Contributor: Shaun Gunner
Posted by on 31 July 2025

The Tolkien Society has today written to the Bank of England to suggest that J.R.R. Tolkien should feature on a future bank note.

Today is The Tolkien Society’s international Tolkien Reading Day! The theme this year is Fellowship and Community.

The first round of nominations for The Tolkien Society Awards 2025 is now open.

Posted by on 27 June 2025

HarperCollins has announced that J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Bovadium Fragments will be released on 9 October 2025.

The Tolkien Society’s Annual Dinner Guest Speaker will speaking on the evening of Saturday 26th April at our event in Cardiff which will simultaneously be livestreamed.

Since 2000 we’ve had 56 video games (including expansions), 1,215 minutes on the big screen, 16 TV episodes, and whole host of board games and card games. With such a huge shortage of adaptations you can understand why New Line Cinema felt the need to plug such an obvious gap in the market.

Posted by on 31 July 2025

The Tolkien Society has today written to the Bank of England to suggest that J.R.R. Tolkien should feature on a future bank note.

Posted by on 27 June 2025

HarperCollins has announced that J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Bovadium Fragments will be released on 9 October 2025.

Today is The Tolkien Society’s international Tolkien Reading Day! The theme this year is Fellowship and Community.

The Tolkien Society’s Annual Dinner Guest Speaker will speaking on the evening of Saturday 26th April at our event in Cardiff which will simultaneously be livestreamed.

The first round of nominations for The Tolkien Society Awards 2025 is now open.

Since 2000 we’ve had 56 video games (including expansions), 1,215 minutes on the big screen, 16 TV episodes, and whole host of board games and card games. With such a huge shortage of adaptations you can understand why New Line Cinema felt the need to plug such an obvious gap in the market.

About the Author: Shaun Gunner
Shaun is the CEO of The Tolkien Society, having previously served as the Chair from 2013 to 2025. Shaun has overseen the Society's expansion from 600 to over 4,000 members. Shaun regularly speaks about adaptations of Tolkien's works and the future of Tolkien scholarship whilst passionately believing the Society needs to reach out to new audiences. In his spare time he can be found playing video games and Lego, or on X (formerly known as Twitter). He chaired another charity, Mankind, and is a local councillor.