We’re just three weeks away from the release of the highly anticipated illustrated edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, and while it’s hard to wait that long to see the rest of Jim Kay’s gorgeous illustrations, our friends at Scholastic are helping us out by revealing another character today – none other than the Dark Lord himself!
In what was more of a reminder to fans than completely new information, “Harry Potter” series author J.K. Rowling took to Twitter last night to address a common pronunciation error when dealing with the characters. It would seem that Lord Voldemort, the series’ primary villain, should be pronounced with a silent ‘T.’ The issue was raised most recently by College of Charleston English major Michael Lucero.
It’s been less than a month since we learned that the House Cup awarded on September 9 would be Pottermore’s last and only a few days since it was revealed that Pottermore as we know it is coming to an end – and the site is set to reveal a whole new chapter for fans. While those revelations make us feel a lot of things – a bit sad, excited, curious – we certainly have something worth celebrating today: Hufflepuff has won the final House Cup!
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Earlier today, BuzzFeed shared some new pictures from the highly anticipated Illustrated Edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” – as well as a new quote from J.K. Rowling and a video exploring Jim Kay’s illustration process.
It’s September, and what does that mean in the wizarding world? Time to return to Hogwarts of course, for all those young witches and wizards.
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We all know about the important work that Lumos does. Just this year, the charity was honored by the UK Charity Awards for the amazing work they’ve done in Moldova. But even with all the important progress Lumos has already made, there are still so many more children who need their help – our help – to build a better life.
We can always rely on J.K. Rowling to provide exciting and fascinating further glimpses into the “Potter” world on Twitter. Today, September 1, she didn’t let us down.
This week saw the super art-savvy and creative female alumni of the series come out to shine: campaigning for sustainable designs, playing to the crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and promoting the British Film Industry.
Any day that a “Potter” fan can check Twitter and find a slew of tweets from J.K. Rowling is a good day. Her recent trend of answering fan questions, dispelling rumors, and offering new information has been a delightful gift to all of her followers. But some days, she tweets out greater offerings, and today was one of those days!
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