Wizard News: 28th/29th/30th October 2007

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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Happy 19th birthday to Devon Murray!

Devon Murray, who was born in County Kildare, Ireland on October 28, 1988, is 19 years old today. Devon Murray plays Seamus Finnegan in the Harry Potter movies. He was also in the movie Angela's Ashes in 1999. He has horses, and enjoys riding them, as well as rollerblading, skateboarding and playing on his computer.

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Monday, October 29, 2007

Final Harry Potter book released in Chinese

The official Chinese version of the latest Harry Potter smash hit went on sale in bookstores yesterday, almost two months after an unofficial version was posted on the Internet. One million copies of the book have been printed by the People's Literature Publishing House in Beijing, which owns the copyright of the Chinese language version of the bestselling series for the Chinese mainland. [more...]
Source: China.org

In Pictures: Deathly Hallows released in Viet Nam

As many as 80,000 Vietnamese copies of Harry Porter 7 were distributed via various channels by the Youth Publishing House, online, postal, agents, in preparation for the release on the morning of October 27. Hundreds of readers gathered at 5.30am at big bookstores in HCM City, wishing to be the first ones to touch the final Harry Porter. [more...]
Source: Vietnam Net

Opinion: Dumbledore -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Would someone tell J.K. Rowling to please be quiet and let her characters do the talking? What I find objectionable is Rowling's decision to deliver the Dumbledore bombshell not within the pages of her books, where it belongs, but by casually announcing it in a public gathering. If Dumbledore had wanted the world to know document.write(flat('yag saw eh ')); he was gay, he would have come out in the text. [more...]
Source: Hartford Courant

Illinois Potter fans get magic lessons

Harry Potter addicts of all ages had a chance to indulge in their passion Sunday at Black Hawk State Park in Illinois. Rock Island County 4-H hosted a Harry Potter-themed Halloween party at the Watch Tower Lodge. "This site is perfect," said Becky Buckrop of the University of Illinois Extension in Moline, who organized the event. "It looks like Hogwarts Castle." [more...]
Source: Quad Cities Online

Happy 82nd birthday to Robert Hardy!

Robert Hardy, who was born in Cheltenham, England on October 29, 1925, is 82 years old today. Robert Hardy plays Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, in all of the Harry Potter films so far except for the first. A long-time character actor in Britain, he was also in Rupert Grint's other movie, Thunderpants

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Potter spell strong in France: 1.15 mln copies sold in 48 hours

The French edition of the seventh and final volume in the Harry Potter saga sold 1.15 million copies, or half the copies printed, in 48 hours, publishers Gallimard said on Tuesday. The 2.3 million copies printed of "Harry Potter et les Reliques de la Mort" hit the bookshelves on Friday, more than three months after the boy wizard's fate was unveiled in the English-language edition. [more...]
Source: AFP, France

Goblet of Fire director recalls Potter pic experience

Now that Deathly Hallows has been released, we wondered if author J.K. Rowling happen to let slip to Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell any of Harry's ultimate fate, like she did with some of the film's young stars. "No. Absolutely nothing. I asked her and she wouldn't [say a thing]. She was very funny about that," Newell recalled. [more...]
Source: MTV Movies Blog

The day I met J.K. Rowling

When I found out that I had won two tickets to see her in Toronto through a random online draw, you can guess that I went nuts. At 10 a.m., Rowling waltzed onto the stage and took a seat in a large brown chair with a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in her hands. Screams from 2,000 contest winners from every province of Canada erupted. [more...]
Source: The Buffalo News

Eragon series now four books

It was announced today that the Inheritance Trilogy is the Inheritance Trilogy no more - a forth, full-length novel has been added to the Trilogy, expanding Eragon and Saphira's adventures. In addition to the announcement of a fourth book in the series, the release date has been announced for the third book, which still remains un-named: September 23, 2008. [more...]

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