The Daily Snitch

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt 90: Birthday Candle, Candle, Shoe Box (ends June 6).
• hp_may_madness posted Prompts for Day 30 and Prompt for Day 31.
• slythindor100 posted Challenge #181: Draco's 35th birthday (ends June 5).

Communities:
• crack_broom announced that Free-Flying Month (June) starts tomorrow.
• hprarefest starts posting tomorrow, June 1.
• one_bad_man posted the Friday Sign-up Post for another week of reccing two bad men (Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape).
• Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the Remus/Sirius Games at rs_games.
• hds_beltane posted about changes in the fest schedule. The final round of HDS Beltane will continue to post into June.
• hd_smoochfest starts posting tomorrow.
• hd_fan_fair posted the Masterlist of Pottermore Entries and a mod post about Prompting.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt 89 Masterlist.
• dramione posted the Week Two Round-up of the Dramione Love Adopt-A-Prompt Fest.
• harrydracompreg posted the Weekly Roundup #3

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from May 31 through June 6 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from May 24 - May 30.

Discussions:
• Themed Discussion: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is going on at the hpbookclub15. Theme is: Notable Quotables.
• This week's discussion at hp_headcanon is about the Room of Requirement.

Essay/Meta:
• author_by_night wrote The Beginning ... about the Goblet of Fire cliffhanger's role in the massive popularity of HP fandom.
• vaysh posted Magic and Spells in Harry Potter and Pre-modern Europe – a Comparison.

General Fandom News:
• writcraft posted an update about the Riddikulus London Meet-up, August 1-3, 2015.
• OTW Fannews: Participation and Representation.

Searches:
• dysonrules is looking for Snarry and Remus/Sirus artists who are interested in contributing art for the Leviosa slash packs.
• accio_hd_fics posted a search for jealous and possessive!Harry (H/D only, no dark!Harry).
• snarryficfind posted a search for teacher!Harry (Severus/Harry only, Severus and Harry as colleagues at Hogwarts).
• dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Dolores Umbridge (Last Chance to Rec This Week!).

Community Spotlight:
♥ remus_centric – a community for fiction and art centered on Remus Lupin. Slash, het and gen is welcome, adult content is encouraged allowed. remus_centric exists since 2004.


Please send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Happy Mother's Day!

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K. Rowling's The Single Mother's Manifesto from April 14, 2010.
• J. K. Rowling's very withering put-down for Scots troll on Twitter.

Actors and Movies:
• Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Alfred Enoch, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis in Reminder: The [Young] Men of 'Harry Potter' Are All Grown Up (barely SFW)

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt 87: "watch out for snakes" | Sparkle | fast (due on or before May 16)
• hp_may_madness posted prompts for Day 10.

Communities:
• hp_crossgenfest posted the Prompt List for the upcoming fest. Claiming opens May 11th.
• harrydracompreg Fest starts posting today.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_darkarts posted the second Weekly Masterlist (anon) of the HP Horror Fest.
• hogwarts365 posted the Masterlist for Prompts 84 + 85 + 86.

Hot Rec:
• Make Me A Headline (I Want To Be That Bold) by dicta_contrion (Harry/Draco; NC-17; 31K words)
Summary: Draco never expected to see Harry doing that again. Especially with someone else, in a grainy photograph that's landed on his desk one Monday morning.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Fortune Telling by 8c (Albus Severus Potter/Scorpius Malfoy | comic | G)
Summary: Rose Weasley does a bit of palm reading with her boys.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from May 10 to 16 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet for May 3-9.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending May 9, 2015.

Essay/Meta:
• Magic Motherhood: 7 Parenting Truth from the Harry Potter Series by Sara McTigue (everydayfamily.com; April 29, 2014)

Searches:
• accio_hd_fics has a search up for AUs in which Harry accepts Draco's hand in friendship.
• dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Dolores Umbridge.

Community Spotlight:
♥ one_bad_man – is enough for any woman. A community to share the love of HP fandom's two baddest men, Snape and Lucius, with daily rec posts of the best of Snape and Lucius fan creations (gen, het, slash).


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J. K. Rowling apologises for Fred Weasley's death on Battle of Hogwarts anniversary.

Pottermore News:
• Anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts Commemoration Post: Concept Sketches for upcoming art from the Battle of Hogwarts at Pottermore.

Prompt Challenges:
• poetic_hp posted the May prompt: petals
• snape100 posted Challenge 585: Snape and Vampires.
• dracoharry100 posted Challenge 390: shy.

Communities:
• hp_may_madness has started: May 1 prompts | May 2 prompts | May 3 prompts
• hp_creatures announced HP Creatures Halloween Fest 2015. Posting begins October 15, prompting starts July 1. (Fest Rules)
• hp_podfic_fest posted Mentor Sign-ups, Beta Reader/Listeners Sign-ups, and Cover Artist Sign-ups.
• hp_diversity posted Femmeslash Diversity from femmefest

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_darkarts posted the Round-up for Week One of the HP Horror Fest.
• snape_potter posted the Wrap-up for Week Two of the Snarry-a-thon15.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from May 3 through 9 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from April 26 to May 2.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending May 2.

Archive News:
• AO3, the fanfiction Archive Of Our Own, is asking for donations. AO3 is run by the Organisation for Transformative Works (OTW). You can donate here.

General Fandom News:
• OTW May 2015 Donation and Membership Drive: OTW By the Numbers: Information about OTW finances

Searches:
• dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Dolores Umbridge.

Community Spotlight:
♥ mmom – let your fingers do the talking. The Merry Month of Masturbation Challenge: post a masturbation fic for every day in May. truetomorrow has taken up the challenge for the Harry Potter fandom this year.

Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J. K. Rowling is making a 'Career of Evil' with her new book announcement (www.mtv.com). Third Robert Galbraith novel Career of Evil announced to come out in autumn 2015.

Communities:
• The third Annual Horror Fest started posting at hp_darkarts.
• snape_potter posted the new timeline for the Snarry Glompfest.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• snape_potter posted the SNARRY-A-THON 2105 Wrap-up for Week One.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Potterism - character portrayals of most HP characters by J. Lestrange (at deviant.art | G)

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from April 26 through May 2 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet for April 18 through 25.

General Fandom News:
• fandomaid announced new campaign for Nepal earthquake relief fundraiser. Offers for donations can be left here.
• leviosa2016 announced that YA author Michelle Madow (Transcend Time Saga, The Secret Diamond Sisters Series) will be attending.
• College of Wizardry LARP: Wizardry fans play Harry Potter-like game at Polish castle (Associated Press).

Nifty:
• snowgall posted a list of common fanfic titles (Harry/Draco).

Searches:
• dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Dolores Umbridge.

Community Spotlight:
♥ Harry Potter Meta – A place for Harry Potter meta and meta-ish and headcanons and Harry Potter related musings. (on tumblr)


Send your fandom news and recs to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J. K. Rowling's A Casual Vacancy shows the ugly politics behind the veneer of picturesque British town (New York Daily News)

Actors and Movies:
• Bonnie Wright talks about the short film "Sweat" and upcoming movie projects on Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day.
• Tom Felton attends Big Wow Comic Fest and Milk + Bookies 6th Annual Story Time Celebration.

Prompt Challenges:
• potterfests posted a list of assorted drabble communities (focusing on Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Severus Snape, Draco/Harry, Harry/Severus)

Communities:
• Posting for the Snarry-a-Thon15 begins tomorrow at snape_potter.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_deflower posted the Week Three Roundup of the HP Deflower Fest.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events for April 19 through 25 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from April 12 through 18.

General Fandom News:
• leviosa2016: Registration is open!
• OTW Fannews: Skewing the Process about fans changing cultural practices.
• mmom announced that the 10th Merry Month of Masturbation will start May 1: The challenge? To post a masturbation fic for every day in May. (100 words minimum)

Podfic News:
• Sign-ups are open for recsremixesrepods, the fest celebrating podfics that feature underrepresented genders and sexes (all fandoms).

Searches:
• snarryficfind posted a search for the first two Snarry stories.
• Very last chance!: the dailysnitch is looking for your recs, art, stories, meta and links for the Special Edition: Lee Jordan. (The Special Edition will be posted next Wednesday.)

Community Spotlight:
♥ dove_drabbles – is a monthly prompt challenge community for all pairings and all fandoms! Prompts come from the messages on the inside of the wrappers of chocolate Dove candies.
The prompt this month is: "Be mischievous, it feels good."


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• Exclusive Review of J.K. Rowling's 'Very Good Lives' by alwaysjkrowling.
• Lumos online donation Sweepstakes in honor of Rowling's launch of lumos in the US have started (US residents only).

Prompt Challenges:
• slythindor100 posted Challenge #177: list of 20 words (challenge ends April 25).

Communities:
• hd_smoochfest is looking for two pinch-hitters and reminds participants that submissions are due May 1.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt 81 und 82 Masterlists.
• hp_deflower posted the Week Two Roundup of the HP Deflower Fest.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Recipes for the Lost and Lonely by phresine (Draco/Ron; R; 20,000 words)
Summary: Draco can bake cheesecakes to cheer you up, and cream puffs to calm you down, but has yet to bake a cake that can ward against loneliness. Ron stocks Foe-Glasses to tell you when your enemies are behind you, and Sneakoscopes for when those who would wish you ill are near, but nothing that can show you a person's true self.

Searches:
• snarryficfind is looking for fic where Harry is neither the Potter's nor Severus' child.
• Last chance to leave your Lee Jordan recs!: the dailysnitch is looking for your recs, art, stories, meta and links for the Special Edition: Lee Jordan.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from April 12 through 18 at potterfests.
• SS/HP Prophet for April 5 though 11.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Global Rights (discusses articles from Japan, France, Germany and the US).
• 'Harry Potter-style' wizardry school comes to life in Poland (BBC News clip from April 11, 2015)
• ship_manifesto is gauging interest for re-opening the community (all fandoms).

Community Spotlight:
♥ Bad Bang – Like a Big Bang... But Terrible
The all-fandom Bad Bang takes place on AO3. Bad Bang IV: The World's Worst Exchange has opened the Collection for reading on April 1, the Authors' Reveal was on April 8. There are four HP works in the Bad Bang IV.


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Actors and Movies:
• More casting rumours for Fantastic Beasts: Luke Newberry as News Scamander?
• Ralph Fiennes received Empire Legend Award (Variety article).

Communities:
• snisti_con is a community for Snape/Sirius and Snape/Remus fans going to MISTI-Con (New Hampshire, May 21-25, 2015)

Editor's Choice Rec:
• ishafel wrote Foul (Draco, Pansy gen [will be Harry/Draco]; PG-13; 3840 Words)
Summary: Just when you think you understand the game, they change the rules. The first part of the Sport of Queens 'verse.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from April 5 through 11 at potterfests.
• SS/HP Prophet from March 29 to April 4.

Discussions:
• Discuss House Elves on hp_canon_love.
What do House Elves symbolize in the Harry Potter series? Why did JKR include them the way she did throughout the books? What is special about Dobby in particular?

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Product Placement (incl. a series of articles about fanfic from Vulture, focusing on wattpad fanfic culture).

