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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 Hog's Head PubCast #56: Jim Dale Press Conference [26:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (600)

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

 

 Hog's Head PubCast #55: Post Portus Podcast [22:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (639)

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My camera’s zoom doesn’t work, so I wasn’t able to get many good pictures from Portus.  I’ll update this post as I find good Portus pictures from various Harry Potter fansites.
Portus Pictures

Me and Penny on the Podcasting Panel
Half of the Panel and the other half
Jim Dale presentation
Jim Dale at Private Press Meeting (which I attended)

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This will actually be the last Portus update, since I’m flying out too early tomorrow to make it to any of the closing events.  I’ll be writing more on Portus, podcasting, and doing an essay or two at Suite101.  For now, just a few quick updates.
Though I’m convinced of the Christian reading of “King’s Cross,” [...]

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This morning, I got up early enough to make it to the hotel for a small press gathering with Jim Dale.  In the next week or so, I’ll do a podcast with audio clips and reflections on that.  His talk was excellent; he’s a very engaging speaker.
My second talk went well, I think.  ”Hogwarts, A [...]

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Today was an excellent day at Portus 2008!  I attended two roundtable discussions led by Penny of HP Progs, and they were both stellar.  Well done, Penny!  David Gras of Harry Potter Fan Zone led a discussion on the way both Lewis and Rowling include pagan elements in their stories in a way that “bridges [...]

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Just the opening ceremonies tonight. I basically wandered around aimlessly until I ran into Greg and Penny, and then David and his wife (from HP Fan Zone), Karen Kebarle (whom I met at Convention Alley), and Dave and Leanne Bruno.  It was an enjoyable night catching up with these friends.
I’m really tired.  I slept from [...]

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I’m scrambling to get everything packed and ready before waking up at 3am to drive to a friend’s house in Buffalo, who will drive me to the airport, from whence I will fly to Dallas for Portus 2008 (you can still register for the whole conference or day passes!).  Elvendorks from all around will gather [...]

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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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