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EW's 1,000th issue

'Goblet of Fire' included in EW's 'New Classics Books' list  
With the 1,000th issue of "Entertainment Weekly" on newsstands today, the "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" book is included at the number 2 spot on their 'New Classics Books' list.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Posted by Geri on Jun 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM

Kids' Choice Awards 2008

'Harry Potter' series wins at Kids' Choice Awards  
Tonight, Nickelodeon held their annual Kids' Choice Awards, and the 'Harry Potter' series has won the "Favorite Book" category.
Source: Nick.com via The Leaky Cauldron
Posted by Prof. Dish on Mar 29, 2008 at 10:46 PM

'Potter' series

Australian kids love the 'Potter' books  
For the second time in three years the "Harry Potter" books have been voted in the top spot in Angus & Robertson's Top 50 book poll. The poll, taken by kids aged from five to 17 were given a month to vote online, in store and through their schools for their all-time favourite books, with the Roald Dahl stories, in second place.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Mar 19, 2008 at 7:52 AM

'Harry Potter' included in 'Details' magazine 'Power & Influence' issue  
The December issue of 'Details' magazine, titled the 'Power and Influence' issue, includes a list of the year's top 50 most influential men under 45 and at the 41 is fictional character "Harry Potter."
Source: News Tip
Posted by Geri on Nov 27, 2007 at 6:30 PM

JK Rowling

A walk down 'Harry Potter' lane with a Scottish reporter  
With just about three weeks to go till the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" we have a new article from a reporter who was one of the first to interview the author, JK Rowling, on what has now become a worldwide phenomenon. The reporter reminisces on meeting JK before the publication of the books, mentions the good and bad publicity and how JK turned the tables on the press. There are also a few lines from three fans that met JK over 10 years ago when she visited their school as a completely unknown author.
Source: Glasgow Herald
Posted by Geri on Jun 29, 2007 at 7:36 PM

Teenage Rowling was 'extremely intelligent'  
A Minnesota educator reminisces about his days as a foreign student teacher in the UK, when 13-year-old Joanne Rowling was a pupil: "I was contacted by the teachers in England who I had stayed with, and they told me that the Harry Potter author had gone to Wyedean at the same time I was there and perhaps I knew her," Neuschwander said. It turns out he had.
Source: TwinCities.com
Posted by Cheeser on May 4, 2007 at 5:34 AM

Barry Cunningham

The man who discovered 'Potter' gives his reasons    
Recently Barry Cunningham, the publisher of the "Chicken House" children's books and the founding publisher of Bloomsbury Children's Books in the UK was asked about what guided his decision-making in choosing the "Harry Potter" series and stated: "I choose books purely based on what I believe children will react to. If you carry the child within you, that's what works."
Source: CNN Money via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on May 31, 2006 at 8:08 PM

'Potter' reigns supreme in Australia  
Over 23,000 readers, aged five to 17, voted the "Harry Potter" series as their favorite book in a poll in Australia.
Source: Herald Sun via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on May 15, 2006 at 7:27 PM

'Harry Potter' entertains

Potter's one of CNN's Top 25 Entertaining Moments  
What do independent movies, Tupac Shakur and Harry Potter have in common? They have just made the list of CNN's Top 25 Entertaining Moments of the Last 25 Years.
Source: CNN via MuggleNet
Posted by eudaemonia on Dec 11, 2005 at 2:35 AM

Potter named 'best fantasy hero' in the UK  
A poll conducted to mark the UK's Sci-Fi Channel's 10th anniversay has named "Harry Potter" the greatest screen fantasy hero of all time. Potter beat out Spiderman, Doctor Who, Han Solo, Neo from The Matrix, Spock, Yoda and Batman.
Source: BBC
Posted by Geri on Oct 31, 2005 at 9:43 PM

Potter sales top 300 million worldwide  
JK Rowling's agent, Christopher Little, reports today that 300 million copies of the "Harry Potter" books have been sold worldwide. More than one-third of all copies were sold in America and the books have been translated into 63 languages, the latest one being Farsi.
Source: CBBC Newsround
Posted by Geri on Oct 4, 2005 at 8:51 AM

Kid's vote Harry Potter 'most imaginative'  
In a opinion survey of 700 10-to-13-year-old kids the Harry Potter books were voted the most imaginative kids' stories for the Prince of Wales Arts & Kids Foundation's StoryQuest storytelling festival in the UK.
Source: CBBC Newsround via Wizard News
Posted by Geri on Oct 8, 2004 at 12:07 PM

JK's statue?

Rowling being considered for 'modern-day hero' statue    
The author who has been credited with turning on an entire generation of kids (and adults) to reading with her boy wizard series "Harry Potter" is being considered for an unusual honor: JK Rowling is one candidate for a statue to celebrate Edinburgh's "modern-day heroes." Her books, which in a study released by the American Library Association are among the most re-read fiction, have sold over 260 million copies worldwide.
Source: Various
Posted by Cheeser on Aug 16, 2004 at 10:28 PM

Potter 'therapy' urged for kids  
A Canadian psychologist from Edmonton wants teachers to know that Harry Potter therapy can offer positive role models to students who are angry, depressed or over-anxious about tests.
Source: Canada.com via The Leaky Cauldron
Posted by Geri on Feb 7, 2004 at 9:01 AM

Rowling set to win adult book prize  
JK Rowling seems set to win the only literary success which has so far eluded her - her first adult book prize. Her latest book, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was shortlisted for the fiction section of the WH Smith book awards.
Source: The Guardian
Posted by Geri on Jan 13, 2004 at 9:34 PM

Remembering the great Byatt debate  
On the final day of 2003, Slate published a small recap of events started by literary critic A.S. Byatt's scathing July review of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." In what Salon called a "goblet of bile," Byatt opined that JK Rowling's enormously popular series was written for "people whose imaginative lives are confined to TV cartoons." Her comments touched off a lively and very heated counteroffensive in the HP community.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Cheeser on Jan 13, 2004 at 4:12 PM

Harry Potter tops 2003 end-of-year lists  
USA Today puts the wizard-in-training at number seven on their Top 100 People of 2003 list, and Blockbuster has announced "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" was their #4 bestselling DVD of the year, topped only by "Finding Nemo," the second "Lord of the Rings" film and "Pirates of the Carribbean."
Source: Various via Wizard News
Posted by Cheeser on Dec 17, 2003 at 12:36 PM

Rowling and Potter magic, a muse to Nokia chief    
Dr. Yrjo Neuvo, the Chief Technical Officer of Nokia, looks to the magic of JK Rowling's books for inspiration on future mobile (cellular) phones.
Source: BBC
Posted by eudaemonia on Oct 28, 2003 at 11:32 AM

JK spots Harry's twin while in Spain  
While in Spain to accept the 2003 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, JK Rowling made one 8-year old boy's day when she told him he looked just like Harry Potter.
Source: ExpresoHogwarts.com via Wizard News
Posted by grae on Oct 27, 2003 at 2:29 PM

J.K. Rowling's Prince of Asturias acceptance speech  
JK Rowling's acceptance speech at the 2003 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord is now available online.
Source: FPA Channel via The Leaky Cauldron
Posted by grae on Oct 24, 2003 at 6:06 PM