Searches:
• bottom_draco has a search for fics with innocent Draco, ignorant of sex (doesn't matter who tops or bottoms).
• The dailysnitch is looking for your recs, art, stories, meta and links for the Special Edition: Lee Jordan.

Community Spotlight:
♥ dracomalfoyfans – The Wicked One: A place for all fans of Draco Malfoy. Here you can post info, opinions, fanworks, etc.. anything having to do with Draco and Draco/anyone. The community is in existence since November 2002.


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• Cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Illustrated Edition revealed. Illustrations by Jim Kay; will be published worldwide October 6, 2015.
• A Casual Vacancy mini-series: first U.S. trailer. The mini-series is set to air in the US April 29 and 30 (HBO).
• J. K. Rowling's Harvard commencement speech "Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination" is available for preorder and will be published April 14, 2015 (all proceeds go to Lumos).

Actors and Movies:
• Helen Bonham Carter would love to do stage with Harry Potter co-star Helen McCrory.
• Matt Lewis helped at an acting class at the Grammar School in his hometown Leeds.
• Ralph Fiennes to receive Empire Legend Award for his body of work this Sunday. Photos from Ralph Fiennes' reunion with Jason Isaacs.
• Emma Watson to be named # 1 of the '99 Top Outstanding Women 2015' list presented by AskMen Magazine.
• Alan Rickman gave a rare interview to BAFTA to be part of their "Life in Pictures" event.

Prompt Challenges:
• slythindor100 posted Challenge #177: Draco or Harry looses a bet and has to dress as the Easter Bunny (ends April 10).

Communities:
• hp_podfic_fest posted the Author Sign-up: offer your Summer-themed stories for podficcing for this year's HP Podfic Fest.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• do_me_veela posted the Do Me Veela Fest Round-Up (aka Masterlist ;))
• hd_remix posted the Anonymous Masterlist and Guessing Poll of H/D Remix, Volume 7.0.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• A Week of Coming Out (podfic) written by katmarajade, read by sisi_rambles (Ginny-centric gen | 13:11 minutes)
Summary: Ginny finds the courage to come out to her brothers. Some are more understanding than others.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Fannish Legacies (Leonard Nimoy, Trekker culture, TheOneRing.net)
• OTW Fannews: Fanficcers for Hire to write for pay.

Nifty:
• Jim Kay, the illustrator of the new Illustrated Editions of the HP books, has a fascinating website, Home of Jim Kay, complete with tips for aspiring illustrators and a list of his favourite museums (at bottom of page).

Searches:
• The dailysnitch is still looking for your recs, art, stories, meta and links for the Special Edition: Lee Jordan.
• nobunakira is looking for people to help her out with sub-titling 'Tom Felton Meets the Superfans'.
• snarryficfind posted a search for Snarry stories with babies.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from 29 March through 4 April, 2015, at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet for March 21–28.
• Media References to Fanfic, for the week ending March 28.

Community Spotlight:
♥ hp_podfic_fest – The Harry Potter Podfic Fest is a fest to promote Harry Potter podfics. All podficcers from experienced to brand new are welcome. Podfics can range from drabbles to epic podfics of epicness. Gen, het, femslash, and slash of all ratings are welcome. The fest goes into its fifth round this year, with the theme of Summer. Podficcer sign-ups start tomorrow, March 30.

Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K. Rowling confirmed on Twitter, too, that she is almost done with the third Cormoran Strike novel. The novel, as yet untitled, is expected to come out in 2016.

Actors and Movies:
• Radio Times reviews Leavesden Hogwarts Express Expansion (sneak peek at the train trolley; nothing on Draco Malfoy's luggage).
• Miriam Margolyes (Professor Pomona Sprout) talks about her new show, gay marriage and calling Tony Abbott a 'tit' – an intimate interview.
• Emma Watson made an appearance in a 'Vicar of Dibley' sketch for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2015. (video)
• Rupert Grint attends the World Premiere of the dark comedy 'Moonwalkers' at the SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival (photos and movie plot synopsis). Earlier this week more video clips from movie 'Moonwalkers' were released.

Prompt Challenges:
• dmhgchallenge opened the March Voting period.
• hp_humpdrabbles announced the Halfway point of Humpfest 2015.

Communities:
• Submissions were due today for the hp_deflower Fest.
• Submissions are due today for the dracotops_harry Fest.
• hprarefest posted a check-in reminder that submissions for this year's fest are due in two months.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• ron_draco_fest posted the Anonymous Masterlist.
• hp_goldenage posted the Week Two Wrap-Up.
• hd_remix posted the Weekly Round-up #2.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky (aka Less Wrong) (AU | PG-13 | ca. 662,000 words | podfic on iTunes)
Summary: Petunia married a biochemist, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter, and a world of intriguing new possibilities to exploit. And new friends, like Hermione Granger, and Professor McGonagall, and Professor Quirrell...

See also: The Volokh Conspiracy, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is complete and it is excellent, Washington Post, March 14, 2015. The Volokh Conspiracy is a legal analysis blog. ^{Thank you, marta_bee!}

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from March 15 – 21 at potterfests.
• SS/HP Prophet for March 8 – 14.
• Media References to Fanfic for the week ending March 14, 2015.

Searches:
• snarryficfind posted a search for fics in which the relationship between Snape and Harry starts through Snape's Occlumency lessons.

General Fandom News:
• leviosa2016 announced that the con's slash track has been updated to the Slash And Queer Lit Track. Slash Packs from the Leviosa2016 indiegogo campaign can be had at 35$. The indiegogo campaign ends next Saturday, March 21, 2015!
• leviosa2016 posted all about the Green Valley Ranch Resort, the hotel and conference space of Leviosa 2016.
• leviosa2016 announced two more guests for the YA Track: Stephanie Diaz (Extraction series) and literary agent Thao Le (Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency).
• OTW Fannews: This Is Your Life.

