Mina Lukić Gunner
@mina-lukic.bsky.social
Art Historian, specialising in #Heritage and Museum Studies, Cultural Memory Studies, and #Tolkien.
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New Tolkien Society publication!
Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...
Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...
New Tolkien Society publication – <em>Númenor, The Mighty and Frail</em>
The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce that Númenor, the Mighty and Frail: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2023, the twenty-fifth book in the Peter Roe series, is now available to pre-o...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New Tolkien Society publication!
Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...
Releasing on 25 November, "Númenor, the Mighty and Frail" includes 10 articles relating to Númenor, and its legacy. Edited by @willsherwood.bsky.social and published by @lunapress.bsky.social, it's now available to pre-order. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/10/new-...
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For #TolkienTuesday: the second part (out of three) of my essay on childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium, this time focusing on Túrin Turambar and the tragic hero’s childhood.
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Constructions of Childhood in Tolkien’s Legendarium (2): Túrin Turambar's childhood
This is the second part of a longer piece on constructions of childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
For #TolkienTuesday: the second part (out of three) of my essay on childhood in Tolkien’s legendarium, this time focusing on Túrin Turambar and the tragic hero’s childhood.
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Join us this Thursday, 9 October, at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC to watch the beautifully animated film The Secret of Kells, with a talk on things Celtic and children’s fantasy by me, and a new card game devised by @matthewcreasy.bsky.social!
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October 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Join us this Thursday, 9 October, at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC to watch the beautifully animated film The Secret of Kells, with a talk on things Celtic and children’s fantasy by me, and a new card game devised by @matthewcreasy.bsky.social!
Book your free ticket👇
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Book your free ticket👇
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It lives! Copies of my book Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc have arrived! So happy to finally see it in print after all this time. Artwork here by Yassen Panov, Jerzy Czerniawski, Alexander Korotich and Sergei Iukhimov. Available from 18 Sept www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...
August 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It lives! Copies of my book Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc have arrived! So happy to finally see it in print after all this time. Artwork here by Yassen Panov, Jerzy Czerniawski, Alexander Korotich and Sergei Iukhimov. Available from 18 Sept www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...
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Eglerio! My series editor’s copy of @joelmerriner.bsky.social’s Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc: Iconographies of Difference has just arrived! The book will be available from 18 Sep - details here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Eglerio! My series editor’s copy of @joelmerriner.bsky.social’s Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc: Iconographies of Difference has just arrived! The book will be available from 18 Sep - details here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat...
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@uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
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🧙♂️📚 Green Book of the White Downs - "Imladris: In the Library of Elrond" 📗 2025 & 2026 Upcoming Tolkien-related books (17 August 2025)
Upcoming list of Tolkien-related books for 2025/26 (finally!)
👉 Check here: greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2025/08/imla...
#Tolkien #Book #LOTR #Hobbit
Upcoming list of Tolkien-related books for 2025/26 (finally!)
👉 Check here: greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2025/08/imla...
#Tolkien #Book #LOTR #Hobbit
August 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🧙♂️📚 Green Book of the White Downs - "Imladris: In the Library of Elrond" 📗 2025 & 2026 Upcoming Tolkien-related books (17 August 2025)
Upcoming list of Tolkien-related books for 2025/26 (finally!)
👉 Check here: greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2025/08/imla...
#Tolkien #Book #LOTR #Hobbit
Upcoming list of Tolkien-related books for 2025/26 (finally!)
👉 Check here: greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2025/08/imla...
#Tolkien #Book #LOTR #Hobbit
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In today’s piece I’m having some fun with nonsense insects and flowers on the moon in Tolkien’s story Roverandom. There may also be a call to artists… 🎨
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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August 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In today’s piece I’m having some fun with nonsense insects and flowers on the moon in Tolkien’s story Roverandom. There may also be a call to artists… 🎨
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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I’m thrilled to share some exciting news! I had the honour of designing the official t-shirt for Oxonmoot 2025 – the annual gathering of #Tolkien fans hosted by @tolkiensociety.org in Oxford.
August 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m thrilled to share some exciting news! I had the honour of designing the official t-shirt for Oxonmoot 2025 – the annual gathering of #Tolkien fans hosted by @tolkiensociety.org in Oxford.
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Today’s piece for #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday examines Tolkien’s Silmarillion “beasts”, dinosaurs, and representations of the prehistoric past in Middle-earth. With thanks to @tattersdill.bsky.social for our recent conversation! 🦕
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August 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Today’s piece for #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday examines Tolkien’s Silmarillion “beasts”, dinosaurs, and representations of the prehistoric past in Middle-earth. With thanks to @tattersdill.bsky.social for our recent conversation! 🦕
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New #Tolkien book: Doomed to Die.
With artwork from Tom Racine, this satirical book is a literal A-Z of death in Tolkien, all in rhyme. This is very different from the "usual" type of Tolkien book, and should make for a fun publication. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/08/doom...
With artwork from Tom Racine, this satirical book is a literal A-Z of death in Tolkien, all in rhyme. This is very different from the "usual" type of Tolkien book, and should make for a fun publication. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/08/doom...
