NIMBUS - 2003/Shipping Highlighted in CTNow.com
The CTNow.com Web site has an article about the upcoming NIMBUS - 2003 conference and delves into the world of shipping and slash. May not be appropriate for some younger readers.
An Alternate View of Potter
AlterNet weighs in on the Harry Potter phenomenon.
When Harry Met Jeremy
The Guardian looks into the reasons behind Rowling choosing an interview with Jeremy Paxman.
Harry Potter for Sale
The New York Times has an article about the crazy merchandizing of Potter which Rowling mentioned on last night's replay of a 60 Minutes interview, that she abhors. Such is the price of selling movie rights.
Scotsman Profiles Rowling Before Potter
The Scotsman takes a first look of what looks to be a series of the live of Joanne Rowling prior to the Harry Potter series.
Army and Air Force Exchange Service Will Debut Book Across Europe
Nice to hear from the European and Pacific Stars and Stripes that folks stationed overseas in the US Military will get the book like the rest of us.
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service will debut the book across Europe, and its newly renovated Bookmark store in Hainerberg, Germany,Continued...
Competition Fierce in the Big Apple
According to the NY Daily News, competition is fierce in the Big Apple with bookstores trying to lure customers away from each other.
OotP Proving a Burden to the Royal Mail
BBC has a report on the staggering effect OotP is having on the British postal system. It must be like Sears Catalog day here in the States.
Read-a-thon in New Zealand
Organisers of a New Zealand festival are planning a world record attempt when the much-anticipated next book in the Harry Potter series is launched.
Storylines Festival of New Zealand Childrens Writers and Illustrators co-ordinator Robin Houler said the record sought was for the longest reading aloud of a children'sContinued...
It's TIME for Harry Potter
Thanks to Alison and Ebony for sending us the TIME Magazine article about OotP. The article covers JK Rowling's correspondence with Catie Hoch throughout the six-year-old's illness in 2000, the upcoming slew of midnight parties, churches that use the books to reach out to the children among their membership,Continued...
Scholastic Contest Winner Brittany Hawkrigg Profiled
Brittany Hawkrigg, a 16 yr old winner of Scholastic's contest is profiled in Newsday for her essay on healing her dad.
No Potter in Scots Gaelic
They'll be a Potter in Latin, Ancient Greek and even Irish Gaelic but groups in Scotland are outraged that there will be no Scots Gaelic - the language of Rowling's homeland.
Unitarian Universalist Church Uses Potter As a Teaching Tool
According to Ohio.com, not all churches take issue with the boy wizard.
US News & World Report's Potter Roundup
A neat sum-up of Potter as we approach June 21, from US News & Word Report:
Book 5 alive!
Harry PotterHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix drops at 12:01 a.m. on June 21. Are you ready? A brief guide:
PLACE TO BE: Author J. K. Rowling will read to a crowd of 4,500 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.Continued...