Earlier today, LeakyCon announced their official programming for the convention set to take place August 9-12 at the Chicago Hilton. There is much to see and do throughout the weekend, from Lit Track to the Esther Earl Rocking Charity Ball to StarKid to Wizard Wrock to Evanna Lynch calling her first ever Quidditch match, so be sure to head on over and check out the full schedule.
During the Ascendio 2012 presentation of myHogwarts, Keith Cardin officially launched the site that was created for the fans and by the fans. And MuggleNet was honored to with the exclusive announcement. The site will allow fans from around the world to connect with one another, both online and in real life, creating a place physically and virtually where you can discuss and debate the series.
Just this morning on CNN’s program The Starting Point hosted by Soledad O’Brien, Muggle Quidditch got a major plug, but it wasn’t exactly positive. This flys in the face of what Alex Benepe and college kids worldwide have put together for the past few years very organically, without support from any big Potter players like Rowling or WB.
This just in, the Quidditch World Cup VI will be held April 13-14 in Kissimmee, Florida. The International Quidditch Assocation confirmed this on their Twitter. Prominent Quidditch player Matthew Ziff from the University of Miami broke the news first on his Twitter account shortly before the IQA.
Bloomsbury / Book / Book Series / News
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury saw a 70% jump in ebook sales from March 1 to July 11 of this year, MSN Money reports. Despite a 2% drop in print sales over the same period, Bloomsbury chief executive and founder Nigel Newton said there is “no evidence” that print books are a dying format.
Earler today, the online edition of Forbes Magazine published an article asking “What Can Harry Potter Do For The Olympics?” The article gives a brief recount of how Muggle Quidditch began at Middlebury College and evolved into a sport that now reaches 25 countries and 700 teams. Not only is the sport now popular with fans, but also with sponsors and advertisers, who see an opportunity to nudge their way into the Potter universe.
Our featured Fan Art submission this week comes courtesy of Clorissa Brown – a drawing of Sirius Black.
As per their promise, after releasing the first few chapters as well as a batch of brand new Chamber of Secrets content to Slytherins – who took the House Cup this year – Pottermore has officially opened this brand-new section of the site to everyone.
Earlier this morning, Pottermore gave early access to four chapters from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and some new information was revealed. We will not spoil these tidbits of information for those of you who wish to find it out on your own, but the background story of the Malfoy family is very in-depth.
Amos Diggory
Set decorator – RIP
2007
Xenophilius Lovegood
Harry Potter
Composer
1991
Rose Granger-Weasley (CC – London)
2017
Producer
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