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The Children of Hurin Paperback Release Party will be held on October 14, 2008

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The Children of Húrin Paperback Release Party is an online event to celebrate the publication of The Children of Húrin Paperback Edition by Houghton Mifflin, the new book by J.R.R. Tolkien, first released on Tuesday 17th April 2007 in hardback edition.

The event will take place online on October 14, 2008 and is being organized by TolkienLibrary.com and Houghton Mifflin.

Next to chatting there will be giveaways and a Q&A with special guest Alan Lee.

  
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ACTIVITIES:

* Chatting * Q&A with special guest Alan Lee* Giveaway contests

SPECIAL GUEST:

Alan Lee

Alan Lee is an English artist best known for illustrating the 1991 one-volume hardback edition of The Lord of the Rings. He was one of the two lead concept artists for the 'Lord of the Rings' movie trilogy; Alan Lee won an Academy Award in 2004 for his work on 'The Return Of The King'. After the movies his Lord of the Rings Sketchbook was a major bestseller and in 2007 Alan Lee illustrated the Children of Hurin and also the cover image was by his hand. In 2008 the illustrated version of The Tales of the Perilous Realm will be released, which will also be illustrated by him. He will probably also be asked to be working on the new The Hobbit movies and his art will there fore be seen for many years to come!

Here you can find an interview with Alan Lee.

Here more info on The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook and illustrated editons by Alan Lee.Here more info on the Tales of the Perilous Realm.

QUESTIONS FOR ALAN LEE:Este endereço de email está sendo protegido de spambots. Você precisa do JavaScript ativado para vê-lo. to sent in questions for Alan Lee. Whether you plan on attending the event or not you can send in a question you would like to be asked. We ask that you try to think of original questions, which relate to the guest and his background on Tolkien. Yes or No questions are not advised. After the event the answers will be posted on TolkienLibrary.com for those who couldn't attend the live event.

SCHEDULE:

Maybe the most important thing. The event will take place on October 14, 2008.Here is the timeline of events (translated into multiple time-zones):

October 14, 2008UTCEDTESTCEST
Start eventfrom16:00from12:00 Noonfrom11:00 AMfrom18:00
Alan Lee ChatSessionfrom 21:30 to 22:30 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PMfrom 4:30 PM to 5:30 PMfrom 23:30to 24:30
End eventaround23:30around7:30 PMaround6:30 PMaround01:30 October 15

Glossary:UTC = Coordinated Universal Time - the international basis for other time zones. Same time as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and Zulu time. Note that United Kingdom is not on GMT during summer. EDT = Eastern Daylight Time - EDT is 4 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).EST = Eastern Standard Time - EST is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).CEST = Central European Summer Time = UTC + 2 hours.

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