Harry Potter
News articles and informaion on Harry Potter series of books and movies.Harry Potter, the wizard boy, is a phenomena, he is the hero of the series of books created by British author J. K. Rowling. She has written seven books, which have translated into forty-seven languages, including ancient Greek. The books are -
The first story opens with the apparent end of the reign of the evil Voldemort, by the seemingly magical young baby called Harry Potter, the only child of James and Lily Potter. The wizard Albus Dumbledore, for safekeeping, delivers the boy to his aunt’s house. These are Harry Potter’s cruel non-magical relatives, the Dursleys. The first 12 years of the boy are miserable; finally, the gamekeeper Hagrid, with who he shares a wonderful relationship, delivers him to Hogwarts, the wizard school.
Dumbledore the school’s well-reputed principal, a mighty wizard, becomes his mentor. Here he meets Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, who become his best friends. He also meets Draco Malfoy, who becomes a part of the plot that plans his downfall. The entire story takes place in the wizard world, so different from “muggle” or normal non-wizard world. The evil Lord Voldemort resurrects himself over the series of the six books and the world is in peril, only Harry Potter, with the help of his friends can stop him. This is traditional tale of good verses evil, yet it understands the imperfect world that children live in, full of deceit, racism, fights on supremacy, and other such evils. On the other hand, there is true friendship, love, courage, the discipline of schooling, loyalty and so much more.
Most of the stories take place in the Hogwarts Wizarding School, a world inhabited by wizards and witches, ghosts, centaurs, unicorns, and even some trolls and demons, owls and other non-magical and magical creatures add color. This world is very much a part of this earth, where the magical and non-magical co-exist. Here students are chosen for their wizard abilities and even “muggles” are chosen, if they display the attributes. Both Harry’s mother and Hermione Granger are muggles who make excellent witches. Hogwarts is a castle, full of spells and happenings, controlled ably by Albus Dumbledore. He guides with wisdom and affection. One of the main teacher’s, Severus Snape, one of the best wizards, was an enemy of Harry’s parents and he resists the young boy in school. Yet he is forced to protect the boy, his character unfolds in different shades over the next six books.
Through the six books complications arise, the plot gets thicker and finally things come to a head, finally it is clear that Harry Potter will now have to stand face to face with the evil force of Lord Voldemort alone.
The seventh book where this story will unfold is awaited; debates are raging across the internet, on the fate of the hero, Harry Potter.
There have been four highly successful Harry Potter films. The first two films were directed by Chris Columbus, the third was directed by Alfonso Cuarón, while the fourth was by Mike Newell. The fifth is still under production and is being directed by David Yates.
Harry Potter series of books has also resulted in many spins offs, computer games, clothing merchandise, and more. J. K. Rowling, the creator of the series, has received many awards and much praise from fellow writers like Stephen King. She had written the first book under very adverse circumstances, a single mother, with very little money and a baby to take off. Today she is one of the most powerful names in publishing.
Harry Potter series of books will last forever, and providing joy to the readers of the future.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone or the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
The first story opens with the apparent end of the reign of the evil Voldemort, by the seemingly magical young baby called Harry Potter, the only child of James and Lily Potter. The wizard Albus Dumbledore, for safekeeping, delivers the boy to his aunt’s house. These are Harry Potter’s cruel non-magical relatives, the Dursleys. The first 12 years of the boy are miserable; finally, the gamekeeper Hagrid, with who he shares a wonderful relationship, delivers him to Hogwarts, the wizard school.
Dumbledore the school’s well-reputed principal, a mighty wizard, becomes his mentor. Here he meets Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, who become his best friends. He also meets Draco Malfoy, who becomes a part of the plot that plans his downfall. The entire story takes place in the wizard world, so different from “muggle” or normal non-wizard world. The evil Lord Voldemort resurrects himself over the series of the six books and the world is in peril, only Harry Potter, with the help of his friends can stop him. This is traditional tale of good verses evil, yet it understands the imperfect world that children live in, full of deceit, racism, fights on supremacy, and other such evils. On the other hand, there is true friendship, love, courage, the discipline of schooling, loyalty and so much more.
Most of the stories take place in the Hogwarts Wizarding School, a world inhabited by wizards and witches, ghosts, centaurs, unicorns, and even some trolls and demons, owls and other non-magical and magical creatures add color. This world is very much a part of this earth, where the magical and non-magical co-exist. Here students are chosen for their wizard abilities and even “muggles” are chosen, if they display the attributes. Both Harry’s mother and Hermione Granger are muggles who make excellent witches. Hogwarts is a castle, full of spells and happenings, controlled ably by Albus Dumbledore. He guides with wisdom and affection. One of the main teacher’s, Severus Snape, one of the best wizards, was an enemy of Harry’s parents and he resists the young boy in school. Yet he is forced to protect the boy, his character unfolds in different shades over the next six books.
Through the six books complications arise, the plot gets thicker and finally things come to a head, finally it is clear that Harry Potter will now have to stand face to face with the evil force of Lord Voldemort alone.
