2014

Tolkien-related events that took place in 2014.

January

• 3 - Birthday Toast.
• 3 - Saul Zaentz dies.
• 30 - Director Arthur Rankin, Jr. dies.
• ? - Amon Hen 245 is published.

February

• 27 - The Fall of Arthur is published in paperback.
• 27 - Farmer Giles of Ham pocket edition is published.

March

• 25 - Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings is published.
• 25 - Tolkien Reading Day.
• ? - Amon Hen 246 is published.

April

• 3 - Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon is published.
• 5 - Words of Westernesse: Adûnaic and Westron is published.
• 5 - The Moon in The Hobbit is published.
• 5 - The indigenous peoples of Eriador and Gondor is published.
• 7 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is released on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK.
• 8 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is released on Blu-ray and DVD in the USA.
• 19 - 21 - Hobbitcon 2.
• 24 - Peter Jackson announces that the third Hobbit film will be renamed to The Battle of the Five Armies.
• 30 - Hither Shore 10 is published.

May

• 22 - Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, is published.
• 24 - Beowulf Launch Party hosted by The Tolkien Society and Middle-earth Network with support from Tolkien Brasil and The Tolkienist.
• 28 - Middle-Earth in Magic Mirror Maps is published.
• 30 - Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey is published.
• ? - A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien is published.
• ? - Amon Hen 247 is published.

June

• 6 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Cloaks & Daggers is published.
• 15 - Voice actor Casey Kasem dies.
• 19 - A new 60th Anniversary Edition of The Lord of the Rings is published.
• 19 - An updated edition of The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion is published.

July

• 18 - 20 - Tolkien Thing 2014.
• 26 - Laocoon, one of Tolkien's favourite trees, lost two limbs. Subsequently, the Oxford Botanic Garden decided that the tree must be felled for safety reasons.
• 29 - Producer and interviewer Denys Gueroult dies.

August

• 8 - 11 - Mythcon 45 in Wheaton College, Norton.
• 14 - The Tolkien Society Seminar as part of WorldCon, London.
• 14 - Tolkien On Fairy-stories is published in paperback.
• 28 - Tolkien Calendar 2015 is published.
• ? - Amon Hen 248 is published.

September

• 11 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Annual 2015 is published.
• 11 - 14 - Oxonmoot 2014 at Lady Margaret Hall.
• 12 - Tolkien at Exeter College: How an Oxford undergraduate created Middle-earth by John Garth is published.
• 30 - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is released in North America.
• ? - Amon Hen 249 is published.

October

• 3 - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is released in Europe.
• 9 - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil pocket edition is published.
• 13 - Journal of Inklings Studies, including a translation of Tolkien's The Book of Jonah, is published.
• 21 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Extended Edition is released for digital download.
• 23 - Writer and actor Bernard Mayes dies.
• 30 - The Hobbit and Tolkien's Mythology is published.
• 30 - Arda Inhabited is published.

November

• 3 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition is released on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK.
• 4 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition is released on Blu-ray and DVD in the USA.
• 11 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Activity Book is published.
• 15 - War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme is aired.
• 15 - ArdaCraft begins building Middle-earth.
• 20 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: The Movie Storybook is published.
• 20 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Official Movie Guide is published.
• 20 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Visual Companion is published.
• 20 - The Hobbit Trilogy Location Guide is published.
• 30 - Tolkien's Great War (documentary) by Zander and Elliot Weaver is released.
• ? - Amon Hen 250 is published.
• ? - Mallorn 55 is published.

December

• 1 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies premières in Leicester Square, London.
• 4 - JRR Tolkien, le seigneur des écrivains (La Grande Librairie) is aired.
• 5 - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor wins one Game Award, out of three nominations, at the 2014 The Game Awards.
• 8 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition is released.
• 11 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is released in New Zealand.
• 12 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is released in the United Kingdom.
• 17 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is released in the United States.
• 17 - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Chronicles: Art & Design is published.

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