For the standard edition:

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by Travis
I decided this deserved its own post.
Exciting news: Amazon is selling copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, available for pre-order!  (If you decide to order a copy, please do so by clicking to it from this site; that way, you can support The Hog’s Head at the same time!)  Proceeds go to [...]

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Today is the birthday of our favorite author and her story’s hero.  Happy Birthday to J.K. Rowling and to Harry Potter! 
Exciting news: Amazon is selling copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, available for pre-order!  (If you decide to order a copy, please do so by clicking to it from this site; that way, [...]

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Want to download the Half-Blood Prince Teaser Trailer?  HPANA has the links!

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Several thousand people have found this site in the past couple days as a result of searching for the Half-Blood Prince trailer.  Welcome!  The trailer can be found here. 
If you’re new to the site, feel free to check out this welcome post.  Also, you might be interested in our free monthly giveaways.  Our giveaway for [...]

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by Johnny
The trailer was released on MSN Video just after 8 p.m. and of course is on YouTube.  You can download a bigger, higher-resolution version of it here at AOL.  Be sure to vote in the poll (on the sidebar to the right) and share your thoughts in the comments.  Enjoy:

What do you think of the trailer?   [...]

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Update 2: I took down the poll and its post until the Half-Blood Prince trailer is released.
Update: Another image, this one of Dumbledore and some fire - probably in the cave?

HPANA reports the release of an image of young Tom Riddle from the trailer for Half-Blood Prince to be released tonight at 9pm EST on AOL.com. [...]

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It should be a fun forthcoming week in Harry Potter’s world.
Tuesday, the 29th, the Half-Blood Prince Trailer will be appearing exclusively on AOL.  It will be our first live-action look at the new film.  I really enjoyed what Yates did with Order of the Phoenix, but I have to admit I’m a bit nervous about this [...]

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Jim Dale press conference from Portus 2008
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Jim Dale’s website
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by Travis
Update:  HPANA reports that it will probably be online Tuesday, so we won’t even have to wait for The Mummy.
Reports today confirm the speculations of commenter Victoria that the first official Half-Blood Prince trailer will be released prior to The Mummy III on Thursday evening.
I can’t see myself paying for a Brendan Fraser movie just [...]

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by Travis
Earlier, there was a Death Eater attack on this blog, and it was down for some time.  Sorry ’bout that!  We’re back up and running, and I’ve added a new feature which should make following conversations a bit easier for some.  You’ve always been able to subscribe to all comments if you’d like, by putting [...]

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by Travis

My review of Portus 2008
John Granger on Potter and medieval studies
Dark Knight fans: If you haven’t read Dave’s post on Joker and Voldemort yet, you should
Dark Knight fans (again): Here are two opposite perspectives on the film - Brant Hansen thinks it’s evidence of the utter boredom of our culture; Jeffrey Overstreet thinks it’s [...]

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by Travis
What were you doing at this time last year?  You were reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  I remember dropping Sophia off with Tricia’s mom and heading to the park on two hours’ sleep (I had read until 5am), and then reading all day long.  
Today marks the anniversary of the release of Deathly [...]

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Portus 2008; July giveaway winner announced; shout-out to my Portus peeps
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Portus People: Greg and Penny (HP Progs)
Portus People: Dave and Leanne (ChristianAudio.com and GuyNamedDave)
Portus People: David and Toni (HP [...]

 

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By Matthew
Please do yourself a very big service and download B.J. Harrison’s reading of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles while it is still available.
It is in six parts and I have been waiting eagerly each week for the next episode. I love to listen to it while having a daily constitutional.  [...]

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