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TCG Letter #813
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Leslie Holloway
Date
November 1969
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien was unable to attend a Tolkien conference at the Midlands Art Centre on the 30th November 1969. Joy Hill from George Allen & Unwin and Tom Shippey did attend. Joy was very impressed with Tom's talk and showed his paper to Tolkien.
He declares himself ever 'a Birmingham man'.
Parts of this letter have been published in the booklet An Afternoon in Middle-earth (Studio Theatre, Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill, 1969).
He declares himself ever 'a Birmingham man'.
Parts of this letter have been published in the booklet An Afternoon in Middle-earth (Studio Theatre, Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill, 1969).