Harry Potter News

LA Times: Still Wild About Harry?

Jun 24, 2005

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The LA Times has a new article wondering if those who first discovered Harry years ago when they were young children, would they still be interested in the books now as teens moving into adulthood. According to the article, Scholastic remains optimistic that readers will stay with Harry as he continues to grow. ” Of …read more!

UK Amazon lowers price of Half-Blood Prince book

Jun 24, 2005

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Several TLC Readers let us know that today they received an email from retailer Amazon UK, letting them know that the price of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book had been lowered. The email said in part: At Amazon.co.uk, we are always looking for ways to bring value to our customers. We are, …read more!

Financial Times HBP Cub Reporter Winner

Jun 24, 2005

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The Financial Times newspaper has announced their winner for the Half-Blood Prince Cub Reporter contest. Eleven year old Huw Jones of West Wales, was chosen the winner over 150 entrants vying for a chance to attend the special midnight release party for book 6 held by J.K. Rowling at Edinburgh Castle, in Scotland. Welsh speaking …read more!

Report from EA Games Holidaze Showcase: GoF Video Game Preview

Jun 24, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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A visitor to the EA Games Holidze Showcase that took place at Le Parker Meridien Hotel in NYC yesterday wrote us in with this report on the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Video Game (pre-order here at The Cauldron Shop, and see the official trailer for the game at the official HP site …read more!

Rubbish Fodder: “The Sun” Claims to Publish Book Seven Title(s)

Jun 24, 2005

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Brit tabloid The Sun reports today that it “may have solved one of the biggest Harry Potter mysteries – the title of the final novel about the boy wizard,” and that the book seven title is either Harry Potter and the Parseltongue Trophy or Harry Potter and the Great Revelation. Their supposition is based on …read more!

Barnes & Noble Video Interview with Jim Dale

Jun 23, 2005

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Barnes & Noble have now posted a new video interview with Jim Dale, the narrator of the US Harry Potter audio books. In this video interview, he addresses things such as how he creates the voices of the characters in the books. For example, he says that the voice of Professor McGonagall is based on …read more!

Half-Blood Prince E-Cards

Jun 23, 2005

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Bloomsbury, the U.K. publishers of the Harry Potter books,have added three Half-Blood Prince e-cards that you can send to your friends. The choices are the book covers, one with the back cover art, and the last one has that interesting ring on it.(This ring was shown as part of the back cover art ) Click …read more!

Fans ‘Band’ Together to Honor Friend, Support Creativity

Jun 23, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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FictionAlley.org, the largest online archive of HP fanfiction, is holding a fundraiser to endow a scholarship fund for one of their former members, a teenaged writer who died of leukemia earlier this year. The site is selling wristbands (similar to the popular, yellow, Lance Armstrong variety) online and will have them available at at least …read more!

ADMIN: Notifications On

Jun 23, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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In an attempt to fix the bug where you get several notification emails for one topic, we have turned notifications back on and are working with the software developer to fix it. We ask for your patience as we get this sorted. Thank you!

Jim Dale Talks Recording Half-Blood Prince AudioBook

Jun 23, 2005

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Jim Dale, who narrates the US edition of the Harry Potter books, has given a new interview where he talks about the process of recording for Half-Blood Prince. He recorded the book in April, only he says he is not certain as to the exact number of voices he did for Book 6, as he …read more!



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