What to Read When You’re Grown-Up but Still Love Middle Grade Novels
J. Kasper Kramer shares a reading list to celebrate THE STORY THAT CANNOT BE TOLD.
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The Hobbit
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Finding Freedom
We never want something more than when it has been taken away from us. The opposite of freedom is confinement.
New(ish) Tolkien Book Coming in 2017
Beren and Lúthien, a Middle-earth story about forbidden love between an Elven woman and human man, based famously on Tolkien’s own love for his wife, is set to be published…
A Weird and Wonderful Reality
Anna Bradley explores how recurring themes and tropes in fantasy fiction can provide “inspiration” and “teach us about our everyday lives”: Fantasy reminds us that weird and wonderful things can…
Terry’s Fabrics Maps Out Homes of Classic Literature
Following the example of Movoto, the real-estate company which used details from the Harry Potter books to appraise the Weasley family home, another UK company is using homes in classic…
The Art of The Hobbit
It turns out J.R.R. Tolkien also had a knack for doodling. While he wrote The Hobbit, he drew several illustrations, ten of which were included in the first printing of…