2006

Tolkien-related events that took place in 2006.

January

• 20 - The second The One Ring Celebration is held in Pasadena.
• 31 - In Elven Lands is released.
• ? - Amon Hen 197 is published.

February

• 16 - The Keys of Middle-earth is published.
• 28 - Reading The Lord of the Rings is released.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 47 is published.

March

• 2 - The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II is published.
• 17 - Bob Papenbrook, who voiced Théoden and Gimli in the video game The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, dies.
• 23 - The Lord of the Rings Musical at Toronto has its press opening.
• 31 - The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder is published.
• ? - Amon Hen 198 is published.

April

• 7 - The Tolkien Ensemble publish their collected work, Complete Songs and Poems.
• 11 - Fellowship!, an independent musical parody of The Lord of the Rings, wins the LA Weekly Theater Award for Musical of the Year.

May

• 9 - A Tolkienian Mathomium is published.
• 19 - The Ring of Words is published.
• ? - Amon Hen 199 is published.

June

• 1 - Tolkien Studies: Volume 3 is published.
• 11 - Tim Hildebrandt, one of the renowned brothers Hildebrandt, dies.

July

• 1-4 - The Gathering of the Fellowship 2006 takes place in Toronto.
• 2 - Pieter Collier is awarded the 1st Annual Northeast Tolkien Society Imperishable Flame Award 2006 for his immense collection.
• 13 - The Lord of the Rings: The White Council is anounced.
• 28-30 - ELF 2006.
• ? - Amon Hen 200 is published.

August

• 4-7 - Mythcon XXXVII.
• 21-25 - The Oxford Tolkien Conference.
• ? - Mallorn 44 is published.

September

• 15-17 - Oxonmoot 2006.
• 18 - Children of Húrin is announced.
• ? - Amon Hen 201 is published.

October

• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment is published.

November

• 6 - Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey is published.
• 10-12 - Ring*Con 2006.
• 21 - The RiffTrax commentary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is released online.
• 27 - Anthony Jackson, the Tale Bearer in the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, dies.
• ? - Amon Hen 202 is published.

December

• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 48 is published.

?

• ? - Audiobooks of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, read by Rob Inglis, are published.
• ? - Tolkien and Modernity 1 is published.
• ? - Tolkien and Modernity 2 is published.

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