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Joanne K. Rowling:
• In celebration of the 20th anniversary of HP and the Philosopher's Stone: Roanoke becomes Hogwarts for a day. (Celebrations on May 13.)

Pottermore News
• Pottermore launches a Wizarding World Book Club to discuss the seven HP books (starts June 2017).

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy): Social Media Round-up.
• J.K. Rowling, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort), Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart), Helen McCrory (Narcissa Malfoy), Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew), Emma Thompson (Sybil Trelawney) and others in: The 'Harry Potter' Round-up.

Prompt Challenges:
• mixandmatch100 posted a Poll about mirroring the community on DreamWidth.
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #191 (due on or before May 13): “The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Disorientation and Three Broomsticks.
• hp_may_madness posted the Day 7 Prompt.

Communities:
• hp_podfic_fest posted the timeline of this year's HP Podfic Fest.
• hp_mhealthfest posted a reminder that the Final Check-in is today.
• hprarefest is looking for two pinch-hitters.
• hp_crossgenfest posted the List of Prompts for this year's fest. Claiming starts tomorrow, May 8.
• There is a new Drarry Squad Group Chat on discord.
• hd_familyfest posted the Fest Announcement and timeline of this year's fest.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt # 190 Masterlist.
• hd_remix posted the Roundup Week One.
• snape_potter posted the Week One Wrap-up of the Snarry-a-Thon17.

Fandom Recs:
• lq_traintracks recced Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (NC-17).
• themightyflynn recced Harry Potter/Severus Snape fic (NC-17).
• toblass recced Severus Snape art (G).

Searches:
• daily_snitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Newt Scamander.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from May 7 to 13 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from April 30 to May 6.

Discussions:
• Elizabeth Baird-Hardy wrote about Rowling Apologizes for Killing Snape (Hogwarts Professor).
• Claudia Boleyn: My Personality Disorder is not a Punchline (JK Rowling please take note) (on Rowling equating Trump's politics with mental illness). (video)

Essay/Meta:
• Bella wrote How has Harry Potter Inspired Today's Popular YA Writers? (Muggle.Net)

Archive News:
• AO3 News: Death-Marked Love, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanfiction archive, is moving to AO3.

General Fandom News:
• Join the Organization of Transformative Works at WhedonCon 2017 near Los Angeles on May 19.


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