Community Spotlight:
♥ potterxcohen – A community dedicated to fanfiction and art based on the words of Leonard Cohen. The profile page features a small collection of fanfics combining the Potterverse with the music and poetry of Leonard Cohen. Mostly Remus/Sirius but all other ships and gen are welcome.

Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

♀ ♀ ♀ Happy International Women's Day ♀ ♀ ♀

Actors and Movies:
• Emma Watson's live panel discussion on HeforShe and gender equality (four part conversation with Emma Watson, videos, alternative links: on Emma's Facebook page)
• Sir Kenneth Branagh all ready to come back to play Gilderoy Lockhart for Fantastic Beasts (video)
• Tom Felton, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright and James Phelps at mini reunion in LA (photos)

Prompt Challenges:
• sshg_promptfest announced that the Prompt Collection for this year's summer run starts March 10.

Communities:
• harrybang announced that the exclusivity period for the Harry Big Bang novels is over.
• do_me_veela posted a few Mod Notes and the Rec Collection post for the on-going Veela Fest.
• Sign-ups for the Harry/Draco Collaboration Fest at hd_collab close tomorrow.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_goldenage posted the Week One Wrap-up of the Salt and Pepper Fest.
• hp_remix posted the Fest Roundup for Week 1.

Hot Rec:
• The Slytherin Urn by icmezzo (Harry/Draco | NC-17 | 4650 words )
Summary: Nothing turns Harry on quite like redemption.
• Rather Than Love by birdsofshore (Harry/Draco | NC-17 | 8000 words)
Summary: The first time we tried it, I gave him too much. The second time, I got the dosage right, but I was frustratingly unprepared for how it would affect me. This is the third time, and I have it all planned out. Everything is going to be perfect.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from March 8 – 14 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from March 1 – 7.
• Media References to Fanfic for the week ending March 7, 2015.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Articles and Studies about Fandom (50 Shades of Grey, Manga & GamerGate, Dr Who, One Direction)
• If you donate $35 to the Leviosa IndieGoGo you get the new Leviosa IndieGoGo Perk: Slash Pack Featuring Harry/Draco, Snarry and Sirius/Remus. More info at leviosa2016.
• leviosa2016 announced guest author Linda Cummings (The Murder Complex and The Balance Keepers)

Searches:
• snarryficfind posted a search for fics where Harry and Severus have bookstores.
• snarryficfind posted a search for fics where Harry is bartered for peace during/after the war (not only Snarry)

Community Spotlight:
♥ books_freckles – A community for fans of Hermione and the Weasleys. Fanfiction, fan art, icons, other creations and discussions involving the ships, the characters, and the actors who portray them. Slash, femslash, het, threesomes and gen are welcome.

Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Happy Birthday, Ron Weasley!

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K.Rowling: A Bibliography 1997-2013 reveals other titles considered for Goblet of Fire, issues with Prisoner of Azkaban and other quotes about the writing process. Update with more info from the book.
• VIDEO A Casual Vacancy BBC miniseries final episode 3 – new trailer and clip released.

Actors and Movies:
• Maggie Smith admits frustration working with co-star Michael Gambon.

Pottermore News:
• In celebration of Ron's birthday you can now earn the Bertie Bott’s Collectors' Badge by finding 35 Every-Flavour Beans on pottermore.com (five new flavours added).

Prompt Challenges:
• dmhgchallenge posted the March Prompt Challenge: "Pureblood and Mudblood".
• poetic_hp posted the March prompt, which is "March" (in all possible meanings).
• slythindor100 posted Challenge #175: 20 random words (see post), at least 15 of which have to be used in a drabble, fic or ficlet.

Communities:
• Posting has begun today at the ron_draco_fest.
• Posting has started at the hd_familyfest.
• Claiming is now open at hd_smoochfest Songspiration. More information about H/D Smoochfest Claiming can be found here.
• dramionelove posted a Round-up Post: Fest Claiming with all current HP fests accepting Draco/Hermione prompts and submissions.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from March 1 – 7 at potterfests.
• SS/HP Prophet for February 22 – 28.

Discussions:
• severus_fest – Discuss: when did fandom start to accept/relax about Severus's greasy locks?

Searches:
• Last chance to leave your your recs for art, stories, meta, communities and other links for the dailysnitch Special Edition: Lily Evans Potter.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Being in the Know.
• OTW Events Calendar for March.

Nifty:
• hp_diversity posted a nifty prompt chart of characters paired with Neville for the For the Love of Neville Fest at fortheloveofhp where Claiming is open.

Community Spotlight:
♥ poetic_hp – A community for Harry Potter fans to post their original poetry written in the HP fandom. Anything from haiku and limericks to epic ballads to creative free verse is accepted. There are monthly challenges with prompts for writing HP poetry. This month's prompt is "March".


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J. K. Rowling donates to children's Rugby charity campaign Wooden Spoon, a campaign to help disadvantaged and disabled children through the sport of rugby.

Actors and Movies:
• Warner Bros. Studio Tour London released a preview of its upcoming Hogwarts Express expansion (great video!). If you are an UK resident you can win a ticket to the VIP launch event on March 17, 2015.

