EA’s official website has been updated to include a list of actors who lent their voices to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows video game.  The list of actors is as follows: Rupert Grint, James and Oliver Phelps, Tom Felton, Dave Legeno (Fenrir Greyback), Alfie Enoch (Dean Thomas), Warwick Davis (Griphook), Toby Jones (Dobby), Simon McBurney (Kreacher), and Evanna Lynch.  You can preorder the video game at the following links:

• Wii
• PS3
• XBOX360
• Nintendo DS
• PC

Thanks SS!

Bonnie is on the cover of the new issue of ASOS magazine! Thanks to BWO we have a high resolution scan of the cover where Bonnie is wearing a Camel colored dress (which is very in this season).

New Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows promotional photos have appeared online!  You can view all three new photos here in the gallery!

People Tree have released photos and a video promoting Emma Watson’s A/W line through their press site.  There is also a very long interview with Emma and  message from her.  Some items from the collection area also for sale by going to this link (you’ll have to search around to find them).

Following my summer collection for People Tree, I wanted to visit Bangladesh with Safia to see the difference Fair Trade makes.

The contrast between the slums in Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh) where the people who work in the garment factories live and Swallows (the Fair Trade community supported by People Tree) was all too apparent.

You can read a short interview of my thoughts on the trip below, but I still find it hard to convey what Fair Trade means to those producing our fashion – it’s just so impressive to see how the women have used Fair Trade clothing to escape poverty and empower themselves and their children. I was very moved and inspired.

Although I wasn’t centrally involved in the design of this collection, I had great fun in helping Safia select some gorgeous Fair Trade textiles – a dogtooth hand woven check, cable knits, soft organic jerseys and the first Fair Trade hand woven brushed checked fabric which has been made into easy tulip skirts, dresses and shirts.

There are even a few party dresses, such as the little black satin tulip dress which can be dressed up or down to suit any occasion! I have picked out some of my favourite pieces which I have modelled for People Tree.

I want to congratulate People Tree on this new range and really hope people continue to buy these clothes and to support their great work in the promotion of Fair Trade.

Love Emma xx

Last week the publishers of The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy kindly sent me a copy of their soon to be released book for me to read and review.  I read half of it on Saturday, then life took its toll so I wasn’t able to finish until tonight.  This book explores many of the themes that are present in the Harry Potter books, such as morality, choice, freedom, racism, love and the soul in a fun way by relating them to Harry Potter.

I pretty much enjoyed the whole book. There were, however, a few chapters that I did not enjoy that much only because I felt like the author was trying to make a whole chapter out of something that did not really need explanation. For example, the chapter entitled Sirius Black: Man or Dog?” seemed a bit unnecessary, but I will let other readers decide that for themselves. On the other side of the spectrum there were a few chapters that I absolutely LOVED.  One of these such chapters was “Choosing Love: The Redemption of Severus Snape.” Snape is definitely a favorite character of mine and this chapter did a great way of showing all that he did for Harry and the reasons why he did it.  Another chapter I enjoyed was “Dumbledore, Plato, and The Lust for Power” because it shows us how Harry has qualities that even Dumbledore didn’t have.  I won’t say much more than this because I want you all to be able to enjoy the book for yourselves, but I definitely recommend it.  It has earned its place in my Harry Potter collection.

I will point out that if you don’t like philosophy, religion and other political issues then this book is not for you.  But if you don’t mind reading about other peoples views on controversial topics you will definitely enjoy this book.

The book even pointed out a few things that I, a Harry Potter encyclopedia as some friends call me, had never noticed before.  So that is definitely a bonus!  Most of the contributors for this book definitely know their Potter and it shows in their understanding and love of JK Rowling’s wonderful world. There are a lot of Harry Potter companion books out there and a lot of them don’t know a hippogriff from a flobberworm, but these authors (for the most part) know what they’re talking about.

The book will be released this September and you can pre-order it over at Amazon.com, and I recommend that you do!

Videos from Rupert Grint’s appearance at an Apple store in London yesterday are now online.  At the event Rupert discussed Harry Potter, Leavesden Studios and more!

Thanks to SS for the videos!