After the success of last year’s conference, which welcomed participants from over ten universities and four states, the students of Potter Watch, the official Harry Potter club of UNCC, are pleased to be hosting the second Potter Watch Conference.
Here at MuggleNet, we like to make note of just about every day that’s significant to the Harry Potter community, and today – January 8 – we’re celebrating Freddie Stroma’s birthday. His character may have given Hermione and Ron a hard time in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but we won’t hold that against him.
While Warner Bros. keeps its lips sealed on the rumored expansion, new photos of Gringotts Bank provide evidence of the growing Wizarding World.
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It has been announced today that David Thewlis, who portrayed Professor Lupin in the Harry Potter films, will appear in The Winter Queen as Count Zurov.
She may be bossy and slighted school-obsessed, but over the course of the Harry Potter series, Hermione Granger transformed into a brave, headstrong, and invaluable friend with a passion for political activism. Now, in a poll by LOVEFiLM, with children’s charity Filmclub, Hermione Granger has been voted the best big screen role model.
We extend an enchanted invitation to all those fellow Harry Potter believers who wish to experience the magic for themselves. Mischief Managed is a fully immersive magical experience, where the role player can craft and create their very own Hogwarts story. From boarding the Hogwarts Express on Platform 9 3/4 the magic begins, onward toward the Castle, a truly amazing 3D replica, which proves you with the opportunity to attend classes, sleep in the dormitories, and eat at your house table.
Over the holidays MuggleNet along with MISTI-Con, the fan convention, launched the 12 Days of MISTI-Mas contest, a competition in which the grand prize winner would recieve a free registration to the convention, along with a free MuggleNet 2013 calendar. Additionally, six second-place winners would be the recipients of free MuggleNet calendars. We are now ready to announce those winners!
Some people celebrate holidays, birthdays – even the day you get your paycheck – but the nerdiest Potter fans among us have something else to think about today, January 6, 2013. Did you know that on this day in 1994 Harry Potter began to take lessons with Professor Lupin so that he could learn the high-level Patronus Charm, a magical defense against Dementors?
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