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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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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by Travis
We’ve been providing news stories this week, and along with the tremendous comments and conversation here, John Granger’s been commenting on the stories as well (he also thinks the new site is great, which we appreciate; stay tuned for one or two more smaller-scale changes that will make a huge difference, we think). [...]

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The alchemical framework of Harry Potter and C.S. Lewis’ “Perelandra.”

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Once you hit page 500 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it would take a heart attack to tear your eyes away from the pages that remain, and even then, you’ll probably be dragged to the cath lab clutching the book in your hands. As soon as the pace picked up around [...]

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