August 2012
42 posts
Scholastic launches Harry Potter Reading Club with...
Scholastic has announced a new Harry Potter Reading Club website. This website provides educators, librarians, after school program coordinators, and parents access to tools to to host their own… READ MORE
New ‘Pottermore Insider’ blog post: Happy Birthday...
The Pottermore Insider, the official blog of Pottermore, has been updated with a new post celebrating Harry Potter’s birthday. Pottermore users’ original artwork of… READ MORE
July 2012
98 posts
Happy Birthday JK Rowling and Harry Potter
Today is July 31st, one of the most important days in the Harry Potter universe! Potterheads all over the world will be celebrating the birthdays of Queen Rowling and The Boy Who Lived! READ MORE
New ‘Harry Potter’ parody film series premieres on...
Harry Potter and the Ten Years Later is a hilarious 7-part webseries by Furious Molecules.
The webseries, colloquially known by the hashtag #HPplus10 online, takes a look at our hero ten years after taking down He-Whose-Name-Nobody-Quite-Remembers (but before that sappy epilogue full of kids). Things have changed significantly in Harry’s world. With no dark wizards or witches left, the...
New ‘Pottermore Insider’ blog post: Creatures -...
The Pottermore Insider, the official blog of Pottermore, has been updated with a new post talking about the goblins of Harry Potter. Tweets, Facebook posts, and Pottermore users’… READ MORE
New clip from ‘Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection’...
The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection website is currently promoting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and its features. An exclusive special feature for the Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection is a never-before-released video about … READ MORE
Stephen Fry: Can we settle an important question? How do you pronounce your last name?
JK Rowling: It is Row-ling. As in rolling pin. (mimics rolling action)
Stephen Fry: So if any of you hear someone pronounce her name "Rohw-ling", you have my permission to hit them over the head with -- not with Order of the Phoenix, that would be cruel. Something smaller, like a fridge.
Badges added to Pottermore user profiles
Pottermore updated their site today to add a new feature called Badges. If you have completed the required tasks, a pop-up will appear… READ MORE
New edition of ‘Harry Potter Film Wizardry’...
A “revised and expanded” edition of Harry Potter Film Wizardry can now be pre-ordered on Amazon. This new book and the previous edition both… READ MORE