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College-aged 'Potter' fans needed for FSU survey
"Desperately seeking Harry Potter readers 18 to 24 years old!" So begins a plea for volunteers to take part in a study seeking to find the reasons why kids who grew up with the book series really read them in the first place (not why adults think they did). Were you were born between 1984 and 1990? Have you read all seven Harry Potter books? Did you first read Harry Potter during or prior to 1999? Are you willing to share your Harry Potter reading adventures, experiences or stories?
Source: HPANA
Posted by Cheeser on Aug 12, 2008 at 1:30 PM

Balmoral Hotel

Hotel suite where Rowling finished 'Potter' available for booking
The suite at Edinburgh's opulent Balmoral Hotel in which JK Rowling penned the final words of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is being offered for booking exclusively through HP Fan Trips the night of the book's release. The 5-star Balmoral has hence refused to divulge the exact room number -- which was incorrectly reported in the media -- except for this special booking.
Source: HP Fan Trips
Posted by Cheeser on Jun 22, 2007 at 1:29 PM

Edward Kern

'Wisdom of Harry Potter' author to offer fall college course
Students at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, will be able to enroll in a course titled "Thinking about Harry Potter" during their fall term next year. Edmund Kern, author of "Harry Potter: What Our Favorite Hero Teaches Us About Moral Choices," will teach the class, which has a prerequisite of reading all 4,000 pages of the series. Students must also apply to join.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Cheeser on May 25, 2007 at 2:39 PM

Meet the new breed of 'adultescents'
Age is no longer a social divide, reports The Observer. Being obsessed with things like Harry Potter is becoming the new trend for people who are determined not to grow up. Books like "Potter" and Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" have helped double the number of adults reading children's books. It seems the youthful, videogaming 20-somethings in the early 1990's are now... youthful, videogaming 30-somethings of the twenty-first century.
Source: Guardian Observer
Posted by Cheeser on Feb 4, 2004 at 1:18 PM

Harry Potter for slightly older folk
HPANA is proud to introduce the all-new Diagon Alley, home to one of the oldest online Harry Potter communities, as our new sister site! Together, we're building a bunch of new resources for the fandom including a complete, canon-based guide to the world of Harry Potter. As sister sites, we're collaborating on several projects we know you'll find to be useful additions to the online HP universe.
Source: Diagon Alley
Posted by Cheeser on Feb 1, 2004 at 1:11 AM

Letters for Harry Potter
What would adults say to the young wizard if they could write him a letter? A research project by a college student aims to find out. The goal is to discuss similarities between the psychological response of adults and children to the novels. "It can be a fan letter, love letter, sympathy letter, anything at all you want it to be," says Danielle, the project's leader.
Source: HP Addicts
Posted by Cheeser on Dec 15, 2003 at 11:56 PM

It's a very 'Harry' White House Christmas
First lady Laura Bush has decorated the White House for Christmas this year with a little Potter flair. The boy wizard is just one literary character featured in the theme of children's stories "that have captured our hearts and shaped American culture." Check out the pictures here!
Source: Tip
Posted by Cheeser on Dec 15, 2003 at 10:46 PM

Harry Potter and the College Credits
A public university in Maryland offers a course on "The Science of Harry Potter."
Source: Netscape.co.uk via Moreover
Posted by rissa on Sep 28, 2003 at 2:07 PM

Adults are spellbound by Harry
The spell JK Rowling's cast amongst the adult readers is the biggest success of the wizard series.
Source: Press of Atlantic City via Wizard News
Posted by eudaemonia on Aug 19, 2003 at 11:45 AM

Adult HP fans not aging gracefully
That's what the fashion experts at 'Esquire' magazine are saying, particularly if you're a man over 30. Their term for the plus-30 Harry Potter crowd? Kid-ults.
Source: This Is London via The Leaky Cauldron
Posted by grae on Aug 13, 2003 at 11:31 AM

Harry Potter gains popularity among college crowd
The average college student will stand in line for very few things: maybe to buy a ticket for their favorite band's concert or something of that sort. A book is not normally among one of these long-awaited things.
Source: Indiana Statesman via Wizard News
Posted on Jul 10, 2003 at 5:27 PM

Nimbus - 2003 scholars by day, wizards by night
Some have suggested that scholarly writings about Harry Potter are simply ways for adults to justify their addiction to kids' books. But even if you accept that premise, it's hard not to be impressed by the sheer volume of intellectual production going on right now because of Harry. Example: The fan symposium set in Florida later this month.
Source: Washington Post
Posted on Jul 1, 2003 at 1:39 PM

Why adults like Potter
BBC has a look at why adults like the Potter series.
Source: The Leaky Cauldron
Posted on Jun 17, 2003 at 7:51 AM

Awaiting the magical moment
The Mercury News reports: "So while adults can appreciate that children who read the books may come away with good values, they are just as eager to read 'The Order of the Phoenix.' Many families are ordering multiple copies -- some to get both a reading copy and the fancier, slipcased collector's edition, but most just because everyone wants to read it at the same time. These are families to whom the Harry Potter movies are just amusing fluff, something to do between rereading the novels. Families who have cookie jars shaped like bags of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans and snow globes with Harry Potter on a broomstick."
Source: iharrypotter.net
Posted on Jun 16, 2003 at 3:28 PM

Harry Potter not just for kids
From LA Daily News: "Publishers and agents still seem somewhat unwilling to admit that the 'over the hill gang' is a viable market source for the 'H.P.' series," Barry said. "They still have it in their heads that these are strictly children's stories. We adult fans know that simply isn't so. Most of us think they will be recognized historically among the classics. They, like all the others, appeal to the child in every adult." These are the words of Nimbus 2003 volunteer Kathryn Barry, who believes the series are just as fit for adults as they are for kids.
Source: iharrypotter.net
Posted on Jun 15, 2003 at 3:54 PM

Adults like it better
The Wausau Daily Herald has an article about an adult fan.
Source: The Leaky Cauldron
Posted on Jun 14, 2003 at 11:37 AM

Harry Potter and the adult fans
The Orlando Sentinel has an article interviewing some college-age Potter fans. Nice to see people catching on that adults DO in fact enjoy the series.
Source: The Leaky Cauldron
Posted on Jun 13, 2003 at 2:47 PM

Harry Potter's 'Phoenix' is perfect symbol of adolescence
As Harry Potter's original fans move into their teen years, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" invokes a powerful symbol of adolescence and rebirth, says a Gettysburg College English professor. "The phoenix and its rebirth provide the perfect metaphor for adolescence. It is the crucible wherein we are transformed from children into adults and wherein we find our true talents. Likewise, the phoenix is reborn through the flames of self-immolation with new and more beautiful plumage."
Source: Ascribe
Posted on Jun 13, 2003 at 2:27 AM

Grownup fans of Harry Potter get beyond prejudices against "children's literature"
The Seattle Times makes mention of both Harry Potter for Grownups and Nimbus 2003, the first "Harry Potter" symposium for adults, which "will be a hybrid of an academic conference with literary presentations and a Star Trek-like convention where participants play a version of Quidditch," in its article about adult fans of what are normally deemed "children's books". Phillip Nel, author of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide, who'll be speaking at Nimbus 2003 was quoted in the story:"Once people get past their prejudices against children's literature, there's a great deal there to enjoy as an adult. There's an assumption that because a book is for children, therefore it can't be as well-written or as interesting. That's not true."
Source: The Leaky Cauldron
Posted on May 18, 2003 at 8:00 PM

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