Wellington Hobbit friends meeting next month

Welly-moot #4 announced

On September the 4th, there will be an informal get together of Hobbit friends in Wellington, New Zealand. If you're in the area at the time, you're invited! There's no charge other than paying for your own coffee, and you get to meet some local fans and make friends. We discuss everything from the weather (snow, mostly) to the latest rumours we've recently run across in town.

The full details are on the NZ Noldor Facebook page, if you could RSVP there that will make it easier for the organiser (which is me)

Alternatively, if you're not on Facebook, leave me a message on the NZ Noldor blog itself.

See you there!

  - Jack M.

The Tolkien Professor's Hobbit Lecture Series Airs on Middle-earth Network Radio

Starting this Tuesday Tolkien fans will have a chance to brush up on their Hobbit lore. Middle-earth Network Radio will be broadcasting "The Tolkien Professor's" popular Hobbit Lecture Series every week for the next eight weeks, beginning with Lecture 1, "Took and Baggins". For those of you familiar with Corey Olsen's Hobbit lectures, you know this is exciting news, as the series had stalled half way through lecture 5 for over a year now. In the Professor's own words, "People should tune in from the start for a refresher course, and then they can go right through to the long-awaited end of the series, week by week."  


The lectures are airing at 8 AM & PM EST on Tuesdays, starting this Tuesday, June 28th.


Read more about The Tolkien Professor's new book project, Exploring The Hobbit, to be published by Houghton Mifflin and be sure to follow him on Twitter and Facebook.