Harry Potter artist has Iowa show
The News Review:
- Harry Potter artist has Iowa show
- ‘Twilight,’ ‘The Road,’ will beat next Harry Potter to movie screen
- The Great Pretender
- Harry Potter fest at United Methodist Church Saturday
- Environmentalists cry foul about pollution
- Hogwarts at Hamilton Brings Harry Potter Books to Life
Harry Potter artist has Iowa show
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA
Rowling’s phenomenally popular series, its success allowed the artist to explore other projects, including illustrations for Time, Atlantic Monthly and the DreamWorks movies “Antz” and “Ice Age. ” Her work also appears in various children’s books, including “The House of Wisdom” (1999), “Once Upon a Fairy Tale (2001), “The Sea Chest” (2002) and “Sweep Dreams” (2005). Some of that non-Harry work will be part of the Cedar Rapids show, but there will be plenty for Potter fans, too. They can pore over the drawings GrandPr?ased on the manuscripts she had a chance to read while the whole world waited. “It’s all very secretive,” she said. “I get a phone call, then a day later a man with a mask appears with a package on my doorstep. Sometimes it’s an old man, sometimes a young man.
‘Twilight,’ ‘The Road,’ will beat next Harry Potter to movie screen
LubbockOnline.com, TX
I should have done my wife, and myself, a favor: put down the last heavy-enough-to-be-a-doorstop book in the series and turned off the reading lamp. Rowling and the subject was Harry Potter. Rowling also is no McCarthy. But at least I became hooked on the Potter series, both the novels and the films they inspired.
The Great Pretender
The Times, South Africa
Stephenie Meyer wants you to believe she’s nothing more than a stay-at- home American mom who got lucky one night when she decided to write down a vivid dream she’d had — about a vampire who falls in love with an ordinary (human) teenage girl. Meyer’s publicists would like you to think of her as the next JK Rowling, heir apparent to the magical kingdom of fantasy fiction for young adults. “Move over Harry Potter,” trumpets the blurb on the back of Meyer’s latest book, just in case you missed the gushing profile that appeared in Time magazine earlier this year (‘Stephenie Meyer: A New JK Rowling?’), where Lev Grossman wrote: “There’s no literary term for the quality Twilight and Harry Potter (and The Lord of the Rings) share, but you know it when you see it. ” Gosh — could Meyer be the next Tolkien, too?
As it happens, there’s a war of succession over who gets to wear Rowling’s crown. It’s been 14 months since the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and publishers and booksellers are eager to fill the void left behind when Harry, Ron and Hermione finally sorted out old He-Who-Must- Not-Be-Named. Any connection — no matter how tenuous — to Harry Potter or, indeed, Rowling’s own story, is exploited in a blatant attempt to drive sales. A new children’s adventure series, The 39 Clues, is being touted as “the next Harry Potter” because its central characters are a pair of orphans.
Harry Potter fest at United Methodist Church Saturday
Wicked Local Quincy, USA
Saturday at the church, 40 Beale St. The building will be transformed into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the day. This is the fourth year the church has celebrated the Potter books and every year with a new theme.
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Environmentalists cry foul about pollution
Times of India, India
The fireworks being bought off store shelves today have names like Harry
Potter, Superman and Spiderman, a far cry from the Laxmi and Krishna bombs that
were known for their big, loud bangs. While environmentalists cry
hoarse about air and noise pollution, the enthusiasm to light up the sky and
neighbourhood during Diwali remains strong as ever. The new names
reflect the changing tastes of kids and even adults. “People, particularly
today’s children, identify more with names like Harry Potter and Spiderman,”
says a fireworks dealer in Khar. An array of cracker guns of all
sizes, especially resembling the ones wielded by GI Joe toys, line most
fireworks shops.
Hogwarts at Hamilton Brings Harry Potter Books to Life
Hamilton College News, NY
"Hogwarts at Hamilton," an event sponsored by the College and organized by student actors and actresses, transforms Emerson Hall into a magical place of spells and potions. Admission is free to the public; however, any donations the club receives directly support the Kirkland Town Library. The event consists of tours given every hour, from 6-11 p. Visitors are accompanied by a character from the Harry Potter books who bring them to different classes, where students perform improvisational skits. Children and families may also relax with characters mingling in the common rooms or outside. "Hogwarts at Hamilton" encourages literacy and a passion for reading.