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15th Anniversary of Book 1: The Guardian re-releases 1997 article with early JK Rowling interview

Yesterday marked fifteen years since the first publication of Philosopher’s Stone (they only printed 500 copies!). In honour of this anniversary, The Guardian re-published one of their very early articles about JK Rowling and Harry Potter. It includes an interview with JKR herself, which is fascinating to read in hindsight, where she speaks about getting […]

Sony announces new content by JK Rowling to be released in ‘Book of Spells’ video game

At its E3 conference yesterday, Sony announced a new game made in collaboration with JK Rowling, called Wonderbook: Book of Spells. The game will include brand new written content by JK Rowling about the spells in the Harry Potter universe. Here is a trailer:   Now, this game looks cool and I’d love to play […]

Potter picks up two trophies at its final MTV Movie Awards, first trailer for ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ airs

The 2012 MTV Movie Awards took place this evening (June 3rd), and in a night dominated by The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga, Harry Potter managed to win two awards. In its final ever appearance, Potter picked up Best Cast, and Best Hero (decided on twitter votes). Well done to everyone and thanks to […]