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Tea with Tolkien
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An online community and free book club inspired by the life, works, and faith of JRR Tolkien.
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Will never forget being at a screening for the finale of The Rings of Power season two and the entire crowd erupting into applause at the Narsil reveal. 🥹
Elendil holds Narsil
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Lord Celebrimbor wants you to pre-order my book! www.teawithtolkien.com/book
Lord Celebrimbor holds the book cover art for “Into the Heart of Middle-earth” while gazing upon it reverently.
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Kind words from Carl Hostetter, editor of The Nature of Middle-earth! 🌟

Pre-order now: www.teawithtolkien.com/book
Image of my book cover art: a watercolor painting of a landscape with mountains and two trees prominently placed in the foreground. There is a giant golden ring in the background. Text: "On the eve of the publication of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien wrote that in doing so he had 'exposed his heart to be shot at'. Kaitlyn Facista here lifts that heart up, to show how it speaks to our own, of hope, faith, mercy, courage, and self-sacrifice; and invites us to ponder that heart, to discern how we might each embrace and embody the virtues it espouses in our own ways, in our lives and in our world." — Carl F. Hostetter Editor of The Nature of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien Coming from Ave Maria Press in February 2026 Learn more and pre-order at www.teawithtolkien.com/book
September 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Kind words about my book, Into the Heart of Middle-earth. 🫖
An image of the cover art for my book, Into the Heart of Middle-earth: a watercolor landscape painting of two trees amidst mountains. A golden ring looms in the background. There is a small star at the top of the cover. Text: "You will finish this book with your hope and courage restored, ready to tackle the adventure of your own life." - Haley Stewart Editor of Word on Fire Votive and author of Jane Austen's Genius Guide to Life Coming from Ave Maria Press in February 2026 Learn more and pre-order at www.teawithtolkien.com/book
September 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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how it feels to be reading the final proof of my book before it’s sent off to the printers
Bilbo from the Hobbit movie running through the Shire saying IM GOING ON AN ADVENTURE
September 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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you can tell me all day long that Haladriel isn’t “real” because it isn’t in the books, but you can pry their matching names being right next to each other in the Unfinished Tales index out of my cold dead hands!!
*Artanis Name given to Galadriel by her father. *Artano   ‘High-smith’, name given to himself by Sauron in the Second Age. See Annatar, Aulendil.
September 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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girl who approved her book cover design today 🏔️⭐️🌳🌳💍🏞️
Celebrimbor drinking his tea in a “girl who is going to be okay” kind of way
September 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Happy one-year anniversary to The Rings of Power Season Two 🤩
Celebrimbor Crying Adar stands above Sauron holding the crown, about to stab him Galadriel and Sauron share a moment of prolonged eye-contact after she is pierced by Morgoth’s crown Adar is holding Elrond by the throat in a threatening fashion
August 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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New video: I took my Pocket Guide to Middle-earth and turned it into a video! I know I struggle to sit and read through an entire guide sometimes, so I thought creating an audio/video format would make it easier for some folks.

Link: youtu.be/fkW1e4LoqZA

#lotr #lordoftherings
Image of a YouTube thumbnail: two trees painted in watercolor paints with a grassy background. The text over the picture says “Tea with Tolkien’s Pocket Guide to Middle-earth”.
August 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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this mop changed my life
Image of an “O-Cedar” spin mop
August 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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If you’ll be at #SDCC, stop by theonering.net booth to grab a free gift from me! 🥰

Photo via @themiddlepage.bsky.social
Kelly holds a copy of my free booklet “Pocket Guide to Middle-earth”
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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I wrote my manuscript using Dabble and I’m really happy to see them commit to keeping AI tools out of their writing spaces. 🤎 I highly recommend Dabble for anyone else working on a writing project, big or small.
An email from Dabble: Hey there, A week ago, we sent out a survey asking how you felt about Al in writing tools. We wanted to hear directly from you, the Dabblers, to understand exactly where you stand. Your responses were overwhelmingly clear: you don't want Al in your writing space. We hear you and we care about what you have to say. For that reason, we're keeping Al out of Dabble.
July 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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It’s been nearly two years—and an entire lifetime—in the making and today I am finally able to share my book’s title!

