T is for Tolkien

is for Tolkien. Mais bien sur!

Here's me preparing a tweet for Tolkien's Birthday Toast:

Others had the same problem:

Here's Chaucher tweeting him happy birthday: Chaucer Doth Tweet ‏@LeVostreGC: "Alasse i Lirillon merendenna! Happye Birthdaye to J. R. R. T., the man who did so muchel for ower beloved Beowulf, Gawaine, and myself."

Here's an intriguing post on Tolkien and Lewis' executors: Pieter Collier ‏@TolkienLibrary: "#Tolkien Christopher Tolkien, Warren Hamilton Lewis, and Laurence Housman: Earlier this week, somebody called JP..."

A timeline of the One Ring!

(bigger version here)

Here's a nice article about Belly Ballantine reminiscing about publishing Tolkien in the United States. And here's a promotional leaflet from George Allen and Unwin.

And here's a wonderful set of photos of Tolkien and his wife in 1961.

Here's Tolkien by a tree:

And here's me in a tree:

Finally, Silver Leaves is calling for submissions!

Which author's birthdays do you celebrate?