November 7th, 2008 — , PCPL, PotterParties, TalesofBeedletheBard, Tucson from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
My library just published my list of suggested reading while you wait for The Tales of Beedle the Bard to be published, and we’ve got a fabulous cast again for the library’s Potter parties celebrating the book’s publication. No Umbridge for me this tim…
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May 11th, 2008 — , fandom from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
[Note: I am a co-author of the book The Harry Potter Lexicon, but that's not what this post is about. I think there are larger things at stake.]On my last visit, my doctor listened to my update on the book situation and asked me “What is ‘fandom’…
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March 28th, 2008 — , Riikka, Tucson, fanart from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Riikka Jäntti, the Finnish artist behind the Accio Quote! Artwork, is visiting America! She spent a week with us in Tucson where we were blessed with fabulous weather and lots to do.Riikka brought me copies of her delightful book, Nokikätkön ritarit…
Related StoresJanuary 3rd, 2008 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
I have begun a sweep of the character pages, but it is going slowly because it is so complicated. First, old style pages need to be switched to the new design, then double-checked for Book 7, all the old [Y-whatever] dates have to be removed, and then I need to check the page against the [...]
Related StoresJanuary 1st, 2008 — LeakyCauldron, Mugglenet, Rowling, fandom from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Both Mugglenet and The Leaky Cauldron have posted retrospectives of the last ten years. Mugglenet’s is an extensive timeline, and TLC’s is a thrilling movie montage. If they used Accio Quote in their research, I hope it was helpful!Mugglenet Presents….
Related StoresDecember 31st, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
On the whole, the show was lovely, although unlike the famous BBC “Harry Potter and Me” show (Part1 | Part2 | Part3 | Part4 | Part5), there is little new canon.
I think the title is a misnomer. Rather than being entirely about “a year,” we get a nice look at Jo’s roots with highlights of [...]
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December 31st, 2007 — Book7, ITV, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Yesterday’s ITV1 broadcast of “J.K. Rowling, A Year in the Life” is now online for everyone to view! There are a few ads first. Thanks ITV.On the whole I thought the show was lovely, although unlike the famous BBC “Harry Potter and Me” show, th…
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December 31st, 2007 — PotterParties, crafts, library from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I’m always on the lookout for Potter crafts for our library’s Potter parties, so I was very happy to see excellent instructions on DadCanDo.com for making wands out of paper, acrylic paint and glue from a glue gun. These are as good as some wooden wand…
Related StoresDecember 30th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
The third trailer for tomorrow’s ITV1 documentary [TLC YouTube Channel] shows Jo diagramming the family trees for the marriages and children of Harry and his friends. The tree is now on the Lexicon (thanks Mugglenet!) Here is a list of the new canon from the trailer:
The Battle of Hogwarts took place May 2nd.
Bill and Fleur’s [...]
December 30th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
I posted this last night to Accio Quote, and figured it would be of interest here too…
PotterCast 130 (December 17, 2007)
text | audio
Helga Hufflepuff gave the House-elves at Hogwarts “good conditions of work.” Her intent wasn’t to be activist, merely to [...]
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December 29th, 2007 — Rowling, canon, interviews, jkrowling.com from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
The canon summaries for the last several interviews have been posted on the 2007 listing over on Accio Quote!The big news today is that the third trailer for the December 30 ITV documentary contains information on the second generation of Harry’s frien…
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Time Magazine has announced that author J.K. Rowling was a runner-up for the 2007 “Person of the Year.” The current issue of the news magazine has a lengthy article and Jo’s answers to ten questions! So here is the new quotage and canon:”Runner-up: J.K…
Related StoresDecember 18th, 2007 — LeakyCauldron, PotterCast, Rowling, canon, interviews, roonwit from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Roonwit has made a summary of the new canon in the PotterCast interview! Here it is for your reading pleasure…Rowling on PotterCast! The first part of Jo’s PotterCast appearance in now up. There are summaries of what was said below. There are…
Related StoresDecember 18th, 2007 — AccioQuote, redesign from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I want to let all of our readers know that my website Accio Quote! will be changing. Some of the articles will be taken offline, although when possible we will be linking out. This means that for a short time the current search index will be less thoro…
Related StoresDecember 18th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
The Leaky Cauldron has announced that J.K. Rowling will be the featured guest on tomorrow’s PotterCast. Leaky staffers Melissa Anelli, Sue Upton and John Noe were on hand for the first extensive fan interview since 2005. Melissa promises new canon and lots of fun, so stay tuned. Among other things discussed was the missing 24 [...]