The seventh book where this story will unfold is awaited; debates are raging across the internet, on the fate of the hero, Harry Potter.
There have been four highly successful Harry Potter films. The first two films were directed by Chris Columbus, the third was directed by Alfonso Cuarón, while the fourth was by Mike Newell. The fifth is still under production and is being directed by David Yates.
Harry Potter series of books has also resulted in many spins offs, computer games, clothing merchandise, and more. J. K. Rowling, the creator of the series, has received many awards and much praise from fellow writers like Stephen King. She had written the first book under very adverse circumstances, a single mother, with very little money and a baby to take off. Today she is one of the most powerful names in publishing.
Harry Potter series of books will last forever, and providing joy to the readers of the future.
Imagination in a Post-Harry Potter World
Writing is not a high art form or a talent based endeavor. It is an innate ability born into humanity and it deserves to be explored. Everyone should write a novel, for no other reason but that they can.
J.K. Rowling Mourns End of Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, billionaire author of the Harry Potter series, relayed in a Today interview on Tuesday that she mourns the end of the Harry Potter Series.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Complete Facts Till Now
So, the smoke has lifted a little, and now we have time to actually breathe and get to what happens in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Here Goes...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Facts Till Now
It's that time of the year when the world stops spinning and Pottermania takes over everything logical. From intellectuals to wannabes, everyone's reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Here's what one them has found out - Till Now.
Harry Potter – Who Benefits? Lasting effects of a mega franchise
Harry Potter has enjoyed nearly a decade of unprecedented world-wide success that no other series of Young Adult novels ever has or likely ever will. What happens now as the final novel finally arrives next month and the YA-Fantasy hurrah finally starts to die down?
Harry Potter Book 7 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The count down has began…Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the 7th and final book in Harry Potter series is set to release of 21st July. Fast, dark, exciting gripping story with tightly plotted incidence has been the characteristic features of J. K . Rowling’s ink.
Rowling Says Last Book May Say Farewell to Harry
Author J.K. Rowling said Monday that at least two characters will die in the final Harry Potter book, and one of them may even be Harry himself.
J. K. Rowling Working on Final Harry Potter with Mixed Feelings
Author J. K. Rowling told reporters earlier this year that she had feelings of both excitement and dread about getting started on the last book in the Harry Potter series that has won her literary immortality. Potter fans the world over share those feelings as the book takes shape.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
In the fifth installment of her wildly popular "Harry Potter" series, author J.K. Rowling brings us her longest, darkest and emotionally messiest story yet.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry is back and in fine form in the third installment of his adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Rowling proves that she has plenty of tricks left up her sleeve in this third Harry Potter adventure, set once again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
There's something magical about Harry. This magic has very little to do with the fictional magic that Scottish author J.K. Rowling has woven into her four books to date.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS By J.K. Rowling Scholastic Press 342 pp., $17.95 Ages 8 and up A book by J.K. Rowling is almost as much cause for rejoicing as the discovery of an eighth Narnia manuscript tucked away in the wardrobe.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Chock full of fun and whimsy and stocked with some of the most engaging characters in children's literature, J.K. Rowling's first novel "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" swooped up a handful of awards in Britain and went straight to No. 1 - on the adult bestseller list.
J. K. Rowling - Biography
Biography of Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Info and facts about the life of J. K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter books.
Harry Potter II Earns $88.4 Mil
The second installment in J. K. Rowling’s series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, earned $88.4 million at the box office over the weekend.
Seventh Harry Potter Book to be Final
Rumors that there will be an eighth installment of the Harry Potter book series are false according to J.K. Rowling’s agent.
Fifth Harry Potter Book Unfinished
J.K. Rowling, author of the famed Potter book series, has not finished her fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, for a summer release.
Harry Potter Shatters Records
After Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’s astonishing opening weekend take of $90.3 million, a remarkable five-day holiday weekend raked in another $83.5 million.
Harry Potter Mania
The film version of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone had its world premier in London on Sunday and is getting rave reviews.
Last Potter Film to Be Released in Two Parts
For the films' producers, the decision to divide the last novel in the series was forced upon them by the charged nature of the book
Hollywood's Magic Splits Final Potter Film in Two
$4.5bn-and-counting film franchise to turn Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two films
Harry Potter: the Last Battle
On one side: global-celebrity author JK Rowling. On the other: an amateur fan site devoted to Harry Potter. John Crace on the court case that has the publishing world holding its breath
Wizard to Play the Magician of Somalia
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe lands role as a war photographer whose work has been widely acclaimed since his tragic death
Harry Potter and the Book Banners
The objections raised by some fundamentalist Christians to the Harry Potter books continue to make the news.
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Friends in High Places Help Push Jiang's Works Up Bestseller List
It is a book promotion that puts Harry Potter in the shade: rave reviews, front-page headlines, lead stories on TV and a must-buy recommendation by the president of the world's most populous dictatorship.
Harry Potter--The Potter, The Witch and The Druglord
A Through-The-Looking-Glass View Of The Harry Potter Saga
Harry Potter audio books – the pros and cons
The Harry Potter mania has not skipped the audio books ...
