by Johnny
From the Scholastic press release:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first book in J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally best-selling series, will be released in a special anniversary edition on September 23, 2008. The book, published by Scholastic, will feature exclusive bonus material from J.K. Rowling as well as new cover art and a four-color [...]

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Commentary on two recent J.K. Rowling interviews.
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Adeel Amini Interview
Q&A at University College Dublin

 

 Hog's Head Pubcast #50: Two J.K. Rowling Interviews [21:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1305)

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I’m going to try to do a special “50th podcast” tomorrow morning commenting on the released texts of two recent J.K. Rowling interviews:
Adeel Amini Interview - We talked about just part of this recently.
Q&A at University College Dublin
If you read these tonight and want to comment for the podcast, do so via E-Owl or Voicemail [...]

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Added:  Poster for Half-Blood Prince (not a very clear picture, as it’s not been actually “released” yet)
Last Harry Potter Film Split into 67 Parts (Spoof)
Brief but poignant observation from John Granger about the story of Rowling’s contemplated suicide.
Get more familiar with Andrew Peterson’s music from these YouTube clips.
Completely not-Potter and non-literature related, but if you’re [...]

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There are a lot of comments I want to make, and later tonight I may modify this post to include them, but for now, I figured I’d just report it: Rowling’s talking about Dumbledore’s sexuality again, and this statement is packed with stuff that is bound to generate an opinion or two (or thirty).
“It is [...]

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Tolkien and Rowling on death; Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo death/resurrection; news and commentary
Update for iTunes subscribers:  I upgraded my podpress software, and in the process there was a bug that kept iTunes from learning there was a new podcast.  The bug should be fixed, and the podcast should be available through iTunes very soon.
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 Hog's Head PubCast #44: Tolkien and Rowling on Death [20:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1482)

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As I write this, there are 169 votes in the Snape poll in the sidebar (the other 900 of you that come each day need to vote, k?), and “Good Snape” is not just winning - it’s annihilating the other two.
Frequent commenter seriously_black has frequently pointed to Snape’s bullying of children. Indeed, in an [...]

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