I suggested, upon hearing the news of the delay of the Half-Blood Prince movie, that the only silver lining to the news would be for Azkatraz 2009 attendees.  The LA Times got a note from a member of Team Azkatraz, Heidi Tandy, saying that very thing.  There is no way they’ll be able to accommodate everyone [...]

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Despite the fact that the supposed next big Potter event - the release of the Half-Blood Prince film - has been delayed till next summer, the Potterverse will be alive and kicking, with lots of key events, until that film release.  Here’s a breakdown, in as close to chronological order as possible.  Consider this your magical [...]

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Convention Alley 2008 summary thoughts; George MacDonald; voicemail and E-Owls
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I’m working on PubCast #53, and it should be posted tomorrow.
In the meantime, I conducted an email interview with the Chair of Public Relations for Portus 2008, Aziza Aba Butain.  I had to cut part of the interview from the Suite101.com article, so I’ve included that part below.  It’s some interesting insight into what goes [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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