‘HARRY POTTER’ STAR EMMA WATSON FRONTS NEW BURBERRY CAMPAIGN
June 11, 2009
‘Harry Potter’ film star, Emma Watson, has swapped her Hogwarts school robes for Burberry check in a series of new shots released by the sort.
Unveiled as the classic British fashion brand’s new ‘face’ , the 19-year-old has star been shot by Mario Testino to push Burberry’s autumn/winter collection.
It’s the first major adverting campaign Watson has presented in outside the ‘Harry Potter’ grade and puts to end rumours that was being…
‘Level 26′ Digi-Novel: The Future of Literature?
June 10, 2009
I was told by my marketing handler at Penguin/Berkley to visit the Penguin Books Booth when I was on the trade floor at Book Expo America last month. She wanted me to introduce myself to the sales and promotional public there so they had a face with the name in case Harry Potter’s Bookshelf ever takes off. That turned out to be a fool’s errand — the sales folks were there to assemble sales with the gazillion booksellers present, not manufacture face instance with wanna-bes R…
Guest Post: Narnia, Hogwarts, and great Beasts
June 9, 2009
All Star HogPro All-Pro on deck! Pay Attention! Thank you, Prof. Hardy, for sharing that brilliant survey of magical animals in the Hogwarts Saga and the Narniad.
Fantastic Beasts: C. S. Lewis, J. K. Rowling, and the Menagerie of the Imagination
by Elizabeth Hardy, author of Milton, Spenser and the Chronicles of Narnia: Literary Sources for the C.S. Lewis Novels
Every author is influenced by what he or she experiences, believes, or learns. Authors are additionally profoundly affected by w…
Two All-Pro ‘Thoughts on Twilight’ Posts!
June 6, 2009
Arabella Figg takes a Psychological Look at Bella and Edward in Twilight and New Moon over at the beta version of Forks High School Professor.com and Linda McCabe, serious Vampire Lore Lady (who knew?), tells us what works and what doesn’t in the Twilight Saga. Both are crucial reflections on the stuff and substance of the best selling books since Harry left Privet Drive… Check ‘em out — and please let us know of any other “serious readings” you have stumbled …
TRACKLISTING FOR HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE RELEASED!
June 6, 2009
The tracklisting for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been revealed. It will be released in the US the day before the movie is released, July 14.
Here are the 28 songs on it:
1. Opening
2. In Noctem
3. The Story Begins
4. Ginny
5. Snape & the Unbreakable Vow
6. Wizard Wheezes
7. Dumbledore’s Speech
8. Living Death
9. Into the Pensieve
10. The Book
11. Ron’s Victory
12. Harry & Hermione
13. School!
14. Malfoy’s Mission
15. The Slug Party
16. Into the Rushes
17….
Leaky Con 2009 Report: A Great duration!
June 5, 2009
All pictures below are courtesy of Toni Gras, photographer for the Harry Potter Fan Zone down under (and HogPro All Pro everywhere!). The complete Leaky Con photo album is online here. Thank you, Toni, for giving me permission to post your great pictures!
Where to start? Well, the location, of course! Leaky Con was in Boston’s spectacular Park Plaza Hotel, which comes complete with its own Ballroom inside a Castle. A very enlarged way from a High School Gym with banners the cheerleaders ma…
SCOTUS Appointee a Potter-phile?
June 3, 2009
So says The New Republic:
“Her former clerks report that considering Sotomayor is divorced and has no children, her clerks become like her extended family–working late with her, visiting her apartment once a month for card games (where she remembers their favorite drinks), and taking a field trip together to the premier of a Harry Potter movie.”
That’s one breakdown of the Court’s thinking on issues I haven’t read. Anyone care to guess the opinions, majority a…