August 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New #Tolkien book: Doomed to Die.
With artwork from Tom Racine, this satirical book is a literal A-Z of death in Tolkien, all in rhyme. This is very different from the "usual" type of Tolkien book, and should make for a fun publication. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/08/doom...
With artwork from Tom Racine, this satirical book is a literal A-Z of death in Tolkien, all in rhyme. This is very different from the "usual" type of Tolkien book, and should make for a fun publication. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/08/doom...
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Today is Book Lovers' Day - and we love books. Especially J.R.R. Tolkien's!
Which of #Tolkien's books do you love the most? Which editions do you love the most? Let's see some photos! #BookLoversDay #BookSky
Which of #Tolkien's books do you love the most? Which editions do you love the most? Let's see some photos! #BookLoversDay #BookSky
August 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Today is Book Lovers' Day - and we love books. Especially J.R.R. Tolkien's!
Which of #Tolkien's books do you love the most? Which editions do you love the most? Let's see some photos! #BookLoversDay #BookSky
Which of #Tolkien's books do you love the most? Which editions do you love the most? Let's see some photos! #BookLoversDay #BookSky
On what happened to the original Jewish owners of the German publisher Rütten & Loening, who contacted Tolkien in 1938 about publishing a German translation of The Hobbit and prompted his famous response condemning Nazism.
Sad indeed.
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Sad indeed.
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The Sad Tale Behind Tolkien's Famous 1938 Letter to a German Publisher
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August 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
On what happened to the original Jewish owners of the German publisher Rütten & Loening, who contacted Tolkien in 1938 about publishing a German translation of The Hobbit and prompted his famous response condemning Nazism.
Sad indeed.
alasnotme.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
Sad indeed.
alasnotme.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
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Remarkable Aubusson tapestry based on Tolkien's 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘸ë – 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘭 - one of his best landscapes ❤️
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday #Tolkien
© The Tolkien Trust 1973, tapisserie, tissage Ateliers Pinton, Aubusson, 2018, Collection Cité internationale de la Tapisserie - Studio Nicolas Roger
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday #Tolkien
© The Tolkien Trust 1973, tapisserie, tissage Ateliers Pinton, Aubusson, 2018, Collection Cité internationale de la Tapisserie - Studio Nicolas Roger
August 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Remarkable Aubusson tapestry based on Tolkien's 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘸ë – 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘭 - one of his best landscapes ❤️
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday #Tolkien
© The Tolkien Trust 1973, tapisserie, tissage Ateliers Pinton, Aubusson, 2018, Collection Cité internationale de la Tapisserie - Studio Nicolas Roger
#TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday #Tolkien
© The Tolkien Trust 1973, tapisserie, tissage Ateliers Pinton, Aubusson, 2018, Collection Cité internationale de la Tapisserie - Studio Nicolas Roger
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On ne peut pas décemment commencer un #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) sur le thème PAYSAGES ET REPÈRES sans partager cette merveilleuse illustration de Matēj Čadil.🥰
Un splendide agencement de plusieurs paysages qui sont autant de mises en abyme!🧙♂️
Un splendide agencement de plusieurs paysages qui sont autant de mises en abyme!🧙♂️
August 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
On ne peut pas décemment commencer un #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) sur le thème PAYSAGES ET REPÈRES sans partager cette merveilleuse illustration de Matēj Čadil.🥰
Un splendide agencement de plusieurs paysages qui sont autant de mises en abyme!🧙♂️
Un splendide agencement de plusieurs paysages qui sont autant de mises en abyme!🧙♂️
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In Tolkien's works, Faerie is seen as the land of endless beauty and peril. Humility is required here, or disasters shall strike. This concept is also present in hutan larangan ("forbidden forest"), prevalent in various cultures in Indonesia. 1/8 🧵
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
August 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In Tolkien's works, Faerie is seen as the land of endless beauty and peril. Humility is required here, or disasters shall strike. This concept is also present in hutan larangan ("forbidden forest"), prevalent in various cultures in Indonesia. 1/8 🧵
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
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Today’s piece is on “Tolkien, Landscape Archaeology, and the First Age of Middle-earth” - revisiting some of my older research for #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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August 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Today’s piece is on “Tolkien, Landscape Archaeology, and the First Age of Middle-earth” - revisiting some of my older research for #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday
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Just booked my online ticket for #Oxonmoot2025 and hope a star will shine on the hour of our meeting if you're attending! Presenting? I'm happy to lend digital files of my art to embellish your talk. Please feel free to reach out. Hurrah for Oxonmoot! #Tolkien #Tolkienevents
July 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just booked my online ticket for #Oxonmoot2025 and hope a star will shine on the hour of our meeting if you're attending! Presenting? I'm happy to lend digital files of my art to embellish your talk. Please feel free to reach out. Hurrah for Oxonmoot! #Tolkien #Tolkienevents
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On 1 August 2008: Pauline Baynes passed away.
