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28th March 2012: Book review in Inklings Jahrbuch 29
A review of The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien has been published in Inklings Jahrbuch 29. The review (in German) can be read here.
Inklings Jahrbuch is the journal of the Inklings Gesellschaft, whose website is www.inklings-gesellschaft.de.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=65 )
9th March 2012: Tolkien's Influence on Fantasy
The upcoming conference, Tolkien's Influence on Fantasy, now has a poster.
For more information on this event, please visit the conference website seminar2012.kolbitar.de .
To download a printable pdf of the poster (ca. 1.6 MB), click here.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/conference/12_jena_poster.php )
25th February 2012: Tolkien and Wagner now available
Walking Tree Publishers are pleased to announce the publication of Tolkien and Wagner: The Ring and Der Ring by Christopher MacLachlan.
Tolkien famously rejected comparison of his Ring with Wagner's, though there is good evidence that Tolkien knew much more about Der Ring des Nibelungen than he let on after the publication of The Lord of the Rings. Analysis of that work from a Wagnerian point of view enables consideration of it in a new way. (read more)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=63 )
This book is the first of a pair that explores the Tolkien and Wagner topic.
11th February 2012: Hobbit Place-names now available
Walking Tree Publishers are pleased to announce the publication of Hobbit Place-names, A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire by Rainer Nagel.
J.R.R. Tolkien's giving of names has garnered considerable attention in the linguistic analysis of Tolkien's works. Usually, however, the focus has been on singling out particular names of important individuals and places. Thorough analyses of names (place-names or personal ones) are usually reserved for Elvish names only. (read more)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=62 )
30th January 2012: Upcoming publications
Walking Tree Publishers are currently working on the following new publications:
Exploring the domain of Tolkien and Wagner, two books are being prepared:
Tolkien and Wagner: The Ring and Der Ring
by Christopher MacLachlan
[->announcement]Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers
by Reneé Vink
[->announcement]
Furthermore, the following books are also in preparation:
Hobbit Place Names. A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire
by Rainer Nagel
[->announcement].The Broken Scythe
Roberto Arduini and Claudio Antonio Testi (editors)
[->announcement]Constructions of Authorship in and around the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
Judith Klinger (editor)
[->announcement].In the Nameless Wood (working title)
by J.S. Ryan, as part two to his previous book, Tolkien's View: Windows into his World
[->announcement].
These books will be announced on this website as they are released.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=61 )
19th December 2011: Second edition of Inside Language
Walking Tree Publishers are pleased to anounce the publication of a second edition of Inside Language, Linguistic and Aesthetic Theory in Tolkien by Ross Smith.
The entire text has been thoroughly revised and a detailed index has been added. In addition, new material has been incorporated and a number of passages have been reworked in search of greater consistency. The result is a second edition which builds on the strengths of the first to achieve a more robust and coherent work. (read more)
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=60 )
14th December 2011: Tolkien's Influence on Fantasy
27th-29th April 2012, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
DTG Seminar with the support of Walking Tree Publishers
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is, of course, neither the earliest nor the only work of fantasy that has exerted an influence on the development of the genre. Yet it is arguably one of the most important sources for many of the key texts of 20th and 21st century fantasy and is very often used as a work of reference (author xy is "the new Tolkien", "the Tolkien of xy" etc.). Its enormous popularity has made it almost impossible to ignore or even to avoid contact with its key-elements and stock-characters, such as maps, magic rings, elves, dwarves, wizards etc. They have been adapted by numerous later writers and artists and have become familiar icons of popular culture. Writing fantasy seemed, for a long time, to offer only two choices: to write in the tradition established by Tolkien, or against it. Recent authors, however, approach the 'tradition' with greater freedom and while acknowledging their debt to Tolkien, they no longer feel bound by the 'authority' of the master. This development has been furthered by a general trend towards the transgression of genre borders and the posthumous publication of much of the background material related to the ?sub-creation« of Middle-earth has opened up new vistas and provided ample opportunities for independent 'sub-creation'.
The Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena is hosting the 9th Seminar of the Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft (DTG) from 27-29 April 2012. The Seminar aims at exploring the various aspects of Tolkien's influence (or, alternatively, non-influence) on the development of fantasy and contributions (either in German or English) not only from scholars but also writers/authors and other artists are welcome.
For more information, please visit the website of the DTG Seminar 2012 Jena (external link).
For information on past and other conferences with Walking Tree Publishes participation, please visit our conferences page.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=59 )
23rd November 2011: Arda Slam at The Return of the Ring
The Tolkien Society is organising a major conference at Loughborough University (UK) from 16th-20th August 2012. Walking Tree Publishers will be participating at the event and offering an "Arda Slam". Contestants will have ten minutes to present a Tolkien-related topic of their choice, with audience members judging them on their performance. The topics can be summaries or teasers of full presentations being held at the conference, or can be standalone talks. Projectors and other visual aids are allowed as in a full-length speaking slot, but the ten-minute time frame must be strictly adhered to. The challenge will lie in presenting your topic in the most appealing and accessible way possible.
Anybody wishing to take part should contact us.
More information on The Return of the Ring conference is available from www.returnofthering.org
For information on past and other conferences with Walking Tree Publishes participation, please visit our conferences page.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=58 )
21st November 2011: Derry Journal presents Liam Campbell's book
The Derry Journal has dedicated an article to the launch of Liam Campbell's new book, The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien. The article can be read on the website of the Derry Journal: Derry author launches book on Tolkien.
(click to view article on website of Derry Journal)
More information on The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=57 )
20th November 2011: Second edition of translation volumes
In 2003, Walking Tree Publishers released, Tolkien in Translation. The volume looked at different challenges facing Tolkien translators and discussed the translations of Tolkien into a variety of languages. The following year, the book was joined by a second volume, Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, expanding on the subject whilst also looking at a different form of translation: the adaption of Tolkien's works for the cinema – a very topical matter in view of the (then) recent release of Peter Jackson's movie.
Translating Tolkien: Text and Film has been out of print for some time now, and stocks of Tolkien in Translation have also been running low. Walking Tree Publishers are pleased to announce that both volumes have now been reprinted. Their reprinting also marks the completion of an eight-year transition to the print-on-demand format for the Cormarë Series, meaning they will not run out of print again so easily. The format also facilitates availability and distribution through the use of local printing in different locations across the globe.
The opportunity has been taken to make various smaller corrections to the texts while transferring them to our new layout. Cover illustrations were provided by Anke Eißmann.
Information on these volumes is presented on the pages below:
Tolkien in Tranlsation, Thomas Honegger (editor), Cormarë Series 4, Walking Tree Publishers 2003, Second edition 2011.
Translating Tolkien: Text and Film, Thomas Honegger (editor), Cormarë Series 6, Walking Tree Publishers 2004, Second edition 2011.
The picture below shows the old and new editions of both books.
(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=56 )
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