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DM Presents: Potter Mania

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Darkmark proudly introduces you to its latest event: HP Mania; rediscovering Harry Potter!
A two week long event starring on our forums that takes you back to those very special first days of fandom! How long have you been a fan? What events do you remember best? Past signatures and avatars parade the forums once more! [...]

Signed DH Auctioned for Charity

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

A first edition, signed copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has recently been auctioned for charity. The book raised £2,050 for Cancer Research UK.

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Thanks to SnitchSeeker!

Daniel Radcliffe donates signed HP books to Memorial fund

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has recently donated signed Harry Potter books to the Katie Hart-Greenfield Memorial Fund, a fund set up after 15 year old Katie Hart died of a brain tumor last year. Both Daniel and Katie previously met when she was battling the illness and also wrote a piece for her funeral. The [...]

New York “Deathly Hallows” release party

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

The New York Times recently announced that on Tuesday, July 7th, Scholastic is hosting a release party for the paperback version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The release party will be held at the Scholastic store at 557 Broadway, between Prince and Spring Streets, in SoHo, New York from 10:00 AM- 6:00 PM. [...]

Harry Potter Plagiarized?

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Did J.K. Rowling Rip Off Willy the Wizard?
The heirs of author Adrian Jacobs are suing Rowling’s publisher for £500 million, claiming that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire lifted “substantial parts” from Jacobs’ 1987 book The Adventures of Willy the Wizard: Livid Land.
Adrian Jacobs’s book Willy The Wizard – also about a child discovering [...]

American Library Association announces a touring Harry Potter exhibit

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

The American Library Association announced yesterday that a Harry Potter exhibit will be touring 12 libraries in the U.S. The tour will begin in September 2009 and will end in November 2010, therefore it will stay in each location for 4 weeks. The following are the 12 libraries that were chosen to hold the exhibit:
The [...]

Prisoner of Azkaban sketches to be auctioned off

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Sketches of the British Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban cover art, which were draw by illustrator Cliff Wright, are to be auctioned off later this month at the Glasgow Art Fair. The sketches being auctioned are the pen and pencil drawings that appeared on the front and back covers of the book. The [...]

Companion Books get a new Look by Bloomsbury

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

The publisher of the Harry Potter series, Bloomsbury has recently announced that they will be re-releasing the Harry Potter companion books, Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beast and where to Find them. Both of the new editions will be released July 31st 2009. A spokesperson for the UK publisher has come out to says;
“There [...]

Bloomsbury Thrives

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Recently Bloomsbury has reported higher then expected profits last year. 2008 being “post Harry Potter”, the publisher has reported a profit of 11.63 million pounds. Though this is a profit for Bloomsbury, they have earned less then in 2007; 17.86 million pounds.
More good news for Bloomsbury is that they had the two highest-selling books of [...]

The Great Debate

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Recently Seattle’s Central Library hosted a packed house for their “Great Debate: Harry Potter vs. Twilight”. The debate attracted opinions from around the world, with emails streaming in from countries such as The Netherlands, South Africa and Great Britain.
Debaters on both sides argued many points for each series, including themes portrayed by the novels, the [...]

A Philosopher’s Stone is Worth $19,120

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Not to long ago I reported that a first edition Harry Potter book was going under the hammer, well today we can report that the book was sold for $19,120 US!
The first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was one of 200 from the first printing issued.
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Kids’ Choice Awards Voting

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

The Harry Potter series has once again been nominated for “Favorite Book” at the 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards. Voting is now open and you can do so by clicking here.The other nominees in this category are Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself, and Twilight.

Latest HP Book: Out Now!

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

That’s right, all you Potter fans! Today, December 4th, is the official release date of JK Rowling’s newest book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard. So head on over to your nearest book store and pick up a copy ASAP!

J.K. Rowling ‘blessing’ a new Potter book

Friday, November 7th, 2008

J.K. Rowling, who as we all know won a lawsuit earlier this year about the publishing of a Potter Lexicon, she has now blessed another Potter book written by a superfan Melissa Anelli, who runs the Leaky Cauldron website. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the forward to Anelli’s book titled: “Harry, a History: The True Story of a [...]

4 Types of HP Readers Revealed

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

According to the research of Ulster University professor Stephen Brown, readers of Harry Potter can be sorted into four basic categories, which have been named after that of the Hogwarts houses:
“What we noticed was that the different types of readers were incredibly close to the characteristics of the four houses in the books. It was [...]