Communities:
• sshg_promptfest announced the Severus Snape/Hermione Granger Prompt Fest 2015 summer run. Promptings starts March 10 and will continue until March 16.
• hd_remix posted the Prompting Post for the 'That Picture Flash Fest'. Prompting closes February 24.
• hd_collab posted promotion banners for the H/D Collaborative Fanworks Fest.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hprare_cliche posted the Masterlist of the Valentine's Love and Hate Fest, Fest Statistics and Participant Banners.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• nearlyconscious, The Violet Flag, Hermione/Pansy, background Luna/Millicent, G, 1340 words
Summary: Millicent and Luna have dragged their friends to The Violet Flag, the new club everyone is talking about in the Wizarding gay community.

Discussions:
• hpbookclub15 posted a Specific Discussion Post for their ongoing discussion of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
• Discuss Pottermore entry on Quidditch World Cups 1990 – 2014 at hp_canon_love.
• Discuss Pottermore entry on Scottish Rugby at hp_canon_love.

Searches:
• The dailysnitch is looking for recs, links, meta... for the Lily Evans Potter Special Edition.
• accio_hd_fics: searching for fics in which Draco is being pranked to fall in love with anyone (all pairings, not just H/D).

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from February 22 – 28 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet for February 15 – 21.

General Fandom News:
• leviosa2016 made an announcement about advertising perks when buying ad space in the conference program.
• fandom_grammar posted about Constructive Criticism and You and Quotative Likes (comic).

Community Spotlight:
♥ sshg_promptfest – The SSHG Prompt Fest is an anonymous, prompt-based fest that explores the relationship between Severus Snape and Hermione Granger with a showcase of new, stand-alone fan works. The SS/HG Fest takes place for the fourth time this year. Prompting opens March 10, the fest runs all of July 2015.


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Today is International Fanworks Day! ♥

Joanne K. Rowling:
• A Casual Vacancy BBC1 miniseries, part 1, aired tonight. A selection of online reviews: The Telegraph review, The Independent review, The Guardian review, The Digital Spy review, The Art Desk review.

Actors and Movies:
• Tom Felton Q&A about life in general and stuff.
• Matthews Lewis is ready to play Neville in a movie spinoff should he be asked.
• Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit game will be released in US in April 2015.
• VIDEO: First look at Harry Potter Pop Vinyl Figures (first set of seven characters).

Pottermore News:
• Discuss the Pottermore entries on Time-Turners and on the Patronus Charm at hp_canon_love.

Communities:
• crack_broom posted their Mid-Month Stats. If you are signed up as a reccer for February, make sure to check them out!
• do_me_veela's Valentine Veela Fest has started posting.
• hp_goldenage: Submissions for the Salt & Pepper Fest are due tomorrow, Monday, February 16.
• hp_het_taboo announced the start of week three of the Be My Anti-Valentine Wishlist Event (BMAV).
• hd_smoochfest posted the Prompting Post for this year's Songspiration H/D Love Fest.
• dracotops_harry posted the header templates for this year's fest.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hprare_cliche posted the Week II Roundup and the Anonymous Masterlist of the Valentine's Fest.
• hp_kinkfest posted the Week 2 Round-up.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• mab, 'Twas Brillig, Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, NC-17, 74,000 words, written for harrybang
Summary: Harry reads a chapter of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to his children before bed every night and through the story, he and his middle child find an ally in each other as they, along with Alice, discover a world that just doesn't seem to make sense when taken at face value.

Essay/Meta:
• author-by-night, You know what YA urban fantasy/acton is missing?

Podficcing:
• The Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology 5 is out. It includes 141 woman-centered stories, written by 108 different authors and podficced by 63 different podficcers in 77 fandoms (including 4 HP podfics).

General Fandom News:
• OTW: International Fanworks Day is here!
• pbam's Porn Battle Golden Oldies Fest started today, 22.30 GMT.

Searches:
• The dailysnitch is looking for recs, links, meta... for the Lily Evans Potter Special Edition.
• the_slash_pile has a search up for Noir-Style Slash (femslash, male slash, all fandoms)

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from February 15 – 21 at potterfests.
• quibbler_report: February 13-14, 2015
• SS/HP Prophet from February 8 through 14.

Community Spotlight:
♥ hd_smoochfest – Home of the annual Harry/Draco Happy Fluffy Schmoopy Love Fest, a celebration of Harry and Draco in love and living happily ever after, even if the road to getting there isn't always smooth and pretty. H/D Smoochfest usually takes place in June. All submissions must have a happy ending. This year's theme is "Songspiration".


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• A Casual Vacancy BBC mini series: Interview with Julia McKenzie (Shirley Mollison).

Actors and Movies:
• Sir Michael Gambon announced his stage retirement but will continue to act in TV and film.
• Kenneth Branagh talks about his upcoming movie Cinderella and more.
• Casting has started for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them. Filming will start August 2015.

Pottermore:
• Discuss the Pottermore entry on Hogwarts Portraits at hp_canon_love
• Discuss the Pottermore entry on The Marauder's Map at hp_canon_love.

Participate:
• fandomstats posted a discussion question: What question(s) about fandom would you most like to know the answer to? .

Challenges:
• hd_fluff posted their February prompts: three movie quotes.

Communities:
• fortheloveofhp announced that Prompting is open for Round 3: For the Love of Neville
• harrydracompreg: Claiming is still open!

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• harrybang posted the Art Gallery of the Harry Big Bang.
• hprare_cliche posted the Week 1 Roundup of the Valentine's Fest.
• hp_kinkfest posted the Roundup for Week 1.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from February 8 – 14 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet for February 1 – 7.
• The quibbler_report (a rarepair and genfic resource) for February 6-7, 2015
• Media References to Fanfiction in the week ending February 7, 2015.