Related StoresDecember 16th, 2007 — LeakyCauldron, Rowling, fandom, interviews, jkrowling.com from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Today The Leaky Cauldron announced that J.K. Rowling would be the featured guest on next Tuesday’s PotterCast. Leaky staffers Melissa Anelli, Sue Upton and John Noe were on hand for the first extensive fan interview since 2005. Melissa promises new can…
Related StoresDecember 13th, 2007 — Charity, Rowling, TalesofBeedletheBard from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, translated from the original runes by J.K. Rowling, an entirely handmade book, sold this morning for £1.95 million ($3,985,410 U.S.) in London. The buyer was later announced to be Seattle, Washington-based online merchan…
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November 24th, 2007 — GrandPre, artwork from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Last week I met author/illustrator James A. Owen and he told me about Every Picture Tells a Story, a store in Santa Monica California that sells artwork from children’s books. I found all kinds of wonderful artwork, prints by David Wiesner, Mo Willems…
Related StoresNovember 19th, 2007 — Book7, Rowling, interviews, religion from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
There is a new interview of J.K. Rowling in the newspaper De Volkskrant, her second ever for her Dutch readers. In this interview she talks about her spiritual development, the King’s Cross chapter, and Deathly Hallows meaning and symbolism.I am workin…
Related StoresNovember 4th, 2007 — Charity, Rowling, TalesofBeedletheBard from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Meann has completed two transcripts, one of the BBC Radio broadcast, and one of the BBC’s video of Jo’s announcement. Both reports were by Razia Iqbal, but were edited differently. There is a bit of new information: “The Tales…
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November 1st, 2007 — Charity, Rowling, TalesofBeedletheBard from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
In a surprise announcement, Jo tells us on her website that she wrote The Tales of Beedle the Bard as a thank you gift for 6 people who worked closely with her on the Harry Potter books over the years, and that she will auction the seventh copy off at …
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October 25th, 2007 — Open Book Tour, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
AQ staff Meann and roonwit have created a transcript for the 10/22 press conference in Toronto. Jo had a microphone but the reporters asking the questions did not, so many of the questions were unintelligible. The video for it is here: CBC.ca.Highlight…
Related StoresOctober 24th, 2007 — LeakyCauldron, Open Book Tour, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Here is a list of the new canon from Rowling’s visits to New York and Toronto (except for the Sweepstakes reading at Carnegie Hall, which was posted previously).J. K. Rowling Talks Marriage, Writing and More at Open Book Tour Stop in New York…
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October 21st, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
I’ve been waiting for a full transcript from Leaky, but want to post this list of canon summaries now. I figure I can add to it later. These summaries are actually based upon three sources: TLC, HPANA, and iamstarmoms LiveJournal. All were present at the reading. Please extend Dumbledore-like courtesy to those you disagree with [...]
Related StoresOctober 21st, 2007 — Book7, Open Book Tour, Rowling, canon from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I’ve been waiting for a full transcript from Leaky, but want to post this now. I figure I can add to it later. These summaries are actually based upon three sources: TLC, HPANA, and iamstarmoms LiveJournal. All were present at the reading.Neville marri…
Related StoresOctober 19th, 2007 — Open Book Tour, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I need to leave for dinner, but please wander over to The Leaky Cauldron where they have posted about the wonderful revelations tonight in New York. I am linking you to the text only version because I had trouble getting the regular one to load. Wowow…
Related StoresOctober 19th, 2007 — Book7, Open Book Tour, Rowling, Scholastic, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Bloomberg.com and The Leaky Cauldron have the first two reports on Rowling’s visit to New York this morning (there is another one tonight). It looks like there were some very good questions!
Related StoresOctober 18th, 2007 — Book7, Open Book Tour, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Here are links to the first reports of Rowling’s visit to New Orleans: Times-Picayune (via NOLA.com) Thanks Leaky & roonwit! Daily Comet Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune) WDSU television The Times-Picayune…
Related StoresOctober 18th, 2007 — Book7, Open Book Tour, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Another report of the Press conference in Los Angeles has appeared on hollywood.com. This seems to be a more complete reporting of Jo’s actual words. In addition to what has already been reported, It also contains comments on ho…
Related StoresOctober 18th, 2007 — Rowling, interviews, religion from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Do you remember back in 1999 when Jo said she couldn’t answer the questions about the book’s religious content until the conclusion of book seven? Well, that’s what she did at yesterday’s Los Angeles press conference. Congratulations to MTV wr…
Related StoresOctober 17th, 2007 — MaryGrandPre, Scholastic, illustration from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I will get to today’s MTV article, but first I want to recommend a wonderful, nearly 30 min. video of Mary GrandPré showing a room of Minnesota children how she draws Harry. It is just so awesome to watch his face emerge from the paper, and hear her …
Related StoresOctober 16th, 2007 — Book7, Open Book Tour, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
The first reports are flooding in of Rowling’s reading and question-and-answer session today in Los Angeles. Please beware, most of these articles contain spoilers!MTVLA TimesReutersScholasticAssociated PressABC7.comLeaky Cauldron readersNext stop? New…
Related StoresOctober 15th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
The profiles for Snape, Luna and Voldemort have been updated. Voldemort’s entry is humongous but still good reading, I hope!
