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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• Time Travelling Back to 2005: New J. K. Rowling interview material - [part 1] | [part 2].

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• SpeakBeasty Podcast: Episode 66: All the Feels.

Prompt Challenges:
• dracoharry100 posted Challenge # 535: Climb.
• snarry100 posted Challenge # 637: Accident.

Communities:
• The following fests are currently posting: hd_wireless, weasleyjumpers, sshg_promptfest, Mini Fest Round 3 at dramionelove
• firewhiskeyfic announced the next round on Ginny's birthday on August 11.
• hp_creatures made a Mod Post about the end of prompting for the Halloween Creature Fest. Claiming opens July 20.
• hp_nextgen_fest announced the 2018 Next Generation Fest with a note about changes to the fest format.
• scorbusfest made a Mod Post: "Want to participate in Scorbus Fest but aren’t sure what to write or draw?"

Fandom Recs:
• toblass recced Severus Snape art (gen).
• themightyflynn recced Narcissa Malfoy, Severus Snape, and Draco Malfoy | Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy art (2x G).
• dreamy_dragon73 recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (G).

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from July 15 to 21 at potterfests.
• hd_prophet: Saturday, July 14 edition and Sunday, July 15 edition.
• The SS/HP Prophet from July 8 to 14.

Archive News:
• Organization of Transformative Works: Q&A: 5 Things James Kruk Said. James Kruk volunteers as an AO3 Support Staffer.

Essay/Meta:
• author_by_night posted Throwback Monday: Half-Blood Prince about the anniversary of the HPB release in 2005.
• Monet wrote Why Lupin Is the Best Teacher in the "Harry Potter" Series. (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News:
• New photos of new rollercoaster ride coming to Wizarding World Orlando.
• Harry Potter Booknight 2019 announced by Bloomsbury. HP Book Night takes place February 7, 2019; the theme is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
• pod_together posted the first Check-in for this year's round of Pod Together.


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