It's finally here!
I don't need to put it in words.. the craze for Harry Potter had swept everyone.. from all ages of people, be it kids, adult, politicians, famous actors/actresses, singers, engineers, scientists all around the globe (termasuk juga ibu muda macam Kak Nana yang nangis-nangis baca buku ni). The kids section of BBC UK, CBBC have it in words how this record-breaking book selling of Harry Potter hit the world today, on the day of its launch. See in the picture, the smiling JK Rowling.
A bunch of grown up muggles were set to hold a conference due to be held on the 29th-31st of July, the first ever Harry Potter Conference, Accio 2005 at the University of Reading. Anyone interested to present a paper or attend this conference, feel free to do so. I hear the number of seats are limited , and perhaps have all already been taken. The call for papers for presentation, panels and worksyop have already started since last year's December (if I am not mistaken) and many titles have already been approved by the organizing committee. Look out for the suggested topics that they have in line, really really interesting for those of you PotterMania. I reckon their guest speakers are all of significant figures of UK's famous writers.
To retrace the events before the launching of the new book Half Blood Prince, I have constantly been visiting these fan sites. My favourite is MuggleNet, next to Leaky Cauldron, HPAna, and there's this one very-very exclusive website of JK Rowling where, she herself updates and communicates with the readers of Harry Potter. Before the launching, they have been setting up websites, counting down the days for the book launch, planning for parties during the midnight launching in the UK, exclusive interviews with Jo, the "cub" reporters constest, not to forget the rumours and spoilers for the title of the new book & its plot.
What more can I say...
A bunch of grown up muggles were set to hold a conference due to be held on the 29th-31st of July, the first ever Harry Potter Conference, Accio 2005 at the University of Reading. Anyone interested to present a paper or attend this conference, feel free to do so. I hear the number of seats are limited , and perhaps have all already been taken. The call for papers for presentation, panels and worksyop have already started since last year's December (if I am not mistaken) and many titles have already been approved by the organizing committee. Look out for the suggested topics that they have in line, really really interesting for those of you PotterMania. I reckon their guest speakers are all of significant figures of UK's famous writers.
To retrace the events before the launching of the new book Half Blood Prince, I have constantly been visiting these fan sites. My favourite is MuggleNet, next to Leaky Cauldron, HPAna, and there's this one very-very exclusive website of JK Rowling where, she herself updates and communicates with the readers of Harry Potter. Before the launching, they have been setting up websites, counting down the days for the book launch, planning for parties during the midnight launching in the UK, exclusive interviews with Jo, the "cub" reporters constest, not to forget the rumours and spoilers for the title of the new book & its plot.
What more can I say...
5 comments:
Effa,
dah abes baca ke blom?
I cried!
lom lagi.. baca slow-slow nih.. sedih ke? takmo la sedih-sedih ni.. takmo spoiler-spoiler kat sini...
Effa, how much was it kat sana? In Malaysia, the book is selling at RM99. We got it at US$15.74 in WalMart US. My colleague brought back 3 copies of it, heh.
its GBP 8.99 from Amazon UK, tapi boleh dapat lagi murah at 7.99 from ASDA, 8.45 from TESCO and paling murah dan limited to under 16 before 10am 16th July is 4.99 from Kwik Save (or is it Quality Save)
dah habes.. i cried too kak nana.. hukhuk... uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
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