The Fellowship of the Ring (M) begins on September 22nd 2890 (by Shire-reckoning) on Bilbo Baggins eleventy-first and Frodo’s thirty-third birthdays. Hobbit fans worldwide celebrate this day with parties and feasts to make the Shire proud. Tolkien’s Middle-earth has inspired numerous societies, both fan-based and scholarly, musical theatre adaptations, histories, philosophies and some really spectacular motion pictures.
Enjoy Hobbit Day and take some time to explore all things Tolkien.
The Annotated Hobbit (M)
annotated by Douglas A. Anderson
The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again (M)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion (M)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
by Ralph C. Wood
J.R.R. Tolkien: a biography (M)
by Humphrey Carpenter
New out this year is Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (M) by Corey Olsen.
Source: http://www.thereader.ca/2012/09/september-22-is-hobbit-day.html