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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• J.K. Rowling commemorates 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's 20th anniversary.
• BBC1 Career of Evil: Synopses and Clips Will ‘Strike’ Viewers Become Readers?
• “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”: What Was the News 20 Years Ago?

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Alfonso Cuarón on Directing “Prisoner of Azkaban”: “It Was… a Lesson [in] Humility”.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Wizarding Wednesday Giveaways Return Ahead of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’.

Harry Potter & The Cursed Child – Actors and Stage:
• Theater Round-Up: ‘Cursed Child’ Casts and ‘Harry Potter’ Alum Tom Felton Head “Back to Hogwarts”.

Communities:
snape_potter Prompt Claiming for Secret Snarry Swap.
• sirius_black Claiming is Open.
• hp_drizzle Posting for 2018 (various pairings).
• one_bad_man recced one Severus Snape art (G), one Severus Snape/Hermione Granger fic (G), and one
Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy/Severus Snape fic (G).
• hp_podfic_fest Posting for 2018 (various pairings).
• hd-writers Sign-Ups are open for Harry Potter Seasonal Write-a-Thon.
• hd_erised posted the Submission Information for the 2018 Fest.
• hp_nextgen_fest posted Headers for HP Next Gen Fest .
• hoggywartyxmas posted the 2018 Guidelines.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• wolfstarwarehouse posted the #augustangstfest masterlist.

Archive News:
• Today is the OTW’s 11th Anniversary.

Discussions:
• ‘Rolling Stone’ Survey Confirms Harry Potter as Generation Hex’s Shared Text.
• Bertie Botts: The Secret of the Barf Bean.
• Why “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” Is the Perfect Read for Your First Year at College.
• Love and Sacrifice: Thematic Parallels Between “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Harry Potter”.

General Fandom News:
• An Evening with ‘Tales of Beedle The Bard’ Illustrator Chris Riddell at Shakespeare’s Globe.
• Harry and the Potters Talk Wizard Rock and Fan Activism.
• A Message from the Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Conference: “We’re On in 2018!”

Nifty:
• Review & Giveaway: Win Trivial Pursuit: World of Harry Potter Ultimate Edition!
• Funko Reveals New “Crimes of Grindelwald” Pops!

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