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* '''?''' - ''[[Amon Hen 210]]'' is published. | * '''?''' - ''[[Amon Hen 210]]'' is published. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[24 April|24]]''' - [[Guillermo del Toro]] is announced as the director of ''[[The Hobbit | * '''[[24 April|24]]''' - [[Guillermo del Toro]] is announced as the director of ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' film adaptation and its sequel. | ||
* '''[[24 April|24]]''' - The thirteenth book of ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]'', ''[[Doom of the Last-King]]'', is released in North America. | * '''[[24 April|24]]''' - The thirteenth book of ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]'', ''[[Doom of the Last-King]]'', is released in North America. | ||
* '''[[26 April|26]]''' - [[Fantasy Festival 2008]]. | * '''[[26 April|26]]''' - [[Fantasy Festival 2008]]. | ||
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==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''[[1 July|1]]''' - ''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'' is published. | * '''[[1 July|1]]''' - ''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'' is published. | ||
* '''[[ | * '''[[10 July|10]]-[[13 July|13]]''' - [[Tolkien Thing|Tolkien Thing X]]. | ||
* '''[[22 July|22]]''' - The fourteenth book of ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]'', ''[[The Ring-forges of Eregion]]'', is released in North America. | * '''[[22 July|22]]''' - The fourteenth book of ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]'', ''[[The Ring-forges of Eregion]]'', is released in North America. | ||
* '''[[24 July|24]]''' - The fourteenth book of ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]'', ''[[The Ring-forges of Eregion]]'', is released in Europe. | * '''[[24 July|24]]''' - The fourteenth book of ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]'', ''[[The Ring-forges of Eregion]]'', is released in Europe. | ||
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* '''[[7 October|7]]''' - The [[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|radio series of ''Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'' is re-released in the US. | * '''[[7 October|7]]''' - The [[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|radio series of ''Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'' is re-released in the US. | ||
* '''[[21 October|21]]''' - Fantasy novel ''[[The Indigo King]]'', featuring [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] as a fictional character, is published. | * '''[[21 October|21]]''' - Fantasy novel ''[[The Indigo King]]'', featuring [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] as a fictional character, is published. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[23 October|23]]''' - ''[[The Spoken Word: British Writers]]'', featuring an interview with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is released. | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 22 November 2012
Tolkien-related events that took place in 2008.
January
- 1 - Fantasy novel The Search for the Red Dragon, featuring J.R.R. Tolkien as a fictional character, is published.
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday.
- 3 - Birthday Toast
- 3 - The Tolkien Society's Birthday Dinner
- 5 - The Times ranks J.R.R. Tolkien the sixth-best post-war British writer.
- 14 - The Lord of the Rings: The Ultimate Critical Review is released.
- ? - Amon Hen 209 is published.
February
- 6 - Artist John Alvin dies.
- 7-9 - C.S. Lewis, the Inklings, and the Call to Christian Community conference, featuring Tom Shippey.
- 13 - The twelfth book of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, The Ashen Wastes, is released in North America.
- 14 - The twelfth book of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, The Ashen Wastes, is released in Europe.
March
- 10 - The Lord of the Rings is elected "Best Foreign Book of All Time" in the Netherlands.
- 25 - Tolkien Reading Day.
- 31 - Tolkien's Gedling is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 210 is published.
April
- 24 - Guillermo del Toro is announced as the director of The Hobbit film adaptation and its sequel.
- 24 - The thirteenth book of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Doom of the Last-King, is released in North America.
- 26 - Fantasy Festival 2008.
- 28 - Tolkien - min vän Ronald och hans världar is published.
May
- 1 - Of Words and Worlds is published.
- 1 - The thirteenth book of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Doom of the Last-King, is released in Europe.
- 23 - The RiffTrax commentary of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is released online.
- ? - Amon Hen 211 is published.
- ? - Lembas Extra: Proceedings of the 5th Unquendor Lustrum is published.
June
- 5-8 - Forodrim's 36th birthday celebration.
- 10 - Actor David Brierly dies.
July
- 1 - Tolkien On Fairy-stories is published.
- 10-13 - Tolkien Thing X.
- 22 - The fourteenth book of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, The Ring-forges of Eregion, is released in North America.
- 24 - The fourteenth book of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, The Ring-forges of Eregion, is released in Europe.
- ? - Tolkien Studies: Volume 5 is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 212 is published.
August
- 2 - Pauline Baynes, Tolkien's favourite artist, dies.
- 15-18 - Mythcon XXXIX.
September
- 8 - Tolkien's Oxford is published.
- 25-28 - Oxonmoot 2008.
- ? - The 2008 edition of Tales from the Perilous Realm is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 213 is published.
October
- 7 - The radio series of Tales from the Perilous Realm is re-released in the US.
- 21 - Fantasy novel The Indigo King, featuring J.R.R. Tolkien as a fictional character, is published.
- 23 - The Spoken Word: British Writers, featuring an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien, is released.
November
- 1 - The Tolkien Name in History is published.
- 12 - Fantasy, Myth and the Measure of Truth: Tales of Pullman, Lewis, Tolkien, MacDonald and Hoffmann is published.
- 18 - The fifteenth and final book of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Daughter of Strife, is released.
- 18 - The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is released.
- ? - Amon Hen 214 is published.
?
- ? - The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition is published
- ? - Tolkien's Shorter Works is published.
- ? - Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration is published.
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