Archive for July, 2005

New Wizard of the Month on JKRowling.com

Jul 31, 2005

Posted by: SueTLC

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There is a new wizard of the month for August (yes, already in the UK) posted on JKRowling.com, involving Hermione’s favorite subject at Hogwarts.

NYT on the Continuing Love for Harry

Jul 31, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Harvard sophmore and soon-to-be-published novelist Kaavya Viswanathan writes in today’s New York Times about first reading Harry Potter just before begining eighth grade, and her continuing love for the series. Harry is an endearingly normal hero, enduring the same romantic insecurities, friendship pressures and temper tantrums that I encounter all the time, and it is …read more!

Author Terry Pratchett Comments on J.K.Rowling

Jul 31, 2005

Posted by: SueTLC

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Author Terry Pratchett has written an unfavorable note published in a newspaper complaining about J.K.Rowling. His complaint is that the status of the Harry Potter author is being elevated “at the expense of other writers”. He writes in the Times: WHY IS it felt that the continued elevation of J K Rowling can only be …read more!

Katie Leung as Cho Chang

Jul 31, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Reader Brittany sent us a pic of Katie Leung as Cho Chang in the Goblet of Fire film; check it out by clicking here. Thanks Brittany! (Edit: This more than likely came from MuggleNet: Thanks guys!)

Happy Birthday Richard Griffiths

Jul 31, 2005

Posted by: SueTLC

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Today actor Richard Griffiths(Uncle Vernon Dursley)is celebrating his 58th birthday. Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Harry and Jo Rowling!

Jul 31, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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It’s July 31 in England, which means…it is Harry Potter and Jo Rowling’s birthdays! Jo is 40 today, and we wish her all the health and continued success in the world. (If you poke around JKRowling.com, you’ll see a bit of notice that it’s her birthday, as well.) In our three-years-running tradition of presenting a …read more!

New GoF Pic in High-Res

Jul 30, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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We’ve got that new pic for you of Ron, Harry and Hermione in the Gryffindor common room in Goblet of Fire in high-res, so check it out in small, medium, and tremendous: Small Medium Huge

Bulletin from Accio 2005: Severus Snape NOT GUILTY!

Jul 30, 2005

Posted by: SueTLC

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This just in from Accio 2005 (the UK Harry Potter Conference) regarding the trial of Severus Snape for his conduct throughout the Harry Potter series…the verdict is…NOT GUILTY! In an apparently stunning course of events, the nefarious ex-Hogwarts Potions Master has been cleared of all the charges leveled at him in a trial held at …read more!

New GoF Photo

Jul 29, 2005

Posted by: KristinTLC

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Movie news website Ropes of Silicon has a new image from the film version of Goblet of Fire. Thanks, Elizabeth and Stacey!

Leaky Cauldron FAQs

Jul 29, 2005

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Since the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Leaky has received more than the usual amount of email, asking questions about the book (‘Do you think R.A.B. could be…?’), the movies (‘I have a question about the Riddle tombstone…’) Jo Rowling (‘When do we get book 7?’), terms (‘What’s a shipper’?), and loads …read more!



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