The preliminary results of a study of Opinions of Literary Characters and Their Choices have now been posted. This study was conducted by Amanda Bolton, a PhD student in (Experimental) Psychology at the University of Calgary, under the supervision of…
Today on her official website, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has shared with fans a little story about the internet and creating words for the Harry Potter books: Sitting at my desk trying to invent a word yesterday brought back…
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling updated her official site this morning with news about writing Harry Potter Book 7: Now that I’m back from New York, the only real news is that I’m continuing to work hard on the book.…
As we reported yesterday on Wizard News, Lord Voldemort has been voted kids’ favourite literary villain of all time in the BigBadRead poll organised by publishers Bloomsbury which drew more than 16,000 votes from British schoolchildren. Here is J.K. Rowling’s…
On August 2, 2006, at the second night of the Harry, Carrie, and Garp charity event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, J.K. Rowling gave a reading from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and then answered…
On the steamiest Manhattan night in many years, I took the subway (flashlight in my purse in case of the much-anticipated blackout) to Radio City Music Hall for the second night of Harry, Carrie, and Garp. My heart sank as…
This last consummate salute to the workmanship on the movie trilogy inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel is now well into it’s run. As anyone familiar with the initial exhibition will remember – it focused on one part of the story;…
A highlight of Friday’s hypefest was an appearance by Harry Potter’s giant pal Hagrid, in the person of Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who has played the Keeper of the Keys in all four Harry Potter films and is on tap…
Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen received an honorary doctor of arts degree and gave the commencement speech at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York on Sunday. Speaking to the St. Lawrence graduates, Mortensen said that “activism is…
On Monday, May 22, paleontologist Robert Sullivan of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission will make an announcement of interest to both dinosaur lovers and Harry Potter fans. According to the Pennsylvania Satellite News Service, Dr. Sullivan will conduct a…
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