\nNaturally, there is not just the exhibition, but a host of conferences, round tables, debates and other events. The complete program can be found at:
\nhttp:\/\/pourtolkien.free.fr\/semaine_litteraire.html<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nAlso up-and-coming, a Lord of the Rings Sword Design Contest, for those of you who feel the films just don\u2019t quite have it, you can design a blade (or blades) of your own. I\u2019ll post the url when the site is ready to receive entries. But, this does tie in rather well to the next topic; webmaster Dominique and I have been thinking seriously of opening a section of the site dedicated to other peoples\u2019 work, and that idea is slowly maturing. In order to keep it from outgrowing the rest of the site, like some vigorous and unruly branch grafted to a slow-growing tree, the rules for entries will be quite strict, (I mean like hey, it\u2019s my site after all\u2026) but for the coming week, the door is open to suggestions. Please address them to contact@john-howe.com<\/a> Once I\u2019ve had a bit of time to mull them over, and Dominique has outlined the logistics of it all, we\u2019ll throw the door wide for you to post your artwork.<\/p>\n On the drawing board: See you next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For those of you within driving flying walking distance of the city of Rennes in France, the gallery show is back. From March 29th to April 5th, it will be at the Bilbioth\u00e8que de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Rennes 2, Campus Villejean. Naturally, there is not just the exhibition, but a host of conferences, round tables, debates and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,31,29,18],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles","tag-map","tag-numenor","tag-rennes","tag-tolkien"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1PY8Y-1F","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/fr_cover_terre-tolkien-petit.jpg\" "\\"Sur")
<\/a>I\u2019ll be signing books at the librairie \u201cCritic\u201d on Wednesday April 2nd at 3 p.m. and participating in a forum on Thursday. (I\u2019ll confirm all these times and dates, I\u2019m never really sure exactly what I\u2019m doing at these events, I just go where I\u2019m told and do what I\u2019m ordered\u2026)
\nIt seems to be contest season (must be the imminence of spring, mounting sap and all that). I\u2019ve foolhardily agreed to be a judge on a Lord of the Rings Fan Art Contest. You can find out more about it here: http:\/\/www.lotrfanart.net\/fanclub2003<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBy the way, I don\u2019t accept bribes, and flattery doesn\u2019t work either\u2026<\/p>\n
\nThe first illustrations for the map of Numenor. When I\u2019m done, this map and the other three exisitng ones will be published as a boxed set (same maps, but fewer folds and with separate booklets, I believe). I\u2019ll post news on the publishing date as soon as I have it, but perhaps I\u2019d better get cracking and deliver the artwork first\u2026<\/p>\n