One of Tolkien's favoured artists, her illustrated works include Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Smith of Wootton Major. Her map of Middle-earth is notable for the amount of extra detail it includes. Photo © Brian Sibley
One of Tolkien's favoured artists, her illustrated works include Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Smith of Wootton Major. Her map of Middle-earth is notable for the amount of extra detail it includes. Photo © Brian Sibley
August 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On 1 August 2008: Pauline Baynes passed away.
One of Tolkien's favoured artists, her illustrated works include Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Smith of Wootton Major. Her map of Middle-earth is notable for the amount of extra detail it includes. Photo © Brian Sibley
One of Tolkien's favoured artists, her illustrated works include Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and Smith of Wootton Major. Her map of Middle-earth is notable for the amount of extra detail it includes. Photo © Brian Sibley
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Responding to @bankofengland.bsky.social's consultation, The Tolkien Society calls for world-renowned author J.R.R. #Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, to feature on new bank notes. @birminghamlive.bsky.social #Booksky www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/07/soci...
Society calls for Tolkien to feature on a new bank note
The Tolkien Society has today written to the Bank of England to suggest that J.R.R. Tolkien should feature on a future bank note. In a letter to Victoria Cleland, Chief Cashier of the Bank of…
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July 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Responding to @bankofengland.bsky.social's consultation, The Tolkien Society calls for world-renowned author J.R.R. #Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, to feature on new bank notes. @birminghamlive.bsky.social #Booksky www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/07/soci...
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🔥AUGUST🔥 📢 The #TolkienTrewsday August 2025 themes:
Week 128 (05/08/25) Landscapes & Landmarks
Week 129 (12/08/25) Beasts
Week 130 (19/08/25) Flora and Fauna
Week 131 (26/08/25) Wandering but not lost
Week 132 (02/09/25) Tales from other realms
Amon Hen Art Challenge! #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
Week 128 (05/08/25) Landscapes & Landmarks
Week 129 (12/08/25) Beasts
Week 130 (19/08/25) Flora and Fauna
Week 131 (26/08/25) Wandering but not lost
Week 132 (02/09/25) Tales from other realms
Amon Hen Art Challenge! #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
July 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🔥AUGUST🔥 📢 The #TolkienTrewsday August 2025 themes:
Week 128 (05/08/25) Landscapes & Landmarks
Week 129 (12/08/25) Beasts
Week 130 (19/08/25) Flora and Fauna
Week 131 (26/08/25) Wandering but not lost
Week 132 (02/09/25) Tales from other realms
Amon Hen Art Challenge! #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
Week 128 (05/08/25) Landscapes & Landmarks
Week 129 (12/08/25) Beasts
Week 130 (19/08/25) Flora and Fauna
Week 131 (26/08/25) Wandering but not lost
Week 132 (02/09/25) Tales from other realms
Amon Hen Art Challenge! #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
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💰🧵 7/ “Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold.”
One of the most famous lines (and now a meme) from the early 1980s text-based Hobbit game by Melbourne House.
A great story behind the making of the game here: www.theguardian.com/games/2022/s...
One of the most famous lines (and now a meme) from the early 1980s text-based Hobbit game by Melbourne House.
A great story behind the making of the game here: www.theguardian.com/games/2022/s...
July 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
💰🧵 7/ “Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold.”
One of the most famous lines (and now a meme) from the early 1980s text-based Hobbit game by Melbourne House.
A great story behind the making of the game here: www.theguardian.com/games/2022/s...
One of the most famous lines (and now a meme) from the early 1980s text-based Hobbit game by Melbourne House.
A great story behind the making of the game here: www.theguardian.com/games/2022/s...
For #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday on 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃: everyone should read the amazing text by @aranelparmadil.bsky.social “𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥”: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦!
Note: It won the TS award for the best article in 2023.
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Note: It won the TS award for the best article in 2023.
journals.tolkiensociety.org/mallorn/arti...
“All that glisters is not gold”: The Ring of Power and the Deception of Simile
| Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society
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July 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday on 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃: everyone should read the amazing text by @aranelparmadil.bsky.social “𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥”: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦!
Note: It won the TS award for the best article in 2023.
journals.tolkiensociety.org/mallorn/arti...
Note: It won the TS award for the best article in 2023.
journals.tolkiensociety.org/mallorn/arti...
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I've felt a renewed interest for the Queen of Denmark's illustrations for #Tolkien 's #TheLordOfTheRings in the past weeks so decided to publish the 2022 talk I gave on the subject. Pictures not included for copyright, and a bit of context provided as an introduction.
voirtolkien.hypotheses.org/1224
voirtolkien.hypotheses.org/1224
A Princess illustrates The Lord of the Rings: Ingahild Grathmer, Eric Fraser and the Folio Society — Oxonmoot 2022
In 2022, I presented this paper at the Tolkien’s Society convention Oxonmoot. It was meant as a follow-up to the 2019 talk I gave at Tolkien2019 in Birmingham, which was published in 2025 thanks to th...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I've felt a renewed interest for the Queen of Denmark's illustrations for #Tolkien 's #TheLordOfTheRings in the past weeks so decided to publish the 2022 talk I gave on the subject. Pictures not included for copyright, and a bit of context provided as an introduction.
voirtolkien.hypotheses.org/1224
voirtolkien.hypotheses.org/1224