Learning and New Ignorance: Magia, Goeteia, and the Inklings" (published in Myth and Magic) and his foreword to Beowulf and the Dragon.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=38 )
15th June 2010: More pictures of Jena conference
Further pictures from the Jena conference are posted on the Hannohirrim website on this and this page (external links).
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=37 )
Related announcements:
Tolkien Seminar pictures, Tolkien Seminar website online, past conferences.
4th May 2010: Reviews of Tolkien's View
Two reviews of J.S. Ryan's book, Tolkien's View: Windows into his World have been added to this website. One was written by Jason Fisher and published in Hither Shore Volume 6. The other, by Thomas Fornet-Ponse, in Inklings-Jahrbuch 27 (the latter review is in German).
Read the Hither Shore review.
Read the Inklings-Jahrbuch review.
More information on Tolkien's View: Windows into his World.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=36 )
3rd May 2010: Tolkien Seminar pictures
A selection of pictures from the 2010 Tolkien Seminar (held in Jena last weekend) have been posted on the event website (external link).
A review of the event (in German) can be read on the website of the German Tolkien Society (DTG) (external links).
Related item: past conferences.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=35 )
3rd April 2010: Countdown to Tolkien Seminar
The countdown to the 2010 Tolkien Seminar is running. For those who haven't yet made up their minds: This three day event (Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th April) features an inspiring line-up of speakers on Tolkien and Romanticism. Detailed information is available from the event website (external link).
The Tolkien Seminar is supported by the Walking Tree Publishers, who will also be present with their sales stand. Besides buying our books, this is a great opportunity to meet us and browse our latest publications.
We hope to have all publications available (including older ones) but if you have any special wishes, please contact us and reserve your personal copy.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=34 )
15th March 2010: Services for authors
Academic publishing can be a tiresome process for authors, and does not always lead to the desired results. Despite being a small company, the Walking Tree Publishers offer their authors a range of services that make publishing with us an attractive proposition. These advantages are now presented on the page: Services for authors.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=33 )
9th March 2010: Tolkien Seminar website online
The Tolkien Seminar (to be held in Jena on 23-25 April) now has its own website: seminar2010.kolbitar.de (available in both English and German).
The seminar poster (left) was designed by Anke Eißmann. Building on the theme of Romanticism, the poster echoes a painting by the German Romantic artist, Caspar David Friedrich, "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" (1817/18).
Seminar website (external link)
Anke Eißmann (external link)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=32 )
Related announcements:
Tolkien Seminar 2010 in Jena, Tolkien Seminar 2010 Programme, past conferences.
14th January 2010: Tolkien Seminar 2010 Programme
The German Tolkien Society (Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft) have published the programme for their 2010 Tolkien Seminar. The conference will study the topic "Tolkien and Romanticism", and be held at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (Germany) from 23rd to 25th April. The event is supported by Walking Tree Publishers.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/10_jena.php )
Related announcement: Tolkien Seminar 2010 in Jena.
5th January 2010: Beowulf and the Dragon in pictures
Below are some views of Walking Tree Publisher's recent art book, Beowulf and the Dragon.
These views can be enlarged by clicking. To learn more about this book, visit the Beowulf and the Dragon page.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=30 )
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