Happy Belated Birthday Wishes to Dobby the Free Elf!
(June 28, ? – March 1998)Joanne K. Rowling:• Former Scholastic president Barbara Marcus:
An Exclusive Interview with the Publisher Who Brought Harry Potter to the United States. (
getunderlined.)
• HP and the Philosopher's Stone
is being translated into Scots by Matthew Fitt.
Harry Potter – Actors and Movies: • Celebrating Harry's
20th Anniversary Around the World.
• Pottercast # 271:
The Boy Who Lived. (20th Anniversary podcast)
• The late Sir John Hurt (Garrick Ollivander)
honoured by the British Film Institute.
• Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)
in new theatre play 'Disco Pigs' rehearsal pictures (with Colin Campbell).
• Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Warwick Davis (Griphook), Domhnall Gleeson (Bill Weasley) & others from the HP and Fantastic Beasts franchise
join Oscars Academy. (
More info here.)
• Voldemort's death in 'Deathly Hallows Part 2' movie
almost featured him as tree shape.
• MinaLima, the HP movies graphics team,
celebrates Pride Month with special workshops and tours.
• Mikaelam wrote
Wax On Wax Off this "Harry Potter" Misconception. (
MuggleNet)
Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies: • Jude Law (young Albus Dumbledore)
backs campaign to bring free theatre tickets to kids.
Pottermore News• Pottermore announced
week-long Harry Potter pop-up shop in London, July 1 to 7. And here is the
report by MuggleNet, after visiting the shop.
Prompt Challenges:•
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hogwarts365 posted
Prompt # 199 (due on or before July 8):
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” ― Oscar Wilde,
Nearly Headless Nick and
Goblin Liaison Office.
•
HPfanFicTalk is running the
Sirius Black is Gay Challenge (ends July 7).
• @introvert-club posted
Wolfstar Prompt # 9: Fireside Confessions (Remus/Sirius only)
•
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hp_creatures posted the
creature prompts for July: 1. kelpie, 2. boiling hot, 3. “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” ― Anatole France
Communities:•
hp_creatures posted the
Prompting Post for this year's Creatures Halloween Fest. Promotion banners for the fest are
here•
hprarefest posted an
end of the fest mod post.
•
MuggleNet Fan Fictions is running the
Nineteen Years Later Ficathon. The Ficathon will run through September 1, 2017. (
More info.•
Sign-ups have started for the ninth round of the
Harry/Draco LDWS contest at
slythindor100. Sign-ups end on Wednesday, July 5.
•
hd_erised posted
promotion banners for H/D Erised 2017. Sign-ups start July 28.
•
hd_erised posted
Rules and Guidelines for this year's winter fest.
•
hd_wireless:
Posting started at the Harry/Draco Songfic Fest.
•
Claiming is open at the
party_4_potter. (
List of Prompts)
•
hd_fanart announced the
10th Annual Harry/Draco Art Fest. Prompting starts July 8.
•
one_bad_man posted the
weekly sign-up post for reccers. Three days are still open.
Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:•
hp_mhealthfest posted the
Masterlist and Reveals of this year's Mental Health Fest.
•
hogwarts365 posted the
Prompt # 198 Masterlist.
•
hprarefest posted the
Week Four Round-up of the Harry Potter Rare Pair Fest.
Editor's Choice Rec:•
Moldova's Magical Tea by anon @
hd_wireless (Harry/Draco | NC-17 | 32,220 words)
Summary: Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and – to everyone’s surprise – Draco Malfoy are opening a magical tea shop to revive wizarding tea culture and, hopefully, to bring the community together after the war. Fandom Recs:• @nachodiablo made a rec post with
11 top!Remus/Sirius fics (explicit).
•
tdcat recced a
Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter fic (R).
•
madeleone recced
Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic with art (R).
•
germankitty recced
Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover fic (G).
•
capitu recced a
Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter fic (NC-17).
•
toblass recced
Severus Snape art (G).
•
themightyflynn recced
Lucius Malfoy/Severus Snape(/Hermione Granger) fic (NC-17).
Resources:•
Schedule of Upcoming Events from July 2 to 8 at
potterfests.
• The
SS/HP Prophet from June 26 to July 1.
Archive News:• OTW Guest Post:
Marina Cano (University of Limerick, Ireland) talks about her recent book
Jane Austen and Performance.
Discussions:• tumblr thread by various contibutors:
'White Boy' Snape: Classism (and Racism) in Harry Potter.
Essay/Meta:• Chelsey Pippin & Ellie Bate wrote/collected
7 Essays That Every Harry Potter Fan Needs To Read. (
Buzzfeed, June 30, 2017)
• Beatrice Groves wrote
Literary Allusions in Harry Potter: Shakespeare and Harry Potter, Part 1,
Part 2 and
Part 3. (
MuggleNet)
• Alison wrote
Seven Reasons We Should All Want To Be Hufflepuffs, told by Puffs. (
MuggleNet)
General Fandom News:• US Quidditch Cup 11
announced date and location: April 14 – 15, 2018, in Round Rock, Texas.
Searches:•
dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the
Special Edition: Newt Scamander.
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