Archive for May, 2003

Fan Fiction Profile

May 13, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer takes a look at the world of HP Fan Fiction.

The Princess and the Potters

May 13, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Prince Andrew on a recent visit to a school in Canada mentioned that his daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, are big fans of the boy wizard and his exploits.

CoS Bugs and Bloopers

May 13, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

St. Petersburg Times columnist Jan Glidewell talks about movie goofs and includes some snippets about goofs in Sorcerer’s Stone which apparently had more than Chamber of Secrets – perhaps Columbus worked out some of the kinks.

WH Smith, Harry Potter Helping to Save Library

May 13, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Schools all over the world are feeling the pressures of the economy according to the Plymouth Evening Herald. Last week, a total of 700 books were removed from the shelves of Thornbury Primary in Estover, Plymouth in the UK because budget pressures meant it could no longer afford to remain a member of the city …read more!

Win a Potter Goodie Bag from BBC

May 13, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

BBC’s Newsround is having a contest to win not only a copy of the Chamber of Secrets DVD but also “Potter toys, Potter sweets and even Potter clothing”. All you have to do is enter this drawing by June 2.

Out of…. India?

May 12, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Apparently “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” is not playing so well in Indian theatres…. and it’s not the only sequel having trouble there: Historically, Indian audiences have not taken kindly to sequels, even the most high-profile Hollywood ones. Currently, the second of the Harry Potter movies, The Chamber Of Secrets, is playing in …read more!

Owls over Scotland

May 12, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

A Sunday Mail article discusses a proposed owl-training school for 50 of the nocturnal birds in Cambeltown, Argyll, Scotland. The location, to be built by Rod & Nicky Angus, has been influenced by the bird appearances in the Harry Potter series.

Spending Rowlings Money

May 12, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

The Pakistan Daily Times has an interesting editorial from columnist Kaleem Omar. The question is, what does Rowling plan to do with all the money? She’s already given up her small unheated flat in a midlands city and bought a huge manor house in the country, where she is living in baronial splendour, surrounded by …read more!

Ah…To be an extra

May 12, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

We received an article from This is Brighton & Hove about a boy named Elliott Stubbs playing a “continuity extra” in the upcoming Prisoner of Azkaban. We only have the text and we’ll post the URL as soon as it appears on the Web site. Here’s some snippets: Schoolboy Elliott Stubbs is acting out every …read more!

Harry Potter and the Tabloid Story

May 12, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

It looks like even The Sunday Times is getting into the spirit with a bit of Fan Fiction of their own. A reader sent us this snippet of a brief intermission between the last book and this one: The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close as Harry Potter sat …read more!



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