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JRR Tolkien

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Name: JRR Tolkien

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Wedgwood

Poetry professor seeks beauty among rubbish

SOME poets find inspiration from nature, others from myths and legends. But one has now chosen a very different setting in which to seek his muse – a North Yorkshire rubbish depot.John Wedgwood Clarke, described by eminent Yorkshire poet Simon Armitage ... [Published York Press - May 18 2013]

Entities: Wedgwood, Waste Management, William Ernest Henley

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Lord of the rinse! Gollum the kitten survives 30-minute spin cycle after sneaking into washing machine

Eight-week-old tortoiseshell kitten survives 30 minutes in washing machineOwner Lauren Gavin accidentally tipped cat into machine with pile of laundryTook vets an hour to raise temperature but made full recovery By His namesake was a character in The ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 17 2013]

Entities: JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Let's begin at the end Benjamin Silverberg

Ten years later and I’m already “the old guy.” As my Facebook newsfeed flooded this past weekend with photos from Duke University’s 161st Commencement (as well as those from other universities), I couldn’t help but feel a mix of pride and envy for the ... [Published Duke University Chronicle - May 16 2013]

Entities: Party of the Democratic Left (EC), Bill Cosby, JRR Tolkien, Matthew McConaughey, Guayaquil

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Vancouver’s ‘Hobbit House’ on market for $2.86 million

J.R.R. Tolkien fans searching for a little place in Middle Earth to call your own, look no further. This Hobbit House could be yours for $2.86 million.Text size: Increase Decrease ResetShare via Email PrintReport an ErrorSave to mystar/ GOOGLE STREET ... [Published Toronto Star Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: Vancouver, JRR Tolkien, Google Street View

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Talkin’ Tolkein

WELLINGTON, May 16 — Academy Award-winning film director Sir Peter Jackson will be remembered not just for bringing JRR Tolkien’s famous trilogy to the big screen, but also for putting New Zealand on the world movie map. Now known as the land of Gandalf, ... [Published The Malaysian Insider - May 16 2013]

Entities: JRR Tolkien, Peter Jackson, Wellington (New Zealand)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Slaying Dragons

In 1954, soon after publishing the first volume of his Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien received a letter from Peter Hastings, manager of a Roman Catholic bookshop in Oxford. Hastings suggested that Tolkien was “over-stepping the bounds of a ... [Published TheWalrus.ca - May 14 2013]

Entities: JRR Tolkien, Robert Jordan, Song of Ice, Mercedes Lackey

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Thompson Rivers University

Bestselling Tolkien author comes to TRU for reading

A bestselling Canadian fantasy writer who completed the unfinished works of J.R.R. Tolkien is in Kamloops later this week.Guy Gavriel Kay will be at Thompson Rivers University for a reading and discussion in the Alumni Theatre at 7 p.m. Thursday.A published ... [Published Kamloops Daily News - May 14 2013]

Entities: JRR Tolkien, Guy Gavriel Kay, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops (Canada)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Personal and Corporate Loyalty

Login to Comment ( Login / Register )Editor’s note: This continues Jack Dunigan’s series about unsung heroes in the workplace, and the 16 traits they all share.“You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. The heart is where enthusiasm and ... [Published Quality Digest - May 14 2013]

Entities: JRR Tolkien, Teaching

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Off stage drama

It is evident from his emails that Rajiv Rajendra is a writer. Courier New, the old typewriter font, is his favourite and Rajendra ensures that his manuscripts – he has published two books and has scripted around 12 plays – are written on an American ... [Published New Indian Express - May 13 2013]

Entities: Cricket, Kalki Krishnamurthy, Sri Lankan Civil War

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Vo vekkhi jolini ven jolino zhorre yeri, and other Irish proverbs

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones. The actress speaks Valyrian and Dothraki in the show, two languages created by David J Peterson There are two kinds of people. There are those who watch Princess Leia speaking an alien language in ... [Published Irish Times - May 13 2013]

Entities: JRR Tolkien, David J, Game of Thrones, John Wilkins

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

AT THE LIBRARY: Take a closer look at the moon

What do you see when you look at the moon? Since earliest time people have gazed at the night sky and wondered about the shining sphere that seems to wax and wane through the month.There are many myths and legends about the moon. The Greeks and Romans ... [Published Eureka Times-Standard - May 12 2013]

Entities: JRR Tolkien, Illustrator, Charlotte Zolotow, Tana Hoban, Steven Kellogg

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Burren Tolkien programme unveiled

- A model maker and special effects artist for Peter Jackson’s 2012 film ‘The Hobbit’ and a leading international academic on the writings of JRR Tolkien have been named amongst the line-up of participants for the Burren Tolkien Convention from May 9 ... [Published PR inside - May 01 2013]

