EXTENDED HARRY POTTER PREVIEW!
June 24, 2009
The other night, NBC aired an extended preview for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince during the network’s premiere of the series Merlin. Have a look below!
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Chamber of Secrets: Harry’s Eye-dentity
June 18, 2009
Today at lunch I was talking with my family about the talks I’ll be giving at Summer School in Forks: A Twilight Symposium (Register today, whether you haven’t already!). The first one will be Bella Swan at Hogwarts: The urgent Influence of the Potter Novels and Potter Mania on Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. I’ll be discussing the similarities and differences in how Mrs. Meyer and Rowling use story voice to win reader buy-in and identification, apply Gothic touches for …
New Dinosaur Dragon: ‘Dracorex Hogwartsia’
June 17, 2009
I kid you not. It seems the bones of that dinosaur resembled a dragon sufficiently that the scientists involved named it
Dracorex hogwartsia in honor of children’s author J.K. Rowling. “The shape of the dinosaur’s cranium, with its lengthy muzzle, weird knobs and horns, surprised the scientists,” she said. “But the cranium looks strangely familiar to anyone who has studied dragons! Dracorex has a remarkable resemblance to the dragons of ancient China and medieval Europe.”
(H/T Nicol…
HARRY POTTER PUBLISHER DENIES PLAGIARISM CLAIM
June 15, 2009
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc on Monday denied allegations that author J.K. Rowling copied “substantial parts” of a book by another children’s author when she wrote “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”
The book, published in 2000, was the fourth installment of the hugely successful boy wizard Harry Potter series that has sold more than 400 million copies worldwide and been turned into a multi-billion-dollar film franchise.
“The allegations of plagiarism made tod…
Harry Potter First Edition Auction: $100 G’s?
June 15, 2009
In case you have some additional cash on hand and you’re looking for a safe investment, Auction Traders wants you to know that there is a Potter auction in Dallas not to be missed:
First edition Harry Potter trove highlights June Rare Books Auction in Dallas June 01, 2009
DALLAS – An extensive grouping of original Harry Potter editions – including three complete sets, two of which are signed, and an original first printing English hardcover, with all first edition points – will be…
ROB KNOX FILM FESTIVAL NAMED IN MEMORY OF MURDERED HARRY POTTER ACTOR
June 12, 2009
A Hollywood scriptwriter, a television star and a board member of London Film were among the guests at that year’s second annual festival.
Held at Cineworld in Bexleyheath Broadway, the festival has now been renamed the Rob Knox Film Festival in memory of the murdered teenage Harry Potter actor.
Opening the event, Bexley councillor and cabinet member for community affairs, Katie Perrior said the first festival had attracted four hours worth of short films.
This year, more than 100 hours h…
NY C.S.Lewis Society 40th Anniversary: Be There!
June 11, 2009
Read all about the 40th Anniversary Weekend Symposium for the New York C.S. Lewis Society!
Featured Speakers at the event include Joseph Pearce, Christopher Mitchell, James Como, and Fr. Joseph Koterski. I have heard Chris Mitchell and James Como speak on Lewis, literature, and life at CSL conferences and NYCSL Society meetings, and, believe me, they are worth driving a good distance or even flying in to see and form out. The weekend promises to be a relatively intimate thing, unlike a FanCon, w…