JRR Tolkien's first story – described by experts as his 'darkest work' – is to be published today. Written between 1914 and 1915 while the Lord of the Rings author was studying at Oxford University, ...

A new fantasy work by J. R. R. Tolkien is to be published this autumn, having been released by his estate. The Story of Kullervo is one of Tolkien's earliest works of prose and tells the tale of a ...

This article was published more than 10 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. There's a richness in Tolkien's Middle-earth stories that still resonates somewhere inside me. For all ...

A previously unknown story by JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, is being published, more than 40 years after his death. The Story of Kullervo, written in 1914, was one of ...

To the delight of Tolkien fans, what is believed to be the first fantasy story ever penned by the Lord of the Rings author will be made available to the public this week. The Story of Kullervo – which ...

If I were rating the national epics of the world, Finland’s Kalevala would not be near the top of my list. It has too many inconsistencies, does not form a consecutive whole, and features too much ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth has become one of literary’s greatest fantasy worlds, and took decades of work to create. After a century of remaining relatively unseen by the public, one of the works ...