Entities: JRR Tolkien, Peter Curtin, Lord of the Rings, Topography

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Poetry professor seeks beauty among rubbish [Published York Press - May 18 2013]
An Unforbidden Love [Published Express Night Out - May 17 2013]
Lord of the rinse! Gollum the kitten survives 3... [Published Mail Online UK - May 17 2013]
2013 Academy Award and other films available fr... [Published Pagosa Springs Sun - May 17 2013]
Author escaped legal career to write bestsellers [Published Kamloops Daily News - May 16 2013]
Let's begin at the end Benjamin Silverberg [Published Duke University Chronicle - May 16 2013]
Vancouver’s ‘Hobbit House’ on market for $2.86 ... [Published Toronto Star Online - May 16 2013]
Talkin’ Tolkein [Published The Malaysian Insider - May 16 2013]
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Signs ‘Our Boston’ – ... [Published theCSRfeed - May 14 2013]
Slaying Dragons [Published TheWalrus.ca - May 14 2013]
Bestselling Tolkien author comes to TRU for rea... [Published Kamloops Daily News - May 14 2013]
Personal and Corporate Loyalty [Published Quality Digest - May 14 2013]
Off stage drama [Published New Indian Express - May 13 2013]
Vo vekkhi jolini ven jolino zhorre yeri, and ot... [Published Irish Times - May 13 2013]
New biography shows how 'Narnia' author C.S. Le... [Published Individual.com - May 12 2013]
Perhaps Niall Ferguson Had A Point About Keynes [Published Forbes.com - May 12 2013]
AT THE LIBRARY: Take a closer look at the moon [Published Eureka Times-Standard - May 12 2013]
Halflings Inn [Published ZDNet - May 11 2013]
From The Shire To The Sea To Be Published By Ol... [Published Prlog - May 10 2013]
Studios load up big guns, subtler fare in hopes... [Published Memphis Commercial Appeal - May 10 2013]
Fourth Reading: Stay on green, kids, and learn ... [Published Oklahoma Journal Record - May 09 2013]
Class of KidsPost: McKinley Elementary School t... [Published Washington Post - May 09 2013]
Joy’s boys (and) girls fondly recall days and n... [Published Malaya Business Insight - May 09 2013]
Locus Awards 2013 ballot announced: a guide to ... [Published Boing Boing - May 09 2013]
SCOT WALL: There is more to literature than jus... [Published Cleveland Advocate - May 09 2013]
Celebration of Tolkien [Published Solihull Observer - May 09 2013]
10,000 Fans Expected at 'Hobbit Weekend' [Published HighBeam Research - May 08 2013]
C.S. Lewis - A Life: is a Thorough Look at Lewi... [Published Crosswalk - May 08 2013]
Game On: Watch the First Trailer for the Upcomi... [Published BlackBook - May 08 2013]
?C. S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluct... [Published Pop Matters - May 08 2013]

Blogs

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Locus Awards 2013 ballot announced: a guide to ... [Published Boing Boing - May 09 2013] The 2013 Locus Awards final ballot has been announced, and as ever, it is a fabulous guide signposting some of the very best work published science fiction and fantasy in the past year -- a perfect place to start your explorations of the year's books. ...
Primetime Tongues [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 08 2013] A fun fact about one of the most popular shows on TV: More than 5m people now hear a few words in Dothraki or Valyrian, the fabricated languages spoken in the television series “Game of Thrones”, each week—more than the number who hear Welsh, Irish ...
Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Wizards of the C... [Published Boing Boing - May 06 2013] sup { vertical-align: top; font-size: 0.6em; } Over time, the rules governing classic role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons changed and took on a weight of their own. Role-playing elements sank into a mire of charts and tables and special abilities. This ...
Moshi Mythro Earbuds offer high-end sound with ... [Published SlashGear - Apr 16 2013] Fans of the JRR Tolkien novel series Lord of the Rings will remember the mystical metal known as Mithril, rare and precious as the finest diamonds, as strong as the hills themselves. Here in the earbuds known as Mythro from the folks at Moshi , the ...
Does it matter if a book was written by a man o... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 16 2013] The Granta list of young writers has more women than men. Tell us if you think gender has an effect on writers – and readers Granta magazine has just released its list of the most promising writers under the age of 40. For the first time, the list ...

Audio/Video

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"The Hobbit" film studio sued for $80 million [Published Reuters Video: Entertainment - Nov 21 2012]
VIDEO: Tolkien estate to sue Warner Bros [Published BBC News Video - Entertainment and Arts - Nov 21 2012]
IGN News - Tolkien Estate Sues Studio Over Lord... [Published IGN Entertainment - YouTube - Nov 20 2012]

Press Releases

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Stephen Colbert Presents A Tolkien-Themed Week ... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - Nov 30 2012]