New book on Tolkien writings and background -- The Nature of Middle-Earth

 The book — titled "The Nature of Middle-earth" — will be published in the U.S. on 24 June 2021 and in the U.K. by HarperCollins, also in June.

It has been edited by Carl F. Hostetter, who previously worked closely with Tolkien's late son, Christopher, and is a member of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, a non-profit dedicated to the study of Tolkien's invented languages.

The writings will touch on ideas including Elvish immortality and reincarnation, the powers of the Valar, the beasts of Númenor, and the geography of the rivers and beacon-hills of Gondor.

Nov. 21, 2020 NBC News article published online