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Joanne K. Rowling:
• First look at BBC One mini series 'Strike' based off J. K. Rowling's crime novels. (Pure Drama 2017 trailer)
• J.K. Rowling helps student to recover missing laptop with notes for his Ph.D. thesis.
• Harry Potter Bookclub coming to London.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) cast in new movie 'Guns Akimbo'.
• Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) celebrates his 31st birthday on May 13.
• Zoe Wanamaker (Rolanda Hooch) celebrates her 68th birthday on May 13.
• Hogwarts in the Snow returning at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London. The event will run from November 18, 2017 to February 4, 2018.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Johnny Depp (Gellert Grindelwald) feels luck to be part of 'Fantastic Beasts'.
• Audio CD of Eddie Redmayne reading 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' booklet will be released on June 26.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 192 (due on or before May 20): “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, Gravity and Transylvanian Tackle.
• hp_may_madness posted Day 13 prompts.
• hp_may_madness Day 14 prompts.

Communities:
• hphet posted the Claiming Post for the first HP Het Mini Fest.
• hermione_smut announced Round Eleven of the Hermione Smut Fest. Prompting is open.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hd_remix posted the Round-up Week 2.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt # 191 Masterlist.
• snape_potter posted the Week Two Wrap-up of Snarry-a-Thon17.

Fandom Recs:
• bixgirl1 recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter interview fic (PG-13).
• lijahlover recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter fic (NC-17).
• kellychambliss recced a Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore fic (PG-13).
• rosevalleynb recced a Millicent Bulstrode fic (PG).
• themightyflynn recced Lucius Malfoy/Severus Snape art (NC-17).
• toblass recced young Severus & parents art (G).

Searches:
• accio_hd_fics posted a search for fics where Harry did not grow up with the Dursleys (Drarry only).
• snarry_ficfind posted a search for Hogwarts Era Snarry fics.
• dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Newt Scamander.

Resources:
• potterfests made a Mod Post about technical difficulties. The Weekly Schedule of Upcoming Events will be posted late.
• The SS/HP Prophet from May 7 through 13.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending May 13, 2017.

Archive News:
• OWT Volunteer Q&A: Five Things Rebecca Sentance Said. Rebecca is a chair of the AO3 Documentation Comittee.

Discussion:
• Meme: What Moments Made Severus Snape the Most Controversial Character? by Dean. (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News:
• alisanne posted a list of people going to MistiCon.
• slashorific posted a Check-in post, asking for participants' favourite national food/dish/dinner. (all fandoms)

Community Spotlight:
♥ hermione_smut – Hermione Granger Fic Exchange
A prompt fest for Hermione Granger stories that have a higher rating. The community is for adults only. This year is the eleventh round of Hermione Smut. Prompting is open.


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