Convention Alley

Convention Alley was a blast. Welcome to new Hog’s Head readers who have now found the blog through our meeting at Convention Alley. Glad to have you here, and I hope you’ll join the discussion! If you’re a Facebook or Twitter user, we have a Twitter Page and a Facebook Blog Networks page you can join. And, of course, there’s the PubCast.

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To all readers: I was the only one to speak today, so I have no other talks to report on. The discussion on literacy in Harry Potter went very well, and there were lots of great insights afterwards.

Readers should note that logospilgrim’s site is now on the Links page, and thank you, logospilgrim, for the copy of your latest book! I’m looking forward to reading it.

And, of course, it was an excellent time tossing about ideas and theories with John Granger, whose friendship I greatly value. I’m currently reading the “Convention Alley” edition of The Deathly Hallows Lectures, and I’m certain you’ll all want a copy when it’s available.

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Exciting news: In addition to presenting twice at Portus 2008, I’ll be speaking twice, as Keynote Speaker, at Convention Alley in Ottawa, ON, June 19-22. This will be an exciting event, held at the University of Ottawa, which will be a great venue for a Harry Potter conference.

One of the two talks will be on Harry Potter and Literacy (I’ll update this post with the title when I’ve decided on it), and the other I have yet to decide on.

I’m looking forward to seeing my friend John Granger again, as he is also a Keynote Presenter for Convention Alley. I’ll also be liveblogging the event, as well as doing a pubcast from there.

You can register for Convention Alley here. I hope to see you there!

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