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UPDATE: ‘Cursed Child’ Script to be Published in July, and Jim Kay’s Illustrated ‘Chamber of Secrets’ Announced!

Feb 10, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Books, Companion Books, Exclusives, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay, Movies, News, Pottermore, Publishers

Following speculations, Pottermore and Little Brown UK have just announced that the script book for Cursed Child will be released July 31st – Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling’s birthday AND during GeekyCon! Pottermore reports: A host of new print and digital publishing has been announced from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, including a Special Rehearsal Edition of the script …read more!

Bloomsbury Announces Harry Potter Book Night 2016: “A Night of Spells”

Nov 09, 2015

Posted by: Catherine

Bloomsbury, News, Publishers, Scholastic

Bloomsbury has announced the date and theme of it’s Harry Potter Book Night in 2016.   The first annual Harry Potter Book Night was held this past February, and saw over 10,500 parties organized in the UK, with the Twitter #HarryPotterBookNight trending for most of the day. When Harry Potter Book Night returns, Thursday, February …read more!

The Deluxe Edition of Jim Kay’s Illustrated “Philosopher’s Stone”

Nov 06, 2015

Posted by: Catherine

Bloomsbury, Books, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay, News

Yesterday, the Deluxe Edition of the new illustrated Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, illustrated by Jim Kay and written by J.K. Rowling, was released. Bloomsbury anticipated to release this £150 along side the beautiful, and much anticipated £30 edition. With the high price tag comes new features that enhance the beauty of the illustrated editions of …read more!

J.K. Rowling and the New Children’s Book

Nov 04, 2015

Posted by: Katie Eller

Books, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, News, Scholastic

In an interview with BBC Radio 2 to discuss Robert Galbraith’s Career of Evil, Rowling said, “I have written part of a children’s book that I really love so there will be another children’s book and I have ideas for other adult books…”  when asked if she would ever write as J.K. Rowling again.  Several …read more!

Sneak Peak at “The Character Vault”

Oct 14, 2015

Posted by: Katie Eller

Art, Films, Publishers

A beautiful collector’s guide to the characters of the Harry Potter films is set to be published on October 27, 2015.  Harry Potter: The Character Vault, from HarperBooks, includes full-page studies and never-before released photographs of the major characters from all eight films. Interweaving interviews with the special effects experts, costume designers, makeup artists and …read more!

Bloomsbury’s #HarryPotterSpotter

Oct 10, 2015

Posted by: Katie Eller

Contests, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, News, Publishers

It’s time to be a #HarryPotterSpotter!  From now through November 2, Bloomsbury Publishing is sponsoring a Harry Potter artwork scavenger hunt.  Twelve prints of Jim Kay’s illustrations for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone are currently on display in twelve art museums across Britain, and fans are invited to find them all and document their search on …read more!

The Great Big Harry Potter Fansite Interview: Leaky’s Q&A with Harry Potter Illustrator Jim Kay

Oct 06, 2015

Posted by: Catherine

Art, Bloomsbury, Books, Exclusives, Fans, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Interviews, Leaky, News, Publishers, TLC Interviews

Today, October 6, Bloomsbury is publishing the first illustrated edition of the Harry Potter books–Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is hitting shelves in stores near you. As a part of publication celebrations, illustrator Jim Kay agreed to participate in Q&A sessions with major Harry Potter news sites, calling it The Great Big Harry Potter Fansite …read more!

New Images from the Illustrated Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (or Sorcerer’s) Stone–and a Video about Illustrator Jim Kay’s Creative Process!

Oct 05, 2015

Posted by: Alysha McLeod

Art, Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, News, Pottermore, Scholastic

The release of the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone is nigh–in fact, it’s tomorrow (October 6th)! Four glorious new illustrations have been bestowed upon us ahead of the book’s release, thanks to an exclusive post made by EW. Steady yourselves: There’s this striking illustration of the quidditch hoops, set against a backdrop …read more!

New Images from the Illustrated Edition of “Harry Potter”

Sep 08, 2015

Posted by: Milka Väinämö

Bloomsbury, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, News, Scholastic

The U.S and UK illustrated editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone are hitting the shelves on October 6th, 2015. In January 2015, Scholastic and Bloomsbury released the first images from the book illustrated by British artist Jim Kay. Now, just a couple of weeks before the release of the book, Buzzfeed has released two new illustrations, …read more!

BBC Witness interview with Harry Potter’s publisher

Aug 12, 2015

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Books, J.K. Rowling, News, Publishers

The BBC’s radio programme Witness have released an episode interviewing Barry Cunningham, the man who decided to take on the Harry Potter book series, on the creation of a phenomenon that would spread the globe. BBC News said: ‘The Harry Potter series has sold 450 million copies worldwide to date. But before the first book was …read more!



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