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|date=[[1997]]
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'''''Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees''''' is a collection of selected speeches held at the Annual Dinners of [[The Tolkien Society]]. The booklet was published in the series ''[[Peter Roe]] Memorial Booklets'', no. 5.  
'''''Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees''''' is a collection of the after-dinner speeches held at the Annual Dinners of [[The Tolkien Society]]. There have been three volumes of ''Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees'' covering speeches from 1980 to 2000. ''Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees'' is published a volumes 5, 6 and 11 of [[Peter Roe Memorial Fund]] series.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==


[[Rayner Unwin]]'s address from 1990 covers the plans for future Tolkien publications. From 1991, [[Tom Shippey]] examines Tolkien's position as a writer amongst his contemporaries. [[Colin Duriez]] in 1992 considered the friendship of Tolkien and C S Lewis. In 1995, [[Joanna Tolkien]], J R R Tolkien's granddaughter related some of her memories of her grandfather. [[René van Rossenberg]], who spoke in 1996 discusses the growth of Tolkien Societies in Europe and how Tolkien is appreciated by those for whom English is not their first language. In 1997, [[Colin Duriez]] returned to discuss how both Tolkien and Lewis placed humanity and creativity at the centre of their work.
[[Rayner Unwin]]'s address from 1990 covers the plans for future Tolkien publications. From 1991, [[Tom Shippey]] examines Tolkien's position as a writer amongst his contemporaries. [[Colin Duriez]] in 1992 considered the friendship of Tolkien and C S Lewis. In 1995, [[Joanna Tolkien]], J R R Tolkien's granddaughter related some of her memories of her grandfather. [[René van Rossenberg]], who spoke in 1996 discusses the growth of Tolkien Societies in Europe and how Tolkien is appreciated by those for whom English is not their first language. In 1997, [[Colin Duriez]] returned to discuss how both Tolkien and Lewis placed humanity and creativity at the centre of their work.
==Volume 1==
*[[1980]]: [[Tom Shippey]], "Inspiration and Invention, or Where Tolkien Got Stuck"
*[[1983]]: [[Tom Shippey]], "...I thought of the incident of Zeebrugge which nobody wrote about at all..."
*[[1986]]: Geraldine Harris, "...'Growing trees' when I should have been 'digging potatoes'..."
==Volume 2==
*[[1990]]: [[Rayner Unwin]], "'How many more volumes in this [[The History of Middle-earth|series]]?' I don't know, [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]] doesn't know"
*[[1991]]: [[Tom Shippey]], "What have these people got in common? One thing... they had all been shot at"
*[[1992]]: [[Colin Duriez]], "'Art has been verified...' The friendship of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[C.S. Lewis]]"
*[[1995]]: [[Tolkien Family|Joanna Tolkien]], "...asked many times - and it still surprises me - 'Did you know your grandfather?'"
*[[1996]]: [[René van Rossenberg]], "...When I made a mental picture of [[The Shire]], I saw dykes, windmills, rectangular tulip-fields"
*[[1997]]: [[Colin Duriez]], "Tolkien and the Old West"
==Volume 3==
* [[1995]]: Charles A. Coulombe, "The Ethics of Escape"
* [[1998]]: [[Michael George Tolkien|Michael Tolkien]], "Eden, Fall, Exile and Beyond"
* [[1999]]: Michael Scott Rohan, "Whether it was genetic or cultural or religious disposition, Tolkien loved music"
* [[2000]]: Patrick Curry, "On Hobbits and Elves: or Took and Baggins Again"
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Revision as of 18:07, 21 June 2014

Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees
Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees.jpg
EditorHelen Armstrong
PublisherThe Tolkien Society
Released1997 (volume 1)
1998 (volume 2)
2001 (volume 3)
FormatPaperback booklet
Pages60 (volume 1)
60 (volume 2)
52 (volume 3)
ISBN0-905520-08-4 (volume 1)
0-905520-12-2 (volume 2)
0-905520-13-0 (volume 3)
SeriesPeter Roe Memorial Fund

Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees is a collection of the after-dinner speeches held at the Annual Dinners of The Tolkien Society. There have been three volumes of Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees covering speeches from 1980 to 2000. Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees is published a volumes 5, 6 and 11 of Peter Roe Memorial Fund series.

Synopsis

Rayner Unwin's address from 1990 covers the plans for future Tolkien publications. From 1991, Tom Shippey examines Tolkien's position as a writer amongst his contemporaries. Colin Duriez in 1992 considered the friendship of Tolkien and C S Lewis. In 1995, Joanna Tolkien, J R R Tolkien's granddaughter related some of her memories of her grandfather. René van Rossenberg, who spoke in 1996 discusses the growth of Tolkien Societies in Europe and how Tolkien is appreciated by those for whom English is not their first language. In 1997, Colin Duriez returned to discuss how both Tolkien and Lewis placed humanity and creativity at the centre of their work.

Volume 1

  • 1980: Tom Shippey, "Inspiration and Invention, or Where Tolkien Got Stuck"
  • 1983: Tom Shippey, "...I thought of the incident of Zeebrugge which nobody wrote about at all..."
  • 1986: Geraldine Harris, "...'Growing trees' when I should have been 'digging potatoes'..."

Volume 2

Volume 3

  • 1995: Charles A. Coulombe, "The Ethics of Escape"
  • 1998: Michael Tolkien, "Eden, Fall, Exile and Beyond"
  • 1999: Michael Scott Rohan, "Whether it was genetic or cultural or religious disposition, Tolkien loved music"
  • 2000: Patrick Curry, "On Hobbits and Elves: or Took and Baggins Again"


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