Reviewing Jokien with Tolkien in 2025 and Previewing JwT in 2026

Plus: a chance for you to give input on the newsletter via a reader survey!

Jan 8 • JRR Jokien

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December 2025

No Peace in Middle-earth As White Oliphant Gift Exchange Goes Terribly Wrong

RIVENDELL—A local White Oliphant gift exchange went awry this Yule season when the assembled partygoers at the Company Holiday Party of Elrond devolved…

Dec 23, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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Bridge from the Bent World

Mae govannen, friends!

Dec 11, 2025 • Ashlyn McKayla Ohm

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November 2025

Happy Thanksgiving

Plus some additions to yesterday's gift guide!

Nov 27, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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🎁 Tolkien Gift Guide — 2025

Tolkien Treasures #025: November 2025

Nov 26, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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Finding Mythology and Tragedy in Middle-earth

The Tragedy of The Children of Húrin

Nov 20, 2025 • Abigail Lord

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The Fellowship of the Narnians

One does not simply walk into a Wardrobe door...

Nov 13, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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October 2025

Túrin Turambar, Master of Doom

The Children of Húrin Read Along Week #5

Oct 30, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Bicker Over Fantasy

Inkling vs Inkling!

Oct 28, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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Túrin And the House of Ransom

The Children of Húrin Read Along Week #4

Oct 16, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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The Prince and the Pauper: Túrin Among the Elves and Outlaws

The Children of Húrin Read Along Week #3

Oct 9, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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One Ring Found by 'Most Unlikely Creature Imaginable': The Same Exact Type of Creature As Last Time

What are the odds?

Oct 7, 2025 • JRR Jokien

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