Germans in a hurry for Harry Potter
Thousands of German Harry Potter fans who could not wait for the latest JK Rowling epic to be published in their own language have translated the book in less than two days.
The Harry Potter Phenomenon
Waterstone's are opening at midnight tonight and I for one am determined to be there the moment the doors open and the crowds rush in. John O'Farrell
Harry Potter and the Digital Prisoners
The information revolution has forced creatives of every stripe into a to-the-death battle with media owners. Giles Foden
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury plots some international magic
Bloomsbury is plotting an ambitious growth course that will see the publisher of the Harry Potter series expand further in the US and its home market, Britain.
Newell accepts Potter challenge
Four Weddings and a Funeral film-maker Mike Newell has been confirmed as director of the fourth Harry Potter movie.
Amazon sales surpass expectations
Sales of the latest Harry Potter novel have helped Amazon, the world's largest internet retailer, beat second quarter sales and earnings estimates, the company said today.
Rowling books 'for people with stunted imaginations'
Harry Potter may have his hands full fighting Voldemort but his creator, JK Rowling, has found her own nemesis. Two weeks after the publication of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Rowling has become the subject of a damning indictment by the Booker prize winner AS Byatt.
Potter extras told to hand over fees
When the casting director for the latest Harry Potter film began searching for extras in the Highlands, a group of schoolchildren could not believe their luck.
School hogs Potter extras' money
Schoolchildren working as extras on the new Harry Potter film have been forced to give the money they made to their school, it emerged today.
One in 28 Britons snaps up new Harry Potter
The new Harry Potter sold 1.8m copies in Britain on Saturday. The Nielsen BookScan figures mean that one person in every 28 bought The Order of the Phoenix that day. In tiny Orkney, the ratio was one in 16.
Web caught up in Potter fever
Harry Potter mania has taken hold of the internet, with the hype surrounding the latest instalment of JK Rowling's record-breaking series of books about the boy wizard breaking records for online booksellers.
Harry casts worldwide spell
The reality matched the hype yesterday as the latest Harry Potter book continued to fly off the shelves at a record rate.
JK Rowling to sue newspaper for breaking Potter embargo
JK Rowling is suing an American newspaper for tens of millions of dollars for publishing extracts from the new Harry Potter book, which is strictly embargoed until Saturday.
Quidditch quaintness
The values that triumph in the Harry Potter books are those of a nostalgic, conservative Little Britain. The publication of the latest Harry Potter novel seems sure to confirm the popularity of JK Rowling's teenage wizard and the mysteries he tackles.
Thousands of Harry Potter books stolen
Thousands of copies of the new Harry Potter book worth around £1m have been stolen from a trading estate in northern England, police revealed today.
Rowling in global Harry Potter webcast
The magic of Hogwarts will meet the wonder of the web when JK Rowling gives a live reading of her feverishly anticipated fifth Harry Potter novel on the internet.
Harry Potter and the riddle of the proofs
They are already calling it Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Missing Proofs. The Sun was last night preparing to hand back two copies of the next Harry Potter book to the publisher after they were found by a man walking his dog in Suffolk.
Bloomsbury works its magic
The fifth instalment of the Harry Potter series will be the biggest seller yet when it appears on bookshop shelves in June, publisher Bloomsbury predicted yesterday.
June date for Potter 5
A date has finally been set for the publication of the long-awaited fifth Harry Potter book. Harry's legions of fans will be able to get their hands on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on June 21 - a Saturday, to enable his school-age followers to buy the book and start reading without having to skip school.
Austria - Rejoining the East
Harry Potter would have surely enrolled. A school for wizardry has just opened in Austria in the forbidding mountains around Klagenfurt. The apprentices will be granted a sorcerer's diploma upon completion of their studies. This is a wise move. Austria may need all the witchcraft it can master in the next few years.
Why film makers are not philosophical about new Potter
As the stars of the new Harry Potter movie tripped down the red carpet at its premiere last night, their fans were not the only ones holding their breath.
Harry Potter and the BBC's big bucks
The BBC yesterday defended its decision to sign a multi-million pound movie deal that includes showing the first Harry Potter film, after being accused of profligacy by Channel 5.
Bad luck, good news
The hottest word-of-mouth sensation in children's fiction since Harry Potter hardly tries to sell himself. He warns young readers not to buy his gloomy books about three unlucky children - but they do, in their millions. And, of course, the film is on the way.
Size means everything as Harry's big secret slips out
A hunt began yesterday to identify an unknown, 8ft actor with a barrel chest who looks good in shaggy makeup. It was triggered by a film executive who gave away what is known in the trade as "Warner Brothers' big secret" - how they made Hagrid so big in the first Harry Potter film.
Harry Potter and the sermon of fire
He has bewitched 124m readers, vanquished the forces of evil and transformed his creator into Britain's highest-paid woman. But Harry Potter, the world's most famous schoolboy wizard, has spectacularly failed to win over the congregation of the Christ community church in Alamogordo, New...