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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''3''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s birthday. | * '''3''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s birthday. | ||
* '''3''' - [[Birthday Toast]] | * '''3''' - [[Birthday Toast]] | ||
* '''3''' - [[The Tolkien Society]]'s Birthday Dinner | * '''3''' - [[The Tolkien Society]]'s Birthday Dinner | ||
* '''5''' - [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3127837.ece The Times] ranks [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] the sixth-best post-war British writer. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[Amon Hen 209]]'' is published. | |||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''6''' - Artist [[John Alvin]] dies. | |||
* '''7-9''' - ''[[C.S. Lewis]], the [[Inklings]], and the Call to Christian Community'', featuring [[Tom Shippey]] [http://www.bc.edu/publications/relarts/announcements.html] | * '''7-9''' - ''[[C.S. Lewis]], the [[Inklings]], and the Call to Christian Community'', featuring [[Tom Shippey]] [http://www.bc.edu/publications/relarts/announcements.html] | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''25''' - [[Tolkien Reading Day]] | * '''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== | ==April== | ||
* ''' | * '''24''' - [[Guillermo del Toro]] is officially announced as the director of ''[[Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit|The Hobbit]]'' film adaptation and its sequel. | ||
* '''26''' - Fantasy Festival 2008. | |||
* '''26''' - Fantasy Festival 2008 | |||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* ''' | * '''1''' - ''[[Of Words and Worlds]]'' is published. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Amon Hen 211]]'' is published. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''5-8''' - Forodrim's 36th birthday celebration | * '''5-8''' - [[Forodrim]]'s 36th birthday celebration. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''11-13''' Tolkien Thing | * '''11-13''' - [[Tolkien Thing|Tolkien Thing VII]]. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 5]]'' is published. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[Amon Hen 212]]'' is published. | |||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''1''' - [[Pauline Baynes]], Tolkien's favourite artist, dies. | |||
* '''15-18''' - [[Mythcon XXXIX]]. | * '''15-18''' - [[Mythcon XXXIX]]. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''25-28''' - [[Oxonmoot 2008]] | * '''8''' - ''[[Tolkien's Oxford]]'' is published. | ||
* '''25-28''' - [[Oxonmoot 2008]]. | |||
* '''?''' - The 2008 edition of ''[[Tales of the Perilous Realm]]'' is published. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[Amon Hen 213]]'' is published. | |||
==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. | |||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''1''' - ''[[The Tolkien Name in History]]'' is published. | |||
* '''18''' - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria]]'' 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. | |||
{{years|2005|2006|2007|2008|2009|2010|2011}} | {{years|2005|2006|2007|2008|2009|2010|2011}} | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 15 March 2009
Tolkien-related events that took place in 2008.
January
- 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.
- ? - Amon Hen 209 is published.
February
- 6 - Artist John Alvin dies.
- 7-9 - C.S. Lewis, the Inklings, and the Call to Christian Community, featuring Tom Shippey [1]
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 officially announced as the director of The Hobbit film adaptation and its sequel.
- 26 - Fantasy Festival 2008.
May
- 1 - Of Words and Worlds is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 211 is published.
June
- 5-8 - Forodrim's 36th birthday celebration.
July
- 11-13 - Tolkien Thing VII.
- ? - Tolkien Studies: Volume 5 is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 212 is published.
August
- 1 - 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 of 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.
November
- 1 - The Tolkien Name in History is published.
- 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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