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Michigan artist turns the magic wand into an art form Dave Raber and his wife and young son love the Harry Potter books and movies, so it wasn't a big surprise when Raber, a woodworker, made a couple of magic wands on the lathe in his spare time. What was surprising was how it lead to many more wands that are much more elaborate and artfully colored than the original Harry Potter type wands. [more...]

Monday, April 7, 2008

Accio UK to auction signed HP books for literacy Accio UK is pleased to announce that J.K. Rowling has generously donated a full set of all seven adult edition Harry Potter books, with each book individually signed by the author, to Accio UK to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust. [more...]

Monday, March 31, 2008

Terminus 2008 announces thirty bands for Wrock Chicago The planning team for Terminus, a five-day Harry Potter conference to be held August 7-11, 2008, has announced the winner of the Twenty-Fifth Band Competition for Wrock Chicago, an all-day wizard rock festival being held at the Hilton Chicago Hotel on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. [more...]

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Terminus announces guests of honor The planning team for Terminus has announced Guests of Honor Cheryl Klein and Tamora Pierce, who will present keynotes on their unique experiences with the Harry Potter series and phenomenon. "Tamora Pierce has written some of our favorite books, and Cheryl Klein has edited some of our favorites," noted Hallie Tibbetts, a Lead Event Organizer. [more...]

Monday, March 3, 2008

Accio 2008 brings academics and fans together at Oxford The Accio Programming Committee is pleased to announce the programming schedule for Accio 2008, a conference to be held at Magdalen College from 25-27 July 2008 that will bring together academics and adult fans to discuss the Harry Potter series in the Hogwarts-like setting of the University of Oxford. [more...]

Phelps twins and Stanislav Ianevski to appear at Florida Supercon Florida Supercon is back and bigger than ever! Get ready for the largest multi-genre convention in South Florida History as Florida Supercon moves to its new "super-sized" location, The Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Resort in Weston, FL. The current guest list for FSC includes James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) and Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum). [more...]

Friday, June 29, 2007

Dr. Who jokes about Harry Potter Book 7 The second episode of Doctor Who's 3rd season, titled "The Shakespeare Code", has a couple of clever Harry Potter references. The episode aired on CBC this past Monday here in Canada, but we're almost 3 weeks ahead of the States... [more...]

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Third WOMBAT Test now online at J.K. Rowling official site Early this morning, fans noticed that the mysterious Do Not Disturb Sign was gone from the secret area on J.K. Rowling's official website, revealing a third and final WOMBAT test underneath. The test is more difficult than the previous two, and the test warns that certain answers could lose you marks... [more...]

Friday, June 8, 2007

New cover and new excitement for Book 7 Scholastic editor Arthur Levine revealed the special edition cover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on the Today show on NBC TV this morning. Arthur said this image is one of his favorite scenes in the book and he specifically asked that it be the image of the deluxe cover... [more...]

Monday, April 16, 2007

Potter Theme Park rumors good news for the fate of Harry This weekend, many news outlets have reported that unconfirmed rumors are looking good for a new theme-park in Orlando, Florida, themed entirely around the Harry Potter books. Besides giving a place to Harry Potter fans to have fun, I think this is really good news to fans for another really important reason... [more...]

Thursday, April 12, 2007

100 days and counting Today there are now only 100 days left until the world-wide release in English of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I find myself getting more and more morose as the publication date nears... [more...]

Friday, February 2, 2007

Harry Potter and the Beginning of the End: Chapter 2 And so it goes. All we have left now are the last few final milestones. On December 22, J.K. Rowling surprised us all with the title of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yesterday, the final Harry Potter book publication date was announced... [more...]

Friday, December 22, 2006

Harry Potter and the Beginning of the End So. It's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We finally know the title of the last Harry Potter book. Last. Darn. I've been knowing this day was coming, but I have been dreading it. [more...]

Monday, October 23, 2006

Harry Potter fans remember the Alamo I have just returned via the Hogwarts Express (well, actually, American Airlines) from a wonderful weekend in San Antonio Texas, where I attended Mischief Managed, the first in which I hope will be a series of really fun Harry Potter conferences. [more...]

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

I've got a Harry Potter, I'm all in! In the game of Texas Hold 'Em poker, curently one of the most popular varieties of poker being played now, to start the hand, you get two cards, called your "hole cards". Certain combinations of these hole cards have acquired nicknames... [more...]

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Next week is Banned Books Week Next week, September 23-30, is Banned Books Week 2006. According to Kent Oliver, chairman of the Intellectual Freedom Committee for the American Library Association, every day in a public library, somebody will complain about a book in the collection... [more...]

Friday, September 15, 2006

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Airport Security Yesterday, the main-stream news was flooded with the story that J.K. had a rough time getting her hand-written Harry Potter manuscript through a security check onto the airplane for her trip home from New York City last month. And everybody's asking why a hand-written manuscript would ever be looked up upon as a security risk... [more...]

Monday, September 11, 2006

Doing the math: Book 7 would need a fork-lift Last Friday, at the Edinburgh tea party held to mark the launch of Driving Lessons starring Julie Walters and Rupert Grint, J.K. Rowling was quoted as saying, "I’m up to about 750 pages now, but I’m not telling anyone what happens to Harry. " Whoa... [more...]