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Harry Potter book to be auctioned for kid’s charity
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By Andrea McCallum A FIRST edition of a Harry Potter book is expected to conjure up thousands of pounds for an Edinburgh children’s charity. The rare signed copy has been given to Radio Forth’s Cash for Kids appeal from the city council who had 30 stored in their secret chambers. Best-selling author J.K. ...4 hours ago -
Bob Geldof returns to Ethiopian village of Band Aid fame
Hot Music Beat —
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Sir Bob Geldof received the rock star treatment when he visited an African village that was one of the most ravaged when he made his global appeal for famine-hit Ethiopia 25 years ago. Geldof was met by dozens of children when he arrived in Korem, 600km north of the capital Addis Ababa. They held up placards that ...21 hours ago -
California, Alice, and Bond… James Bond
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Not to mention E.B White , J.R.R. Tolkien , Richard Adams , L. Frank Baum , C.S. Lewis , A.A. Milne , J.K. Rowling , and H.G. Wells …. The Southern California auctioneer, Profiles in History , will be auctioning a valuable collection of children’s literature, as well as some collectibles for adults, on ...2 days ago -
C.S. Lewis and The Doctor
The Hog's Head —
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For me, two very important events happened yesterday and today. Yesterday, November 22, 1963, C.S. Lewis died, his death being overshadowed by the assasination of John F. Kennedy. Aldous Huxley also died that day too. Lewis is well known for his Chronicles of Narnia books and also for his Christian ...3 days ago -
JK Rowling’s first impressions of the original casting of the Harry Potter trio
Gryffindor Gazette —
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Interesting bit of historical trivia here. JK Rowling wrote a letter (read in the video) praising the casting of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint as the trio of Harry, Hermione, and Ron, saying that she was absolutely confident in Chris Columbus’s choice and that they were the best actors for the ...4 days ago -
Potter-like wiz Percy Jackson is a Greek demigod
Thaindian News —
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London, Nov 22 (ANI): A Hollywood version of Harry Potter has emerged in the form of a 12-year-old boy named Percy Jackson, a demigod who turns out to be the son of the Greek god Poseidon.The movie, which is rivalling JK Rowling’s, has already provoked shouts of plagiarism from Potter fans, who are upset by [...]5 days ago -
Condemnation of The Twilight Saga: New Moon makes the Vatican seem ridiculous and out of touch
News Religion —
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Catholics tend to ignore comic news stories about the Vatican, but they are becoming worryingly prevalent – and most of them are entirely the Church’s fault. The latest one reveals that Monsignor Franco Perazzolo of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture has condemned The Twilight Saga: New Moon, part of a ...6 days ago -
Vatican no fan of ‘deviant’ Twilight
Useless Place Blog —
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The Vatican has spoken out against the new Twilight movie that is sweeping the globe, slamming it as a deviant moral vacuum. Twilight Saga: New Moon, starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, has had sensational box office takings since opening in France and Spain ahead of its US release on Friday. Monsignor ...6 days ago -
J.K. Rowling is NOT the Messiah
Mike Rouse's Diary —
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Far be it for me to lecture more superior people and organisations on the importance of fact-checking, but both Perez Hilton and the Daily Star are WRONG in their stories about J.K. Rowling being the new face of the Labour Party after featuring in a Party Political Broadcast. The millionairess was edited out ...1 week ago -
Booking Through Thursday: Looking Forward to Posterity
Bryan's Book Blog —
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Well, another Thursday is upon us, and that means it is time for yet another Booking Through Thursday prompt. What will it be this week, you ask? Here you go… Prompt: Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Brontë, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and ...1 week ago -
Its in the stars ...
What Kate Did Next —
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Do you read horoscopes? When I was at school I remember someone had a well-thumbed copy of Russel Grants Love Stars - we spent hours poring through it, seeing how compatible we all were with the boys we fancied. These days I read the stars each week in the Times, but when I was thinking about this post, I had to laugh ...1 week ago -
JK Rowling becomes new face of Labour’s working class heroes’
Thaindian News —
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London, Nov 19 (ANI): British author J. K. Rowling has become the new face of Labour’s “working class heroes”, in its bid to win back voters.Rowling, 44, who is the creator of the Harry Potter series, was named in a new video released on November 18 designed to show true “Brit grit”, reports the Daily [...]1 week ago -
Film News Roundup – November 2009 – Week 3
(Cool) Shite on the Tube - Film, TV, Comics, Games, Books, Genre Pop Culture. —
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Hollywood’s Favorite Cowboy Author Cormac McCarthy, 76, talked about love, religion, his 11-year-old son, the end of the world and the movie based on his novel ‘The Road.’ He was just getting going. Novelist Cormac McCarthy shuns interviews, but he relishes conversation. Last week, the author sat down on ...1 week ago -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Book Addiction —
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Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Author: J.K. Rowling Published date: July 2007 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Pages: 784 Genre: Children’s/YA Fantasy Source: Personal copy Several months ago I made the decision to reread the entire Harry Potter series even ...1 week ago -
Encountering Harry Potter
Subversive Influence —
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I’m just barely returned from the world of Harry Potter. Having put off reading the books for so long now, I finally gave in and picked up a couple of the books in a used bookstore. After they sat on the shelf for a month or so, I finally started reading. Of course I’ve heard many things about the books, and am ...1 week ago -
Harry Potter Audio Books
Authspot —
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When I first saw it in my down loader I was curious about it. “Audio book – listening instead of reading, well that would be great” – I said in my mind. So, I downloaded it and listened to it. It was good and I love it. A person is reading the whole ...1 week ago -
Why Enid Blytons greatest creation was herself
Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents —
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A new drama reveals how Enid Blyton author of The Famous Five and Noddy books was a ruthless selfpromoter exploiting her own children to further her career.1 week ago -
Will Dumbledore’s gay lover be in HARRY POTTER and the DEATHLY HALLOWS films?
GeekTyrant —
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Back in 2007, it caused quite the controversy when Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said that she envisioned the character of Prof. Dumbledore as gay and that she intended the character of Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to be Dumbledore’s lover. She didn’t specify that in the book, ...2 weeks ago -
Quidditch Goes From Harry Potter to the College Quad
Asylum —
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Filed under: Sports , Weird Stuff , Weird Lets face it -- not everyone is cut out to play football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer or volleyball. Luckily, these days, a college student who wants to participate in a team sport, but whose aptitudes and interests dont gel with the usual ... Read more ...2 weeks ago -
ABC Family to present a Harry Potter weekend December 4-6
Gryffindor Gazette —
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Continuing their tradition of showing Harry Potter movies around Christmas time, ABC Family will present the first four (!!!!) HP movies December 4-6. Oh, but that’s not all: we’re also going to get treated to exclusive footage from “Creating the World of Harry Potter,” an eight-hour documentary series ...2 weeks ago
