Yesterday, Universal Studios announced that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Japan will open this July. Today, in a clever bit of sleuthing, SnitchSeeker has revealed that J.K. Rowling committed to attend this grand opening as early as last November. How exactly did this news break?
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Amycus Carrow watches over the Hogwarts students. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
This week, the Harry Potter Alliance launched its annual “Accio Books!” campaign, which through May 31 will be hosting a variety events across more than 70 of its chapters to support its yearly book drive. Since 2009, the Accio Books! campaign has collected over 100,000 books for underprivileged and underserved readers. This year, they plan to break all prior records with a goal of receiving 30,000 books donated.
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Arthur and Harry stand outside the TARDIS. This is a special Maniacal Month caption image! Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
MuggleNet’s global book club Alohomora! continues its reread of the Harry Potter series with Chapter 37 of Goblet of Fire. Join hosts Eric, Michael, Kat, along with guest host Ameer Idreis (author of the Ewald series), as they discuss “The Beginning.”
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Emma Watson stars in Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity.” This is a special Maniacal Month caption image! Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
Chute 212, a very exciting Harry Potter conference happening this July, in Santa Clara, CA is offering discounted registrations now through tomorrow. This will be the last chance for guests to register at the lowest available price for the conference. Don’t miss out on the “Early Broom discount!”
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Hagrid meets Thor. This is a special Maniacal Month caption image! Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
Chute 212, an upcoming Harry Potter conference, is holding a promotional photo shoot this very weekend in Santa Rosa, CA. They are inviting costumed wizards and witches to participate in group photographs (and even some video!), which will be distributed as print advertising around the Bay Area. This is a Bring-Your-Own-Wand (BYOW) event!
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