Mary GrandPre

The Star Tribune has an article about American edition Potter artist Mary GrandPre that includes a draft of an earlier Harry illustration.
Grandpre's work is being featured at a show at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Thanks to Veritaserum for the link!

Cuaron to Receive Award

Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron will accept the Raul Julia HOLA Founders Award, presented by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors on September 20th in New York City.
Thanks to Michelle and Nelly for the link.

"Hagrid not the Half-Blood Prince" Rumor Partially Confirmed

Yesterday Mugglenet posted that two of their readers who attended the Edinburgh Book Festival reported to them that J.K. Rowling revealed in private conversation that Hagrid is not the Half-Blood Prince. We've been able to confirm through a separate source that we trust, that at leastContinued...

Witching Hour 2005 Keynote Speaker Announced

Witching Hour, the HP convention that will take place in 2005 in Salem, Mass., has announced its latest featured speaker, award-winning children's literature author and essayist John Cech. Mr. Cech has judged the New York Times' Best Illustrated Books of the Year and has served on the nominatingContinued...

NY Times Profiles Carp Fishing Tournament

The New York Times reports today that 125 kids and teens attended the carp fishing tournament along the St. Lawrence River, even though Tom Felton, who's post hosted the tournament last year, was unable to attend this year, because he's filming on Goblet of Fire.

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Rowling Edinburgh Reading Transcript; HBP Status

Update: The transcript is now up at J.K. Rowling's website! (Thanks, Meriion!)
As to when we might see book six, Jo had this to say, when asked which book is her favorite:

I would have to say that it is probably Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, although at the moment—it is unfairContinued...

Accio Papers!

Accio UK, a Harry Potter conference that is to take place in Reading in July of next year, has issued a proposal call for papers, panels, and workshops.

Harry Potter: Not Just for Kids

CBC News has a profile which focuses on Convention Alley, the for adults only Harry Potter symposium which took place over the weekend in Ontario, Canada.
Overall, the conference's wide range of paper, panel and discussion topics – from "Severus Snape: Romantic Byronic Hero or Unredeemable 'GreasyContinued...

Convention Alley: Turning Harry Canadian

Today's Ottawa Citizen showcases the ongoing ConventionAlley's unique approach to dodging copyright issues that come with running a fan conference:

So, in a solution that's increasingly common among legions of Potter-obsessed fans, organizers of an international Harry Potter conference this weekendContinued...

Thanks to everyone who came to POA IMAX FTL!

Thanks so much to Jenna of danradcliffe.com and the 300 other people who helped sell out the POAIMAXFTL show this afternoon at the Museum of Discovery & Science in Ft Lauderdale. This is a long post, so read more (including the day's trivia questions) by clicking below!
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Convention Alley This Weekend in Canada

Convention Alley begins this weekend in Ontario ,Canada, and Canada.com has a short preview of the Harry Potter convention. Harry Potter Lexicon founder Steve Vander Ark will be the keynote speaker. This conference, which is devoted to adult Harry Potter fans, takes place July 30th to August 1st at the UniversityContinued...

South Floridians! Meet us at POA IMAX FTL!

On July 31, I'm going to be joining Jenna from DanRadcliffe.com at the Ft Lauderdale Museum of Discovery & Science for some "birthday" events before the 4:15 showing of Prisoner of Azkaban on the museum's IMAX screen.
Join us there in the afternoon - and feel free to wear a costume.Continued...

Get A Clue 2 Update: $6,300 Donated to Book Aid International

It's been a while since we mentioned the Get a Clue 2 T-Shirt drive, but our full report on our trip to Book Aid International's 50th birthday party is finally up. After costs, your contributions yielded $6,300 – an incredible amount for such a brief call to action. WhenContinued...

The Boston Globe: Salem Host of Witching Hour

The Boston Globe has a preview of The Witching Hour, a Harry Potter symposium set for October 6th-10th, 2005 in Salem, Massachusetts. This event is sponsored by HP Education Fanon Inc., the same group which brought us Nimbus-2003.

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful event!

I'm on a plane now, about halfway between New York City and Miami, a few thousand feet in the air, glancing out the window in hopes of seeing a man on a flying motorcycle...
And it's June 6, and in book-chronology, today is ten years to the day from the moment Harry learned that, to paraphrase IntoContinued...