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Happy Birthday, Neville Longbottom!
born July 30, 1980 [x] [x]

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K. Rowling and actor Tim Burke (Cormoran Strike) share insight in upcoming Strike miniseries.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Entertainment Weekly: Learn how to play Quidditch for Muggles.
• Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood): Vegan and Proud.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• SpeakBeasty Podcast #42: You're Doing Amazing, Tina.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• VIDEO celebrates one year official London Opening Anniversary.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #203 (due on or before August 5): 1. “That's the thing about free will: Every decision we make is a choice against something as much as it is for something else. ”― Rebecca Serle, When You Were Mine, 2. Unexpected and 3. Chamber of Secrets.
• @introvert-club posted Wolfstar Prompt 13.

Communities:
• Monday, July 31, is the last day to Post Birthday Entries for Harry at party_4_potter.
• hp_crossgenfest starts Posting tomorrow, July 31.
• Prompting at hp_nextgen_fest starts on Tuesday, August 1.
• [Unknown LJ tag] Artist Sign-ups for hd_erised are still open until August 3.
• tavia_d posted a Question about Scheduling at hp_britglish.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt # 202 Masterlist.
• firewhiskeyfic posted the Masterlist: One Can Never Have Enough Socks, with all winners and banners.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Hogwarts is honestly chaos by @fleamontpotter (Madam Pomfrey, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Cornelius Fudge; G, illustrations)
Summary: Illustrations for chapter 21 of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Fandom Recs:
• takarai_karin recced Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter fic (R).
• themightyflynn recced Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter/Severus Snape fic (NC-17).
• toblass recced Severus Snape art (G).
• themightyflynn recced Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Malfoy art (G).
• jiksa_x recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter podfic (NC-17).

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from July 30 to August 5 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from July 22 through 29.

Discussions:
• Aniela wrote Which House would you sort Dobby into? (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News:
• John Granger wrote PA PotterFest in Voldemort’s Hometown? about the Potter Fest in the town of Volant, Pennsylvania.
• Lattes, Frappucinos, Amortentia... Harry Potter Themed Starbucks at San Diego Comic Con. (MuggleNet)
• Universal Orlando Resort announced Dragon Challenge coaster will be demolished for a new HP ride
• The Fic Positivity Feedback Meme has started on Dreamwidth. (All fandoms)
• pod_together posted the Party Favor Partner Finder Post for this year's Pod Together Podfic Collaboration Fest. (all fandoms)

Have a Laugh:
• Lindsay from MuggleNet came up with Magical Beasts of Pawnee, part 1, about which favourite Parks & Recreation characters best fit which magical creatures.

Nifty Cute:
• Hedwig at ComicCon: Adventures of an Owl Puppet.

Searches:
• takarai_karin is looking for Arranged Marriage Drarry fics.
• dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Newt Scamander.

Community Spotlight:
♥ weasleyjumpers – For all your Weasley family needs
This community is dedicated to works based around the Weasley family, whether they be fics, art, vids, craft, etc. The Weasley family is defined as any character who is blood-related to the canonical Weasley family from the Harry Potter book series, including all the canonical next generation children as mentioned by JK Rowling in subsequent interviews. weasleyjumpers hosts a 2017 Mini Fest, which will run from September 15 through October 5.


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