The folks from Houghton Mifflin write: Houghton Mifflin will be touring renowned Tolkien illustrators Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith throughout the U.S. this fall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. publication of The Lord of the Rings and the publication of a new edition of The Silmarillion. (For more information on these titles and others, check out out Houghton Mifflin’s newly designed Tolkien website) Mark your calendars now!

Tour schedules:

TED NASMITH

October 24 @ 1:00 p.m.
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop
4093 N. Oakland Ave.
Shorewood, WI 53211
414-963-3111

October 25 @ 6:00 p.m.
University Bookstore
711 State Street
Madison, WI 53703
608-257-3784

October 26 @ 7:00 p.m.
Bound to Be Read
870 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-646-2665

October 27 @ 7:00 p.m.
Borders
50 S. Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84144
801-355-6899

October 28 @ 7:00 p.m.
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206-634-3400

October 29 @ 7:30 p.m.
Books Inc.
301 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
650-428-1234

October 31, time tk
Texas Book Festival
State Capitol
Austin, TX 78711
512-477-4055
** Nasmith will be joined by Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey at this event **

ALAN LEE

December 4 @ 12:00 noon
Books of Wonder
16 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
212-989-3270

December 5 @ 2:00 p.m.
Philadelphia Free Library
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-686-5322

December 6 @ 7:00 p.m.
Olsson’s
2111 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201
703-525-4227

December 7 @ 7:00 p.m.
Borders
830 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
312-573-0564

December 8 @ 6:00 p.m.
Borders
50 S. Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84144
801-355-6899

December 9 @ 7:00 p.m.
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206-634-3400

December 10 @ 7:00 p.m.
Booksmith
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
415-863-8688

December 11 @ 2:00 p.m.
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
W. Hollywood, CA 90069
310-659-3110