Harry Potter News

MinaLima Announce ‘Art of the Block’ Contest, Plus House of MinaLima Virtual Visits!

minalima Los Angeles art of the block contest

Jul 09, 2020

Posted by: Victoria Tomis

Art, MinaLima, News

MinaLima, the award-winning magical graphic designer duo who’ve conjured up iconic art for the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film franchises, have ventured into the Muggle world with their latest fan contest: The Art of The Block. The contest, by partner studio MinaLima Los Angeles, invites contestants of all ages and magical abilities to use …read more!

INTERVIEW: Harry Potter Alliance’s Granger Leadership Academy is Shaping the Next Decade of Activism

Jul 09, 2020

Posted by: Gianfranco Lentini

Charity, Fan Events, Fandom, Fans, News

This year’s Granger Leadership Academy is weeks away! For the first-time ever the annual conference for fan activism will be going virtual on July 17-19. Read more in this interview with Janae Phillips, Conference Organizer of the GLA, and Director of Leadership & Education at the HPA.

Chapter 14 gives us a Malfoy family reunion

Jul 09, 2020

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Felton, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Isaacs, McCrory, Wizarding World Digital

It’s an embarrassment of riches this week. We’ve barely had time to watch/listen to Chapter 11, Chapter 12, and Chapter 13, yet Wizarding World has already uploaded Chapter 14. I expected new chapters at a rate of about one per week, not one per day. Could it be that they are intending to narrate not …read more!

Downton Abbey meets the Wizarding World: Hugh Bonneville narrates ch. 13 of “Philosopher’s Stone”

Jul 07, 2020

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, News

We just shared with you Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 in the Harry Potter at Home series of video/audio of famous actors reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone after a holiday weekend delay, and—Abracadabra!?—Wizarding World has posted Chapter 13, “Nicholas Flamel”. This chapter is read by Hugh Bonneville, a British actor known most recently for …read more!

Davids Tennant and Beckham read Ch. 11 of “Philosopher’s Stone”

Jul 07, 2020

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, News, Tennant, Wizarding World Digital

Continuing the Harry Potter at Home activities created by Wizarding World to entertain fans during the pandemic, David Tennant and David Beckham share reading duties for Chapter 11, “Quidditch”, of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. David Tennant and David Beckham team up for Chapter Eleven: ‘Quidditch’ #HarryPotterAtHome. Watch now: https://t.co/jwGPKZI5BL pic.twitter.com/ki4Kew2m17 — Wizarding World …read more!

Neville and Umbridge team up to read ch. 12 of “Philosopher’s Stone” — Wait, what?!?

Jul 06, 2020

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Lewis, News, Staunton

It’s true, Matthew Lewis and Imelda Staunton, joined by Helen Howard, who plays Umbridge in Cursed Child, read Chapter 12 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as part of Wizarding World’s Harry Potter at Home series of online activities to keep us amused, engaged, and fully Pottered during the pandemic. We are back with …read more!

Addressing J.K. Rowling’s Recent Statements

Jul 01, 2020

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

J.K. Rowling

In the past few weeks, we have taken the time to reflect as fans and as a community to the statements that J.K. Rowling recently made about transgender people. After listening to a wide variety of people most impacted by and taking in their feedback, our own statement is below and will live on our sidebar from here on …read more!

Virtual Harry Potter Trivia Fundraiser Fundraising For Black Lives Matter & SMYAL!

Jun 19, 2020

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Events, Fandom, Fans, News

Badassilisks, a trivia team in the Washington D.C. area, are hosting a trivia event, raising funds for Black Lives Matter and SMYL, an organization caring for trans black youth.   Badassilisks are a diverse team of 8 people of different races, gender and nationalities: “With just a year of being a team, we remain undefeated in in-person …read more!

The Granger Leadership Academy Goes Virtual!

Jun 19, 2020

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Conventions, Fan Events, Fandom, Fans, News

Tickets for the first ever VIRTUAL Granger Leadership Academy by The Harry Potter Alliance are now available! The GLA conference will take place virtually for the very first time this summer, July 17th-19th, due to COVID-19. Though many were excited to get to put in the work together in Pittsburgh later this year, a virtual event means fans …read more!

‘Wands Up: Black Lives Matter’ Tune In To The Harry Potter Alliance’s Livestream!

Jun 05, 2020

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Events, Fandom, Fans, News

The Harry Potter Alliance will host a livestream tonight at 8:30pm ET, benefitting The Louisville Bail Fund. The livestream will feature Black Girls Create, Jay Justice, Fanatical Fics, The Gayly Prophet, The HPA, Unspoiled! Podcast, The Nonbinaries‘ C. McCarthy, & K. Alexandra. The stream will celebrate Black Girls Create’s birthday in their ongoing House Cup, raising …read more!



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