1968

1967

Preceded by

1967

1968

Year

1969

Followed by

1969

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1968.

January

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Ken Jackson.
• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien reads over The New Shadow and most likely starts typing a final typescript.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Ken Jackson.

February

• 5-9 - J.R.R. Tolkien is filmed for the documentary Tolkien in Oxford.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 300.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 301.

March

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss E. Byrne.
• 17 - Author Nataša Tučev is born.
• 20 - Actor and stuntman Lawrence Makoare is born.
• 21 - Actor Greg Ellis is born.
• 22 - The Daily Telegraph publishes an interview of Charlotte and Denis Plimmer with J.R.R. Tolkien, in the article "The Man Who Understands Hobbits".
• 25 - Michael Reisz , who would voice Legolas in The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
• 30 – The documentary Tolkien in Oxford is aired on the BBC.
• ? - The Road Goes Ever On is published.

April

• 15 - Actor Richard Whiteside is born.

May

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 302.
• 3 - Author Michael D.C. Drout is born.
• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 303.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to George Burke Johnston.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mary Fairburn.
• ? - The Tolkien Relation is published.

June

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 304.
• 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien falls down the stairs of 76 Sandfield Road and breaks his leg.
• 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 305.

July

• Mid-July - J.R.R. Tolkien and Edith move from 76 Sandfield Road to Poole, near Bournemouth.
• 24 - Artist Colleen Doran is born.

August

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Robert Havard.
• 28 - Billy Boyd, who would play Peregrin Took in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 305a.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Ingrid Pridgeon.

September

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mary Fairburn.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Billy Callahan.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Margaret Carroux.
• 29 - An Unexpected Party, the first episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.

October

• 6 - Out of the Frying-pan into the Fire, the second episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
• 9 - Video game writer František Fuka is born.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mary Fairburn.
• 13 - Riddles in the Dark, the third episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio. Stanley Unwin dies.
• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Niall Hoskin.
• 20 - Strange Lodgings, the fourth episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
• 27 - Barrels out of Bond, the fifth episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
• 28 - Stephen Hunter, who would play Bombur in The Hobbit (film series), is born.

November

• 3 - A Warm Welcome, the sixth episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mary Fairburn.
• 10 - The Gathering of the Clouds, the seventh episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 307.
• 17 - The Clouds Burst, the eighth and last episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
• On or before 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien has his secretary, Joy Hill, compile a list of unpublished works that includes The End of Bovadium.

December

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin, commenting that, though The End of Bovadium was on the list of unpublished works, he had "no intention of publishing" it to keep it from preventing him from working on The Silmarillion.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 307a.

?

• Late Summer - Tolkien Journal (Vol.3, No.3) is published.
• ? - Tolkien subscribes to an appeal for the restoration of the Sarehole Mill.
• ? - After the death of his father, Rayner Unwin becomes chairman of Allen and Unwin.
• ? - The Tolkien Society of Sweden, the first European Tolkien society, is founded.
• ? - Tolkien and the Critics: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is published.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mr David Masson.
• ? - Ken Rudolph Calendar 1969 is released.

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