Tolkien Calendar 2025: The History of Middle-earth

By J. R. R. Tolkien, Illustrated by John Howe

The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing 13 stunning paintings inspired by the Three Ages of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Featuring breathtaking paintings and drawings by John Howe, with new pieces unique to this calendar.

The official Tolkien calendar has become an established publishing event, eagerly anticipated by Tolkien fans the world over. Previous Tolkien calendars have become much sought after collector’s items, and this year’s will doubtless be an essential purchase for Middle-earth fans everywhere.

This year’s calendar features 13 full-colour paintings by the world-renowned Tolkien artist, John Howe, depicting scenes from across the panoply of tales contained within the History of Middle-earth. From the legendary First Age when the Valar shaped the world, and the Second Age which saw the fall of Numenor, through to the Third Age which culminated in the War of the Ring.

Now presented for the first time in calendar form, and accompanied by a brand new painting and numerous pencil drawings, and with an insightful introduction by Brian Sibley, Tolkien fans can enjoy these dramatic depictions of the Three Ages of Middle-earth Age in greater depth than ever before.

Format: Calendar
Release Date: 18 Jul 2024
Pages: 32
ISBN: 978-0-00-866944-7
Price: £10.99, £9.16 (Export Price) , €None
J.R.R. Tolkien was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein. After serving in the First World War, Tolkien embarked upon a distinguished academic career. He is, however, best known as the creator of Middle-earth and author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into 80 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. He was awarded a CBE and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University in 1972. He died in 1973 at the age of 81.John Howe was born in 1957 in Vancouver, Canada. He has illustrated many French children’s books, but is best known for his Tolkien calendars, book jackets, maps and posters and as the author of A Middle-earth Traveller. He was Conceptual Artist on Peter Jackson’s acclaimed Middle-earth movie trilogies, and most recently he has worked on Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power and the Warner Bros. animated film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

”'How, given little over half a century of work, did one man become the creative equivalent of a people?” - - THE GUARDIAN

”'Demanding to be compared with English mythologies… at times rises to the greatness of true myth” - - FINANCIAL TIMES

”'A creation of singular beauty… magnificent in its best moments” - - WASHINGTON POST