Well, its back

Middle-earth News has returned to mark Hobbit Day 2026...not once, but twice!

Its always the same isn't it, you wait ages for a Middle-earth News website to come along again and then two come at once.

We're absolutely tickled pink to be able to celebrate this Hobbit Day by launching not one but two Middle-earth News websites! 

Right now you're on middlearth.news and this site will be fan focused on the latest goings-on across the length and breadth of Middle-earth...but another was made!

There is also our sister site, bestofmiddleearthnews.com, which will be bringing back some gems mined from the archive of the original Middle-earth News website, which passed into the west some time ago now. With the blessings of many of the original Middle-earth News team including past directors and assistant directors, we'll be posting an article from the archives every Monday to Friday. There's some amazing treasures that we can't wait to bring you and make these amazing fan-written and fan-audience articles widely available for the whole fandom to enjoy once more.

Over here on middleearth.news things will be a little less regular for now, as we find our feet and follow them into the wilds of regular Middle-earth news posting. We're intending to be very much focused on the fans over big business Middle-earth, for it is their wholehearted expressions and experiences of Middle-earth joy that we enjoy seeing and talking about the most of all. 

We're not going to be posting celebrity news just because an actor was once in Middle-earth and we're not going to be posting wild rumours and speculation about forthcoming productions. We're not scholars of Middle-earth, qualified or self-appointed, but we are enthusiasts and we do like pouring over a little detail or two. There's plenty of other websites out there in the lands of Middle-earth that have those things in spades and all credit to them, there's just no point to us trying to replicate that if they're already doing all that well.

If you've missed the heyday of Middle-earth News then we're thrilled that you're here and that we can say "Well, its back". Not the same, perhaps, but we'll be striving to make it as proper 1420 as possible. 

If Middle-earth News is completely new to you then you're especially welcome, would you like to come with us on an adventure? No contract required and absolutely no mention of incineration. 

We'll see you in The Shire!