QuidCon 2013 is the second annual convention of the International Quidditch Association, and this year it will be taking place from July 11-15 at the Embassy Suites Seattle. QuidCon brings together the entire Quidditch community, including athletes and spectators, playmakers and analysts, new players and old, for five days of programming.
There is a very special sale on Harry Potter merchandise that is going on RIGHT NOW at the Harry Potter Shop. From now until June 1, you can save up to 30% off on selected items, which is the lowest price of the year.
The Harry Potter Alliance (HPA) has just one week left in their Accio Books drive and they want to finish it out in style. This year, HPA members have collected over 15,000 books, but we know that they can do so much better! So we want you to help the HPA bring that number up to 25,000 before their campaign ends next weekend.
Bonnie Wright, who portrayed Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise, will be making her stage debut as she is set to star as The Girl in Peter Ustinov’s The Moment of Truth at London’s Southwark Playhouse beginning next month.
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A first edition print of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone that had 43 pages covered with illustrations from author J.K. Rowling sold at Sotheby’s for 150,000 GBP (or close to $300,000 USD). It was a bidding war between two buyers as the auction raised a total of 439,200 GBP for English PEN, which campaigns for freedom of expression.
Meg and Jill created this beautiful pin design and turned it into a plan of action to help their favorite charity, This Star Won’t Go Out Foundation (TSWGO). All of the proceeds from these 1.5 inch pins will be donated to this foundation, which was established by the parents of the beloved and amazing Nerdfighter, Esther Earl, and from there, the money will help families whose children are living with cancer.
In a startling revelation by director extraordinaire Baz Luhrmann, whose new film The Great Gatsby was just recently released in theaters worldwide, we learned that he was offered to direct Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Baz Luhrmann, who also directed the hugely popular Moulin Rouge, starring Harry Potter actor Jim Broadbent, recently revealed this information in a new interview with ComingSoon.net.
This week, Audiofictions takes you to the Quidditch pitch, where thrills and spills are going down at yet another match, but this time, the main action’s in the stands, not in the air. Meanwhile, MerMuggle readers theGreatOm and Jessie Lights are spinning tales about enemies turned friends and lost love.
After months and months of waiting and speculating, the time has come: Universal Orlando Resort and Warner Bros. Entertainment have OFFICIALLY announced the the Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley expansion and added that the park will in fact open in 2014.
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