Into the Heart of Middle-earth: Exploring Faith and Fellowship in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (A Spiritual Journey for the Hobbit at Heart)

Coming early 2026. 🤎
July 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Got the final approval on my book title… Announcement coming soon!
Frodo with a mischievous twinkle in his eye saying all right, then. Keep your secrets” to Gandalf.
July 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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HI I MADE THIS LITTLE FREE BOOKLET AND it’s probably the best thing I’ve ever made. It will be available online soon. DID I MENTION IT WILL BE FREE. It so cute. I could cry.
A cover image for a booklet I created. The background is a watercolor painting of two trees in a meadow of flowers. The text on the image says: Tea with Tolkien’s Pocket Guide to Middle-earth “Welcome to Arda” The first age: Fëanor, no! The second age: Annatar, yes! The third age: Hobbits???!
July 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Reject world domination! Embrace second breakfast! The whole world doesn’t belong to you, but the “food and cheer and song” of Hobbiton is better than hoarded gold anyways. 🤎 Inspired by a comment I received on another post.
Black text on a white backgrounds, the image looks like an old newspaper: BOOK VICH. 3 * THE ONE RING DESTROYED * 25 MARCH 3019 REJECT WORLD DOMINATION! EMBRACE SECOND BREAKFAST FOOD AND CHEER AND SONG ABOVE HOARDED GOLD
July 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Scenes of a young mother editing her manuscript. I hope they’re proud of me. 🤎
A toddler scribbling all over her mother’s manuscript (it’s fine, I told her it was okay. 🤎) A mother holds a young baby wrapped in a blanket as a notebook sits off to the right. A baby’s hand reaches out to grab the paper in my notebook, a printed copy of my manuscript A baby sleeping on her mother’s lap, an open notebook sits off to the side.
June 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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“Take off your golden ring! Your hand’s more fair without it.” - The Fellowship of the Ring
An Illustration of a hand, open and reaching towards something. On a tan background. In a whimsical font the caption reads: “Take off your golden ring! Your hand’s more fair without it. - The Fellowship of the Ring
June 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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hype hype hype
Screenshot of an email receipt: Item description - Parma Eldalamberon 17: Words, Phrases & Passages: by J. R. R. Tolkien Paperback-Books Physical
June 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Our book club had a lovely chat about Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth tonight as our Morgoth’s Ring book club continues! Thanks to all who participated, whether in the voice or text chat.
A laptop open to discord where several users are present in a voice channel.
June 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Nearly there! Can’t wait to share this book with you all. 🫂🥰
June 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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I’m crying I went to the UPS store to print my manuscript for final edits and I forgot to ask them to print it double-sided hahaha 😂😂😂😭 They handed me an entire ream of paper
a hand (my hand) holds approximately 200 sheets of paper in front of a book shelf
June 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Day 14 of #30DaysintheShire

Q: Beregond saw it as both a duty and an honor for Minas Tirith to stand as a shield between Sauron and the peoples of Middle-earth. Inspired by his courage, how can you advocate for others today, this month, this year?
A watercolor painting of a light pink flower on a green background. The caption is in a whimsical font in white letters and reads: “For if we fall, who shall stand?” - The Return of the King This is an excerpt from a longer quote that I couldn’t fit in the post text: “‘Yet, Master Peregrin, we have this honour: ever we bear the brunt of the chief hatred of the Dark Lord, for that hatred comes down out of the depths of time and over the deeps of the Sea. Here will the hammer-stroke fall hardest. And for that reason Mithrandir came hither in such haste. For if we fall, who shall stand?’” - The Return of the King
June 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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'Raise the Shire!' said Merry. 'Now! Wake all our people! They hate all this, you can see: all of them except perhaps one or two rascals, and a few fools that want to be important, but don't at all understand what is really going on. But Shire-folk have been so comfortable so long they don't know what to do. They just want a match, though, and they'll go up in fire. The Chief's Men must know that. They'll try to stamp on us and put us out quick. We've only got a very short time. - The Scouring of the Shire, LOTR
June 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I feel so bad for normal journalists trying to cover The Rings of Power because Tolkien has like 8,000 different special items involved and I’m sure none of these people have ever heard of a Silmaril before. 😭
Text from a Variety article: "Particularly with regard to the family history, his grandfather made the silver oils.”
June 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM