2008
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 2008.
[edit] 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.
[edit] February
- 6 - Artist John Alvin dies.
- 7-9 - C.S. Lewis, the Inklings, and the Call to Christian Community, featuring Tom Shippey [1]
[edit] 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.
[edit] April
- 24 - Guillermo del Toro is officially announced as the director of The Hobbit film adaptation and its sequel.
- 26 - Fantasy Festival 2008.
[edit] May
- 1 - Of Words and Worlds is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 211 is published.
[edit] June
- 5-8 - Forodrim's 36th birthday celebration.
- 10 - Actor David Brierly dies.
[edit] July
- 11-13 - Tolkien Thing VII.
- ? - Tolkien Studies: Volume 5 is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 212 is published.
[edit] August
- 1 - Pauline Baynes, Tolkien's favourite artist, dies.
- 15-18 - Mythcon XXXIX.
[edit] 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.
[edit] October
- 7 - The radio series of Tales from the Perilous Realm is re-released in the US.
- 23 - The Spoken Word: British Writers, featuring an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien, is released.
[edit] 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.
[edit] ?
- ? - 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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