Ralph Fiennes: Devil's Advocate
The new issue of "Entertainment Weekly" magazine has a feature this week called "The 122 People and Things We Love This Summer." Ranked at number 13 is actor Ralph Fiennes who will portray Lord Voldemort in the upcoming Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire film.
Age: 42. Mustworthiness: Give himContinued...
HBP Deluxe Cover Hi-Res
The new artwork for the HBP deluxe cover in hi-res is RIGHT HERE. (No watermarking, yadda yadda yadda...excuse me, have to go stare at this now.)
You can pre-order the deluxe editions and support Leaky by doing it at these links: US, UK, Canada, France.
Brand New Deluxe Version of Half-Blood Prince Cover Art
Scholastic has just released a brand new photo of the cover art on the Deluxe Version of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince. According to this press release:
"In this spectacular artwork for the Deluxe Edition, layers of mystery unfold in a forested glen, where we find Harry PotterContinued...
Harry Potter '06 Calendar News
The new Harry Potter calendars for 2006 are now available for pre-order. There are two new Literary ones which feature artwork by illustrator Mary GrandPre, and will be available July 1st.
* Mini (Literary) Calendar
The other calendars, which have a release date of September 1st, will featureContinued...
For further discussion of the covers and the interview...
...visit the threads on our forum, where discussions are already heating up. The threads in question are in the Daily Prophet Section.
Royal Tidings: Cover Art for HBP in the News
With the release today of the book covers for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, some media sources have posted stories about this. MSNBC has this article about artist Mary GrandPre and her design work for the American version of Book 6.
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ON TLC: High-Res HBP Covers
We have the high-res Scholastic cover right here!
Important Note: These images as presented on Leaky are the highest res available legally. The image must be smaller than the size of the acutal book - if it's not others can print the cover themselves. Out of respect for the people making this book we have downsizedContinued...
Scholastic.com: New HBP Poster, Updated Poll
Scholastic. com has updated their Harry Potter section with a new unique poster for the Half-Blood Prince book. It features a montage of all the five previous book covers by Mary GrandPre, and has a picture of Dobby in the section with the title and release date for book 6. You can click here to printContinued...
HBP Editions Update
A short while ago we reported the UK special edition of HBP was to be released in Oct; today Amazon.co.uk is listing it as Oct 3, for £21.00.
The listing on the American special edition has been slightly updated to include a slipcase (like that on OotP's, presumably) and to say that there will also be unique Mary GrandContinued...
2004: The Year in HP: A Leaky Cauldron Review
Happy New Year everyone! Because 2005 is going to be such a big year for Harry
Potter fans, we thought now was a good time to look back at 2004, which
wasn't too shabby either where we're concerned. Editor Sue scoured our archives
and found all our 2004 highlights, so we hope you enjoy this littleContinued...
Snowflakes for Charity
Mary GrandPre, illustrator of the US edition of the Harry Potter novels, is contributing her work to charity. As part of a fundraising effort raise money for cancer research, Mary GrandPre has donated an original painted wood snowflake for auction. This is part of the "Robert's Snow" auction on Ebay, with theContinued...
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!