I also reworked the main character index page, taking out almost all of the graphics, so hopefully it will load faster.
October 9th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
I’m on a roll. Flitwick, Greyback, Neville, Regulus and Sirius now have updated profiles. That may mean that some of the quick facts still need to be looked at, but the major work of the page — the narrative profiles — has been done. I am especially fond of the profile for Neville. [...]
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October 9th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
Hi everyone,
Today I worked on the character timelines, as they are the backbone for any future work. So far, I have updated:
Dumbledore, Albus
Dursley, Dudley
Malfoy, Draco
Snape, Severus
I also updated Hermione’s page and found a groovy new portrait of Xenophilius Lovegood by Red Scharlach.
In case you’re interested, here are my proofs on dates for the Dumbledore [...]
Continue reading → More character updates, and my notes on dates for the Dumbledores
October 8th, 2007 — Rowling, greyhounds from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Wow! I never expected this! The Herald (Glasgow) is reporting that author J.K. Rowling has adopted a 4-year-old retired racing greyhound. In an interview, kennel owner Celia Fernie says…At the bottom of a cheque for £1000 was the signature million…
Related StoresOctober 7th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
I have been working on several entries at once, and think they are ready to be published. Some are brand new pages: The Carrows, Dumbledore profile (not the Quick Facts yet), Pius Thicknesse, Vincent Crabbe, and Kingsley Shacklebolt. Others were older pages that I (and others like Steve) revised for book 7: The Crouches, [...]
Related StoresSeptember 23rd, 2007 — Book7, Open Book Tour, Raincoast, Rowling, Scholastic, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Raincoast Books has announced that J.K. Rowling will make an appearance at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre on October 23rd to do a reading, a question-and-answer session (yes!) and then sign books. This event will follow the three previously announced …
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September 23rd, 2007 — AccioQuote, Book7, John Granger, Prophecy2007 from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I figured I had better post before people start thinking that my Potter break turned into a Sabbatical!The hiatus was lovely! My husband and I went on hikes, got housework done, I worked on a new version of the family website, and just relaxed. Prophec…
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Steve, Bel, Paula and I will be at Prophecy this week; if you see us wave Hi! If you’re wondering why my character pages are stuck in a time warp, well, that’s why. Steve has three presentations this week:
Playing in Jo’s World
Spend a little time looking at this magical world that Jo created … and [...]
July 29th, 2007 — John Granger, Prophecy2007, Steve, fandom from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I’m flying to Buffalo on Monday to meet up with Belinda (LexiconBel) and her daughter Trish and then we will drive to Toronto together for Prophecy. Yeah! I’m looking forward to seeing friends old and new, the IMAX show, the Grand Ball, and these pres…
Related StoresJuly 28th, 2007 — Book7, NBC, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
We now have the transcript for the second part of the NBC Today Show interview, this one prepared by AQ staffer Meann. In this part of the interview Vieira and Rowling talk about the influence Jo’s mother’s death had on the bo…
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July 28th, 2007 — Book7, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
AQ staffer Jules has finished a full transcript of yesterday’s Today Show interview. This was trickier than usual because NBC released 2 videos with slightly different content. Our transcript contains everything. Thanks Jules!Here are the canon summari…
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July 26th, 2007 — Book7, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
The first part of the NBC Today interview of J.K. Rowling with Meredith Vieira and some fans is now online in video form at the MSNBC website, and a text report containing much of the same information is available here. Thi…
Related StoresJuly 26th, 2007 — Humor, Pottermania from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Unshelved, the comic strip set in a library (and the creators of the “Pimp My Bookcart” contest), is doing a series of Potter strips this week. This one is my is my favorite.
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July 26th, 2007 — Book7, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
USAToday has published a new interview with J.K. Rowling, “A Fond Look Back at Harry.” There are no spoilers — as long as you don’t follow the cut to a second page. No new canon, but she talks a bit about what she’s writing now and why she thinks she …
Related StoresJuly 25th, 2007 — Book7, Lisa, predictions from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I was going back through old posts and realized that this blog turned one year old on Monday, July 23rd! My first post was a prediction about Book 7, so I thought to celebrate I would make a list of my posts that had predictions in them. I was usually …
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