Essay/Meta:
• The True History of Jewish Wizards at Hogwarts by Nathaniel Stein (The New Yorker, February 6, 2015)

General Fandom News:
• leviosa2016 announced that authors Beth Revis & Alison Cherry will be guests for the YA Literature and Writing tracks.
• OTW: Activities going on for International Fanworks Day on February 15 (Drabble Challenge, Feedback Fest).
• OTW: Transcript available of the live chat Why Should Fanworks Be Celebrated with authors Cecilia Tan, Tara Sue Me and Racheline Maltese.

Nifty:
• leviosa2016 posted a Amortentia recipe just in time for Valentine's Day.

Searches:
• The dailysnitch is looking for recs, links, meta... for the Lily Evans Potter Special Edition.

Community Spotlight:
♥ hprare_cliche – A community dedicated to running low-maintenance fests to celebrate clichés and tropes & bring them to rare pairings. The Valentine's Day Fest started on February 1.


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• VIDEO for the BBC mini-series A Casual Vacancy: First trailer released.
• POTTERMORE Proudest House Contest: Will Your House Pocket One Million Points? The winning house will be announced February 5.

Actors and Movies:
• Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) took ill and will not be participating at Universal Studios Harry Potter Celebration.
• Michael Gambon, James and Oliver Phelps, and Evanna Lynch took part in a Q&A session with questions from fans.
• Harry Potter Celebration at the Wizarding World in Orlando is well underway: photos and short interview with Michael Gambon, James and Oliver Phelps, and Evanna Lynch.

Challenges:
• dmhgchallenge posted the prompt for the February drabble challenge: just a game (ends February 14).
• poetic_hp post the prompt for February: Card (ends February 28).

Communities:
• ♥ The Valentine's fest at hprare_cliche started posting.
• ♥ Post your Wishlist at the Be My Anti-Valentine Wishlist Event at hp_het_taboo.
• fortheloveofhp announced its third round: For the Love of Neville Longbottom is open to all Neville pairings. Promptings opens February 6.
• Prompting for the HP Horror Fest at hp_darkarts has been extended for another week (until February 6).
• hp_kinkfest is looking for kink-friendly betas for the upcoming HP Kinkfest.
• femmefest announced that Sign-ups are closed.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• The Harry Big Bang at harrybang is live! Masterlist of all 13 novels with art.
• femslash_remix posted the Round up and announced an amnesty period for posting femslash remixes until the end of February.

Hot Rec:
• Shipwreck Against Your Eyes by starfishstar (Remus Lupin/Sirius Black; PG; 2000 words)
Summary: In September of 1981, Sirius and Remus visit the sea at Brighton in search of lost joy.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• This Is How You See Her, a poem by rillalicious (Harry, Lily Luna, background Harry/Draco; G)
Summary: Lily comes home for the holidays.

Podficcing:
• podfic_love announced its February Themed Event: Rec Women-Centric Podfic.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from February 1 through 7 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from January 24 through 31.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending January 31, 2015.

Discussions:
• Discuss POTTERMORE The Chamber of Secrets at hp_canon_love.
• Discuss POTTERMORE The Sword of Gryffindor at hp_canon_love.

Essay/Meta:
• wellingtongoose posted an essay about The Existence of Evil 1: The Making of Lord Voldemort at hp_essays.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Fanwork Outcomes - where and what fanworks can lead to.

Searches:
• Last Chance to Leave Your Hagrid Recs! The dailysnitch is looking for recs and links for its Special Edition on Rubeus Hagrid.

Community Spotlight:
♥ podfic_love – A community for recommendations for fannish vocal performances. Recs and reccers from all fandoms, genres, styles, and ratings are welcome. (tag: fandom: harry potter)


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

News from the Editors: We are always on the lookout for Hot Recs of fic and art. All fics or works of art that have been recced 2 times in public (not friends-locked and/or filtered) posts around LiveJournal, InsaneJournal, or Dreamwidth will be included as a Hot Rec in the dailysnitch. Only for the pairings most popular for Hot Recs – Harry/Draco, Harry/Severus and Remus/Sirius – three recs are required. Send your recs to the Daily Snitch. :)


Challenges:
• slythindor100 post Challenge # 159 using the prompt: New Year, New Beginnings (Harry/Draco)

Communities:
• Prompting for the HP Horror Fest is open at hp_darkarts.
• Claiming is open for the harrydracompreg Fest. (Prompt List)
• harrybang announced that it's one more week until the Harry Big Bang goes live!

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• severus_fest posted the Week 3 Round-up and Recs Collection Post.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• ART Witches for Self-Love by nearlyconscious (Angelina Johnson, Cho Chang, Fleur Delacour, Hannah Abbott, Lavender Brown, Lily Luna Potter, Millicent Bulstrode, Padma Patil, Pansy Parkinson, Parvati Patil, Romilda Vane, Rose Weasley; PG-13)

Resources:
• SS/HP Prophet from January 18 – 24.

Archive News:
• Update on the downtime of Potions and Snitches Archive (SS & HP genfic).

Discussions:
• Discussion Post "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" at hp_canon_love.
• Discuss Pottermore: King's Cross Station at hp_canon_love.
• Discuss Pottermore: Pure-Blood at hp_canon_love.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Announcement: Live-Chat with four authors who've written both fanfic and profic on February 8 (part of International Fanworks Day on February 15, 2015).

Nifty:
• Amazingly Detailed Model of Hogwarts with 400,000 LEGO Bricks with key scenes from the books and movies.

Searches:
• The dailysnitch searches for recs and links for its Special Edition on Rubeus Hagrid.

