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Do you wish for a greater understanding of Tolkien's place in literature, his sources, his motivations, his beliefs; those who inspired him and those he inspired, the languages and the world he created and the reactions he provoked?

The Walking Tree Publishers collect and publish essays, papers and monographs from a broad range of different authors covering an equally diverse palette of topics, ranging from linguistics to theology.

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25th November 2024: Reviews of Germanic Heroes

We are pleased to add no less than four fresh reviews of Germanic Heroes, Courage, and Fate: Northern Narratives of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium

- Review by Annie Olsen Englund published in Journal of Inklings Studies 14.2 (2024), pages 225-28, available on euppublishing.com (pdf)

- Review by Jan van Breda published in Lembas 207 (2024), pages 10-11, reproduced on our website with kind permission (in Dutch, pdf), (approved English translation, pdf)

- Review by Todd Jensen published in Lembas 207 (2024), pages 4-5, reproduced on our website with kind permission (pdf, here)

- Review by Magne Bergland published in the same issue of the journal, pages 6-7 (pdf, here)

All reviews of this publication are listed here.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=230 )

25th November 2024: Review of Binding Them All

Binding them all Interdisciplinary Perspectives on JRR Tolkien and His Works has been reviewed by Troels Forchhammer in Mythlore Vol.43. No.1 (2024), pages 321-23.

Link to the review on SWOSU Digital Commons: dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3323&context=mythlore (pdf file).

All reviews of this publication are listed here.

(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=229 )

19th November 2024: Problems with website

Dear website visitors,

Many pages on this website are presently not displaying correctly. This was caused by an update on the server, and many of the scripts behind this website needing to be adjusted. We are working on this and bringing the website back page by page.

In the meanwhile, you can contact us by email using
info[at ]walking-tree[dot ]org

Thank you for your understanding.

Pages that appear to be working correctly at present:
- News pages
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- Beowulf and the Dragon
- Tales of Yore
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Pages not loading correctly:
- Starting page (resolved)
- Cormarë Series, listing of titles (resolved)
- Cormarë Series, pages presenting individual books (resolved)
- Reviews (resolved)
- Book covers (resolved)
- Search (resolved)
- Board of advisors
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(to link to this announcement: http://www.walking-tree.org/news_archive.php?item=228 )

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