Tolkien Reading Event 2016: Introduction Post

03/20/201603/30/2016

Tolkien Event 2016

Every year on March 25, the anniversary of the Downfall of Sauron, the Tolkien Society hosts Tolkien Reading Day. This year’s theme is Life, Death, and Immortality. The primary goal is to promote the reading of the works of J.R R. Tolkien! To celebrate, Pages Unbound will be hosting two weeks of Tolkien-related posts. In addition to our own thoughts, we will be featuring guest posts and interviews!

Post Schedule

March 21
- Book Review: Beowulf trans. by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Giveaway: Tolkien Book of Your Choice (INT)
March 22
- Tolkien Talk: Sara Letourneau
- Giveaway: Defending Middle-Earth (US Only)
March 23
- Top Twenty Quotes from Tolkien (Guest Post by Arvenig)
- Why Other High Fantasies Can’t Match the Power of The Lord of the Rings
March 24
- Eowyn: A Feminist Character?
- The Hobbit Name Generator
March 25
- Twitter Chat at 8:00 pm EST. See details below.
- Why Do We Fear Gollum More Than Sauron? (Guest Post by Stephanie from Chasm of Books)
- What Title Should You Hold in Middle-Earth? (Personality Quiz)
March 26
- Book Review: The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Beyond The Lord of the Rings: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Other Works
March 27
- Book Review: The Literary Lives of the Inklings (Guest Post by Katie)
- J.R.R. Tolkien and the Inklings
March 28
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Retrospective
March 29
- Tolkien Talk: Seraphina from Seraphina Reads
March 30
- Tolkien Talk: Stephanie from Chasm of Books
- Ten Reasons You Should Read The Silmarillion
March 31
- Book Review: The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien

Twitter Chat

Join us for a Twitter chat on Friday, March 25 at 8:00 pm EST. Follow @pagesunbound for questions and use #JRRchat. Anyone is welcome to join!

Giveaways

More Tolkien Resources

If you can’t wait for this year’s Tolkien posts, you can check out what we’ve done with past Tolkien Reading Celebrations here.

6 thoughts on “Tolkien Reading Event 2016: Introduction Post”

saraletourneau says:
03/20/2016 at 10:43 am

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Oooh, I think I might be able to catch the Twitter chat! Looking forward to that. 🙂

Do you ladies mind if I reblog my interview on Tuesday at my site? Or would you prefer that I share the link in a separate post?

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- Briana says:
  03/20/2016 at 1:30 pm
  
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  We’d love to have you at the Twitter chat!
  
  Feel free to reblog! 🙂
  
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Lianne @ eclectictales.com says:
03/22/2016 at 10:22 am

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Looks like an amazing two weeks planned for this event! I don’t think I’ll be able to drop in for the chat on Friday but I look forward to reading the other posts to this event, including your review of The Story of Kullervo 🙂 (my review for that book will be going live on my blog later this week)

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- Briana says:
  03/22/2016 at 2:06 pm
  
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  Thanks! I’m debating holding a second Twitter chat the following week depending on turnout/interest, but I’m not sure yet! And I want to see your thoughts on The Story of Kullervo. I think I’ve been disagreeing with all the reviews I’ve seen so far!
  
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  - Lianne @ eclectictales.com says:
    03/23/2016 at 10:56 pm
    
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    I think I’ve seen a passing comment or two from you about your thoughts thus far on The Story of Kullervo? It’s certainly a lot different from the other books that were released in the last few years!
    
    My schedule’s a little funny at the moment but I’ll see if I can pop in to the second Twitter chat if you decide to hold one 🙂
    
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