Community Spotlight:
♥ hp_darkarts – This community has been set up for fic, art and meta that either have dark or unhappy themes or have a connection with the Dark Arts. hp_darkarts runs the annual HP HORROR FEST, the TABOO KINK COMMENT FEST, and Dark Arts Challenges with specific themes.

Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• J. K. Rowling in Pictures (The Telegraph Culture Picture Galleries).

Actors and Movies:
• PHOTOS Daniel Radcliffe in first on-set look of Now You See Me: The Second Act.
• PHOTOS New promo images of Tom Felton in Against the Sun.
• PHOTOS of Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch and Robbie Jarvis at People Con in Paris this weekend.
• VIDEO Tom Felton in new Against the Sun promo video.

Challenges:
• fire_juggler is gauging interest in a challenge for remixing and transforming podfic.

Communities:
• Prompting for the dracotops_harry Fest ends tonight.
• Stories and art for the femslash_remix are due today, January 18, 11.59 pm.
• sirius_black announced the 2015 Siriusly Smutty Spring Soiree. Details coming soon!
• hp_mhealthfest announced its 2015 fest timeline. Prompting starts January 20!
• hp_het_taboo posted a Poll about HP Het Taboo Interest for 2015 (the Anti-Valentine Wishlist Event, Taboo Tuesday ...)

Masterlists and Weekly Roundups:
• severus_fest posted the Week 2 Roundup and Rec Collection Post.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Project Canon by raitala – illustrations of HP book scenes featuring Draco Malfoy; three scenes so far – Madam Malkin's, The Handshake That Wasn't and The Bloody Baron (all rated G)

Archives:
• The Potions and Snitches SS & HP genfic archive has been down since January 2015. potionssnitches posted information and other resources for the Potions & Snitches community.

Resources:
• The SS/HP Prophet from January 11 through 17.
• The quibbler_report from Friday through Sunday, January 16-18.

Discussions:
• Discuss Pottermore: Three Textbooks at hp_canon_love.
• Discuss Pottermore: Professor Quirrell at hp_canon_love.

General Fandom News:
• rarelywritten (formerly Rarewomen Fic Exchange)/ rarelywritten-tumblr announced the 2015 Exchange (hosted on AO3, all fandoms). Nominations on AO3 start January 30.

Nifty:
• If Hermione Were The Main Character in 'Harry Potter; or: Hermione Granger and the Goddamn Patriarchy.

Searches:
• The dailysnitch searches for recs and links for its Special Edition on Rubeus Hagrid.
• astonsbentley is looking for fics featuring major character death of Draco or dying Draco.

Community Spotlight:
♥ hpbookclub15 – Harry Potter Book Club reading the HP series from start to finish in 2015.


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Joanne K. Rowling:
• JK Rowling condemns Murdoch Tweet about Charlie Hebdo Killings.

Actors and Movies:
• Universal Studios Orlando is holding a contest for special tour of Gringotts Wizarding Bank at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Challenges:
• fortheloveofhp announced that this year's will be its last round. Round 3 will be officially announced on February 1.
• harrydracompreg posted monthly prompt #49: 'first baby'.

Communities:
• dramionelove announced the Dramione Adopt-a-Prompt Fest (Rules, Timeline, FAQ) and posted the Prompting Post.
• hp_mhealthfest is gauging interest in a 2015 HP Mental Health Fest (poll).
• severus_fest posted about reviews, reposts and recs.
• hd_remix posted the header template and information about the AO3 Collection.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• daily_deviant posted the Kinky Kristmas Reveals.
• hd_owlpost posted the Week Five Round-up of the H/D Owlpost Winter Fest.

Hot Recs:

• Matches in the Snow by delphipsmith (Minerva McGonagall, Kingsley Shacklebolt, PG, 3300 words)
  Summary: Sometimes it takes more than just a letter to get someone to Hogwarts.


• On the Turning Away by blamebrampton (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, NC-17, 25,500 words)
  Summary: It's one thing to be good at not making a besotted fool of yourself over a man when he's busy being the most famous wizard in the world and you're tucked away quietly in Wiltshire. It's quite another when you have to see him every morning.


• A Private Reason For This by femmequixotic (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, NC-17, 92,000 words)
  Summary: When the wife of a star politician in the Scottish Ministry turns up dead just outside Hogsmeade, Draco Malfoy and his murder investigation team are called in from the Edinburgh Auror force to find her killer. What DCI Malfoy doesn't expect, however, is to have an ex from two decades past end up in his murder room, cocking up not only his case, but also his heart.


• Chaos Theory by melusinahp (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, NC-17, 43,000 words)
  Summary: When an ancient spell book is discovered in an abandoned vault, Harry--a Curse breaker--and Draco--an Unspeakable--are called in to examine it. Draco does everything in his power to resist Potter's advances, despite his growing crush. Potter just wants sex, he assumes, and Draco doesn't want to be used. He discovers, however, that some things simply aren't within our power to control.

Mod's Choice Rec:
• Snapebastian by anon (Severus Snape, PG-13, digital art)

Participate:
• hp_mhealthfest is looking for help with the community layout.

Resources:
• hp_diversity: Hoggywartyxmas Diversity Post.
• hp_diversity: Kinky Kristmas Diversity Post.
• The SS/HP Prophet from January 4 – 10.

Discussions:
• hp_canon_love: Pottermore – Hatstalls & The Sorting Hat
• hp_canon_love: Pottermore – Familiars

Essay/Meta:
• OTW Fannews: Using Fans – about fans being used for commercial projects.

General Fandom News:
• The all-fandoms snowflake_challenge is on Day 11.

Community Spotlight:
♥ hp_mhealthfest – a fest to raise the awareness of mental health issues. 2015 will be the fifth round of the HP Mental Health Fest.

Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Actors and Movies:
• David Ryall, who played Albus Dumbledore's childhood friend Elphias Dodge, died on Christmas Day, age 79 (5 January 1935 – 25 December 2014).

Challenges:
• hp_goldenage posted an update on round 1 and round 2 of the BATILDA BAGSHOT'S BINGO CHALLENGE.

Communities:
• hp_darkarts announced the third round of HP Horror Fest in 2015.
• Prompting starts tomorrow for round six of hp_kinkfest.
• Sign-ups for the last year of hds_beltane close tomorrow: Writer Sign-up and Artist Sign-up
• hd_remix posted a modly reminder for participants to check in.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• snape_potter posted the Pre-Reveals Wrap-up of the SECRET SNARRY SWAP.
• rs_small_gifts posted the Another Week of Small Gifts Round-up.
• hd_owlpost posted the Week Four Roundup of the H/D OWLPOST WINTER FEST.
• hd_erised posted the Weekly Roundup #4.

Hot Rec:
• Subversive by anon at hoggywartyxmas (Griselda Marchbanks/OC, light R, 8100)
Summary: When Griselda Marchbanks comes to Hogwarts to administer the O.W.L. exams, Harry and his friends see a "tiny, stooped witch with a face so lined it looked as though it had been draped in cobwebs." That lined face bespeaks a long and eventful life. Here is part of her story, told by one who knows her best. Set during Order of the Phoenix.
• We'll Take a Cup of Kindness Yet by anon at hoggywartyxmas (Minerva McGonagall/Aberforth Dumbledore/Severus Snape, PG-13, 20K)
Summary: "Yeah?" said Aberforth. "What's Christmas ever done to you? Shat glitter in your cornflakes and made you wear the little paper hat in the cracker?"

Searches:
• snarryficfind is searching for fics with a uncurably disabled Harry or Snape.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from 28 December 2014 through 3 January 2015 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet for December 21-27.
• Media References to Fanfic for the week ending 12/27/2014.

Archive News:
• Sycophant Hex is still down. Latest Update.

General Fandom News:
• The Snowflake Fandom Challenge is back for 2015 at snowflake_challenge.

Community Spotlight:
♥ snowflake_challenge – The Fandom Snowflake Challenge is an annual event to highlight the best parts of fandom and the people who make it that way. Every day for the first 15 days of January, the mods post a fannish challenge. It can be something as simple as reccing fanworks to talking about what you love about fandom. The challenge is for everyone, all fandoms, all media, all platforms.

Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.

Happy Belated Birthday, Charlie Weasley!
(born December 12, 1972)

Joanne K. Rowling:
• UK newspaper The Courier has J.K. Rowling among the top 100 people who have made an impact in 2014.
• Pottermore's 12 Days of Christmas Surprises – if you don't have a Pottermore account, you can follow the releases here.
• Pottermore new info by J. K. Rowling #1: Cokeworth - Lily and Snape's Hometown.
• Pottermore new info by J. K. Rowling #2: Florean Fortescue 'Ghost Plot' and History of the Leaky Cauldron.
• Pottermore new info by J. K. Rowling #3: History of Cauldrons and Thoughts on Potions.
• Pottermore accounts have been gifted a 300 Galleons Christmas treat.

Actors and Movies:
• Martin Freeman (of The Hobbit and Sherlock BBC) admitted that he would have wished to have been cast for the Harry Potter movies.

Challenges:
• hp_het_taboo has posted prompt #6 for the Advent Prompt-a-thon: Charlie Weasley.
• hptwinsmut has 3 spots left on the 12 Days of Twinmas.

Communities:
• hp_het_taboo posted a Staffing Announcement
• hoggywartyxmas posted about reccing changes for rare pairs and gossip about upcoming stories.
• rt_morelove announced start of the Remus/Tonks Twelve Nights Tales and has an icon post.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• daily deviant posted the Kinky Kristmas Week 2 Round-up.
• snape_potter posted the Wrap-up for Week Two of the Secret Snarry Swap.
• rs_small_gifts posted the Week 2 Round-up.
• hd_owlpost posted the Week Two Round-up of the Owlpost Winter Fest.
• hd_erised posted the Weekly Round-up #2.

Hot Recs:
• One Thousand Bars by anonymous (Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter; NC-17)
Summary: And I will hold on hope / And I won't let you choke / On the noose around your neck / And I'll find strength in pain / And I will change my ways / I'll know my name as it's called again
• The Light More Beautiful by anonymous (Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter; NC-17)
Summary: Thirteen years after Draco accepts Potter's help escaping the horror of his sixth year, he returns to England where he makes the unfortunate discovery that Potter is still as obnoxious as ever. And worse, more than a decade overseas hasn't been enough to dim Draco's obsession with him.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from December 14 through 20 at potterfests.
• Severus Snape/Harry Potter Prophet for December 7 through 13.
• Media Refenrences to Fanfic for the week ending December 13, 2014.

Archive News:
• Sycophant Hex announced down time and possible service interruptions due to a server move.

Nifty:
• Daily Advent Recs by snegurochka_lee.

General:
• OTW Fannews: Celebrities and Fandom Risks
• OTW Fannews: Fannish Profiles in Marketing

RPGs:
• College of Wizardry, an international, volunteer-created, Harry Potter-inspired LARP, takes place April 16-19, 2015, at the Polish castle of Czocha. Check out the Documentary of the November 2014 College of Wizardry LARP.

Community Spotlight:
♥ smutty_claus – A Secret Santa exchange for male/female (het) pairings and all the variations authors and artists can dream up – rare pairs, canon pairs, and everything in between. This year is the 10th round of smutty_claus.


Send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.