chez dafyd

So, there are just over twelve days (or just under, depending on where you are in the world) to go before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released worldwide.

I reserved my copy yesterday at Chapters in Montreal. While UK booksellers are battling it out over who can make the biggest loss selling Potter (Amazon and Waterstone’s are both selling it for £8.99 – less than half price – as I assume are WHS and Borders), I had to pay C$34.34 for my Canadian reservation. That’s just under £17. Pfah. That’s still C$11 off the publisher’s price, but still… I notice the Chapters website lists it for C$23.04, so maybe I’ll get money back when I buy it, or something.

Now, Chapters in Montreal will be open at midnight on the 21st, and I’ll be hanging around in Montreal waiting for a flight to Washington D. C., so I may very well be tempted to pick mine up then. I’m still mildly gutted that I’m not working at Waterstone’s for the release, since we had such a blast the last time, so this might make up for it a bit. Anyway, we’ll see.

While waiting for Book 7, of course, we can pass the time with Film 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is released here (and most other places) on Wednesday. No doubt the cinema in town will be showing it. I’m trying to hunt down the nearest IMAX (there must be one in Montreal), as, apparently, the last half hour or so is being shown in IMAX 3D, which, knowing how the scene reads, ought to be pretty spectacular.

So, Harry Potter fortnight is finally upon us. A quick warning for those of you in the UK who’ll get hold of Book 7 a full five hours before I do (because, David, that’s how time zones work)… Don’t You Dare Spoil It For Me.