This past weekend, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, and the Phelps twins attended Fan Expo Canada in Toronto! It was Rupert’s first-ever convention appearance, and MuggleNet was there to cover all the action.
This past weekend, MuggleNet again had the opportunity to attend Wizard World’s Chicago Comic Con at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. Just as we have done last year, we scoured the convention floor in search of those fan attendees who were dressed as characters from Harry Potter’s world. See all of their fabulous costumes here!
Saturday, August 15, will herald the third annual Chi-Wizard Tournament, a “Harry Potter”-themed pub crawl established five years ago in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, under the creative tutelage of Elyse Hertko. She decided to celebrate the release of “Deathly Hallows – Part 1” with an appropriately themed pub crawl just between friends. However, that crawl soon grew and turned into a phenomenon.
Find out how all the delicious-looking food in the “Harry Potter” films was made in our review of the studio tour’s latest feature: Sweets and Treats.
Ever dream of attending the Yule Ball? How about hosting your own instead? I’ll show you how to put it all together based off of my experience from running a “Potter” club in college.
For five days in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Memorial Day Weekend, Potter fans overran the Margate Resort in full cosplay during the bi-annual MISTI-Con. The sold out Margate was transformed into the Ministry of Magic headquarters with spectacular decorations, including posters/signs, trinkets, and more. The two of us (MuggleNet Creative Team members Amy and Lizzie) got to experience it all first hand.
Couldn’t make it to last weekend’s BookCon in New York City? Check out our roundup and gallery of this book-tastic convention!
BookCon 2015 was full of interesting speakers, but my most anticipated panel by far was “In Our World and Beyond,” a panel presented by We Need Diverse Books examining representation in science fiction and fantasy literature. Featured on the panel, moderated by Marieke Nijkamp, were Nnedi Okorafor, Daniel José Older, Ken Liu, Kameron Hurley, and Joe Monti.
BookCon is almost upon us! This is only the second year of the convention’s existence and the first year that the event will last for two days. No one knows quite what to expect from this year’s event since it’s never happened in this format before, but one thing’s for sure – it’s going to be a weekend jam-packed with awesome stuff for book-loving nerds. Here’s a few of BookCon’s most anticipated goings-on!
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