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Belated Happy Birthday, Lily Potter née Evans (January 30, 1960 – October 31, 1981)

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K. Rowling reveals 3 of 11 major wizarding school in Brazil, Japan and Africa.
• J.K. Rowling on twitter: Keep watching Pottermore... (more info about newly revealed international wizarding schools).
• J.K. Rowling teases about soon to be revealed Canadian and Australian wizarding schools.

Pottermore:
• Pottermore Entries: Castelobruxo, the Brazilian school of magic, Mahoutokoro (Japan) and Uagadou (Africa).
• Lily, Petunia and the Language of Flowers: A Closer Look at the Story of Severus, Lily, and Petunia through the Victorian language of flowers, or floriography.
• Pottermore surprises: Behind the Scene from Fantastic Beasts and Cursed Child and more.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Michael Gambon says he'd like to be in Fantastic Beasts.
• Bonnie Wright and Katie Leung answer fan questions on Facebook.
• Bonnie Wright, Katie Leung, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch and Rupert Grint in Talent Q & A of 'A Celebration of Harry Potter' and Closing Q & A.
• Warner Bros Studio Tour with Harry potter prop makers, featuring Matthew Lewis.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• VIDEO Behind the Scenes Featurette (2:49): First behind-the-scenes look, interviews with cast and short J.K. Rowling appearances.
• Eddie Redmayne VIDEO: SAG Awards Red Carpet 2016.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• VIDEO: Behind-the-scenes look at the early production of the two-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child plays, the sequel to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows..

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 125: (due on or before February 6) – 1. "Have you no sense of decency, Sir?" - 2. Charismatic - 3. Pyramids

Communities:
• femmefest opened Sign-ups for this year's fest (close February 14).
• hp_shoreofangst opened Prompting with the following promptings posts: I. All before Trio Era, II. Trio Era, III. Next Generation Era and IV. Cross Era.
• hp_mhealthfest: Today is the last day of Prompting for the upcoming Mental Health Fest.
• hp_kinkfest starts tomorrow!
• hp_humpdrabbles posted a Mod Announcement and Greetings from the new mods.
• hp_getlucky posted the Prompt List.
• severus_snape has a mod post: Art Host Down.
• ron_draco_fest is asking participants for a quick check-in. Submissions are due February 15.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• severus_snape Fest posted the Week 3 Round-up.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from January 31 – February 6 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from January 23 – 30.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending January 30, 2016.

HP Fandom News:
• A Celebration of Harry Potter (Universal Orlando Resort): Day 1.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Celebrations in Focus.
• OTW Guest Post: Olivia Riley, who wrote the thesis Archive of Our Own and the Gift Culture of Fanfiction (University of Minnesota, 2015)

Searches:
• accio_hd_fics posted a search for favourite Harry/Draco fics since end of 2014.
• snarryficfind posted a search for Snarry threesomes with Kingsley Shacklebolt.
• snarryficfind posted a search for fics in which Harry is abused by the Dursleys and the Gryffindors turn their backs on him.
• dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Viktor Krum.

Community Spotlight:
♥ ron_draco_fest – The Ron/Draco Fic and Art Fest! The fest is going into its third round after 2013 and 2015. Posting begins March 1.

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