from Raincoast Books:
Dear readers,
It’s going to be a Harry Potter summer, from the movie of the Half-Blood Prince to the new paperback of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — last and certainly not least of the Harry Potter series, out TODAY!
Are you lining up for opening night tickets to the movie? I’ve got my Dumbledore costume all ready to go — just have to brush the owl droppings out of the beard!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling
Raincoast Books ISBN 978-1-55192-840-1
$18.95 paperback
It’s HERE! The long-awaited paperback of the final installment of Harry Potter arrives July 7 — just in time for summer beach reading.
To celebrate the publication of the final book, in 2007, Raincoast gathered Canadian Harry Potter fans’ messages to J.K. Rowling, and compiled them in two beautiful books. You can look through the pages of the books on our Flickr site!
I definitely recommend heading over to the website for the new Harry Potter movie, where you can watch the movie trailer (Evil Malfoys! Wizards in love! Dark magic in Central London!).
The Guardian has a slightly surreal “Harry Potter Stars — Then and Now” photo album.
J.K. Rowling’s official site has some fun stuff, too — and for the serious fans out there, don’t miss the MuggleNet, where you can get all (and I mean all) the latest Harry Potter news… including a second-by-second countdown to the movie release (at the time of writing, the clock stands at 7 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes and 35, no, wait, 34 seconds).
For more inspiration, try these:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
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
Happy Harry Potter Summer, and thanks for reading the Raincoast newsletter!
Norah Perkins