Another article that was lost yesterday. Universal has released an official video from the Grand Opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Watch the video below.
Universal has released two photos of JK Rowling touring the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park escorted by Mark Woodbury, president of Universal Creative. The photos can be seen in our gallery!
MediaBistro is reporting that the Harry Potter books MAY be released in e-book form!
As the iPad and iBookstore launches in the UK, the agency representing bestselling Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has said they are exploring eBook options for the beloved series–possibly taking off one of the most prominent global authors off the No eBooks list.
Rowling has held a spot on eBookNewser’s list of readers’ favorite authors who are lacking eBook versions.
Here’s more from The Bookseller: “Neil Blair, partner at the Christopher Little Agency (CLA) which represents Rowling, said the agency was ‘currently considering all the options and opportunities that this evolving space provides.’ The agency was ‘actively’ looking, whereas previously it had just been ‘monitoring the developing area,’ he said.”
Lumos, the charitable organization co-founded by J. K. Rowling, has organized a campaign that will take place on International Children’s Day. Some more information on the Light a Birthday Candle for Lumos Campaign may be read below:
On International Children’s Day this year (1 June 2010), Lumos is asking people to light a birthday candle for thousands of children in large residential institutions who are unable to celebrate their birthdays.
Year after year, the staff looking after children in these institutions across central and eastern Europe cannot give them the one-to-one attention that they so desperately need. That is why 1 June, International Children’s Day, is often chosen as a day to celebrate birthdays, however the notion of a child’s individuality is lost – with many children never knowing their actual birth date. The Light a Birthday Candle for Lumos campaign will encourage families, friends, employees and community groups to raise vital funds by hosting a ‘birthday’ party and lighting a candle.
For full information on how to become involved in this campaign, and donate to the cause, please visit www.lumos.co.uk.
Harry Potter illustrator Mary GrandPre has done 3 Harry Potter sketches inside Harry Potter books that JK Rowling has signed for a charity auction to benefit Mission Education. “The auction packages will consist of four signed Harry Potter books donated by Shelby Hill, 18, who acquired them when she won a contest to meet J.K. Rowling back in 2000. Three of the books will also include a unique Harry Potter sketch by illustrator Mary GrandPré.” Each Harry Potter book package is currently planned to include:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Collector’s Edition (First Edition) signed by J.K. Rowling and Mary GrandPré, with a unique sketch by GrandPré.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First Edition) signed by J.K. Rowling and Mary GrandPré, with a unique sketch by GrandPré.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone signed by J.K. Rowling and Mary GrandPré, with a unique sketch by GrandPré.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban signed by J.K. Rowling. This book is unique because not only is it signed by Rowling, but Rowling didn’t seem to know where Shelby got that version of the book from, so she scribbled a note asking her where she got it above her signature.
Harry Potter wands
Chocolate Frogs
The books will be auctioned off in June. To learn more about the charity, click here.
JK Rowling has made Forbe’s list of World’s Richest Moms.
Joanne (JK) Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book franchise, has told the story of her difficult days in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she had moved with her first child after a painful divorce to be near her sister. Rowling now has two more children with her current husband. The advance from the manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which she wrote in cafes in Edinburgh, paid rent on the meager flat she shared with her first child while they were subsisting on welfare.
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