JKR SURPRISES FANS AT READING IN EDINBURGH
All right. We lied. We're back for ONE MORE POST: JK Rowling shows up in Edinburgh for a surprise OotP reading. Lucky, lucky, lucky fans. Is she cool or WHAT?
Again: Happy canon, everyone.
A Beginning and an End
Today is a day of beginnings and a day of endings. It's the end of what has been a three year wait; a wait that has brought us all together in the name of something wonderful.
Yes, this is borderline cheese but think about it. Take a moment and think about all the people you've met, in your town, in your city andContinued...
A Personal Note As We Prepare to Log Off
Soon, we will freeze TLC until Tuesday. I wanted to say a few things first.
I entered this fandom for one reason: to find out the release date for book five. I had finished GoF back in 2000 sure that someone, somewhere would know when book five was coming out, and I was going to hunt that person down. IContinued...
Interviews and such
Hey guys, a couple of interviews to report: On Monday at 7:10am ET (6:10 central) I'll beon KKAR in Nebraska - if anyone can make an mp3/transcript I'd be very appreciative of it! Also, I'll be on SPIN 103 in Ireland on Saturday morning at roughly 1pm - if anyone can make an mp3/transcript we'd send you a hug!Continued...
BBC later tonight
Hey guys - be sure to check out Newsround later this evening starting 7pm ET - they're going to be having updates, pictures of the book and other things that can make you have an attack while waiting.
Snippet of Dateline Rowling Interview
MSNBC has a transcript from tonight's Rowling interview airing on Dateline (previously aired on the TODAY Show). (Minor Spoilers)
Tonight at 9pm, the interview airs on NBC's Dateline. Transcripts, please!
BBC, London Times article on Quick Quotes
I've updated Quick Quotes with this morning's London Times interview as well as the one with Jeremy Paxman on BBC Two. Minor Spoilers
Lexicon tomorrow about the book release tonight!
Steve Van Der Ark is set to be on Weekend Today on NBC tomorrow, sometime between seven and nine in the morning, talking about the Lexicon and tonight's book release. And if anyone can do a video capture for him, that would be great - but don't email it to us without sending us a note aboutContinued...
Aimée Carter talks Book Five and JKR
Remember Aimée Carter, the teen fanfic author who published her first book, Phoenix Ashes, at 16? Well, Aimée's been busy finishing her trilogy, and I've been busy editing the second book in this talented teen's set, Words Without Rhyme - we'll bring you details on when that'sContinued...
Arthur Explains Himself
I received quite an unexpected email from Arthur A Levine's assistant a few moments ago. I was so incredibly impressed and feel that his response and action so reflect what it is to be a Harry Potter fan, that I'm printing it in full.
I'm Cheryl Klein, Arthur Levine's assistant, and he asked me to write
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A Personal Note Before The Excitement Starts
I'm not sure I'll be able to get back here before we go into "radio silence" to read our own copies of OotP, but I wanted to say a few things before we enter this new era.
I joined the fandom on July 7 around 3pm, when I first posted on Harry Potter for Grownups after reading an articleContinued...
TODAY Show Trivia Contest Flub
Tsk, tsk. Arthur A. Levine, (Scholastic Editor for Harry Potter), as judge for the TODAY Show Harry Potter Trivia contest awared full marks for a WRONG Answer. A child said as the answer to "Where do Harry and the Hogwarts students buy their books", Hogsmeade. Another answered "Flourish & Blotts",Continued...
Part 3 of the IGN Jim Dale Interview...
...is now up! Mr. Dale talks about his Carry On films and his TV work.