The Notion Club Papers (NCPs) is an unfinished (posthumous) novel by JRR Tolkien. The Notion Club was a fantasy version of The Inklings. My overview of NCPs is at: http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-companion-to-jrr-tolkiens-notion-club.html. I was winner of the Owen Barfield Award for Excellence 2018.
Thursday, 12 March 2026
Aunt Grace Day - A new Tolkien tradition established: March 3rd
Last week, my wife and I decided to establish a new tradition of celebrating the anniversary day of the death of JRR Tolkien's Aunt Grace, by laying some flowers on her grave - this being the most tangible link between JRRT and Newcastle upon Tyne.
3 comments:
NLR
said...
Sounds like a good idea. Was she the one he wrote to about the smooth composition process of Leaf by Niggle?
@NLR - I think you probably mean Jane Neave, who was Tolkien's Mother's sister - and seems to have been his favourite Aunt: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Jane_Neave https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_241
3 comments:
Sounds like a good idea. Was she the one he wrote to about the smooth composition process of Leaf by Niggle?
@NLR - I think you probably mean Jane Neave, who was Tolkien's Mother's sister - and seems to have been his favourite Aunt: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Jane_Neave
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_241
Beautiful! Offering a prayer for Aunt Grace now
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