In the summer of 1997, when we were shopping in Dillon’s in Nottingham, my mum pointed out a book she had heard reviewed on Radio 4 and thought I might enjoy. We bought it. That book was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
I started at Nottingham High School two weeks later, and got round to [...]
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Here begins seven days of Potter madness.
It was always going to be difficult to adapt Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The longest Potter book, it contains a remarkable amount of waffle and prevaricating, and a not inconsiderable heaping of emoting for most of the main characters. [...]
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 [...]
I’m getting even more excited by this international trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
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Newsweek has a fun article about the effect Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will have on summer holiday camps: [via TLC]
Peter Kassen of Maine’s Hidden Valley Camp is issuing a gag order for his faster readers. “We as a community will be sworn to secrecy,” he says. “We want to make sure [...]
Well, there goes my 7-7-7 theory (that is, that Book 7 would be published on 7/7/07)…
Let the pre-orders commence!
(JKR)
Update: according to Bloomsbury, the two versions of the book have an RRP of a whopping £17.99 (approx $35), making them the most expensive Potter novels yet…
…but it looks like Waterstone’s is price-matching Amazon.co.uk, selling both editions [...]
Umm… we don’t have any idea when it’s going to be published, and we don’t know it’s price, but the seventh and final Harry Potter novel already holds the top two spots on Amazon’s bestselling books chart…
I’m still adamant the book will be released on July 7 this year – 7/7/7 – although that does [...]