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Bombadil may refer to: * Tom Bombadil, a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium * Bombadil Publishing, a youth-to-youth publishing house in Sweden * Bombadil (band) Bombadil is a four-piece Americana, folk-pop band from Durham, North Carolina with guitar, bass, piano, and drums as their primary instruments. The band is known for their creative and heartfelt lyrics, lush vocal harmonies, thoughtful arrangemen ...

Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Tolkien's legendarium, legendarium. He first appeared in print in a 1934 poem called "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", which also included ''The Lord of the Rings'' characters Goldberry (Tom's wife), Old Man Willow (an evil tree in Old Forest, Tom's forest) and the Barrow-wight, from whom Tom rescues the hobbits. They were not then explicitly part of the older legends that became ''The Silmarillion'', and are not mentioned in ''The Hobbit''. Bombadil is best known from his appearance as a supporting character in Tolkien's high fantasy epic ''The Lord of the Rings'', published in 1954 and 1955. In the first volume, ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', Frodo Baggins and company meet Bombadil in the Old Forest. The idea for this meeting and the appearances of Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wight can be found in some of Tolkien's earliest notes for a sequel to ''The Hobbit''. Bombadil is also mentioned, but not seen, near the end of ''The ...
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Bombadil Publishing
Bombadil Publishing is a youth-to-youth publishing house, founded in Sweden in 2007 by Marianne Rugård-Järvstråt. It operates on a franchise basis and has branches in many countries. The company publishes both fiction and non-fiction books written by and for pre-teens, teenagers, and young adults (ages 12–26). It uses mentors and tutors, rather than traditional editors, to assist the authors in creating a quality book, and organises searches for promising authors as well as finding them through social media.Eduardo Portillo"Editorial sueca publicará libro a dos estudiantes salvadoreños", ''La Prensa Gráfica'', 15 February 2010 The authors themselves design the covers and write the back-cover text. Books are marketed and sold under the single Bombadil Publishing brand, but the company is a franchise operation and has offices in many countries, including the US, the UK, India, and Latin America. After the company's foundation in 2007, major expansion began early in 2008, ...
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