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- 'Potter' Web fans organize boycott - USA Today article about the reaction to lawyers trying to shut down Harry Potter fan sites.
www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-22-potter.htm
- A Wizard of Hollywood - Salon interview with Steve Cloves, screenwriter of the new Harry Potter movie.
www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/02/24/kloves/index.html
- All Aboard the Potter Express - Alan Cowell's New York Times article about J.K. Rowling's real life trip across Britain on the Hogwarts Express.
www.nytimes.com/library/books/071000rowling-interview.html
- An Improbable Sequel: Harry Potter and the Ivory Tower - NY Times article (requires registration) on International Congress on Medieval Studies, where "the persistence of medieval archetypes in popular culture" was discussed - in works by J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien
www.nytimes.com/2001/05/12/arts/12MIDD.html
- Besotted With Potter - William Safire New York Times essay on why he thinks J. K. Rowling not winning a top literary prize was the right thing. Registration required.
www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/safire/012700safi.html
- Danny Yee's Book Reviews: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - The first Harry Potter book reviewed by Danny Yee.
dannyreviews.com/h/Harry_Potter.html
- Funny, moving and impressive ... - Review of Harry Potter vol. 1 by Michael Winerip (New York Times).
www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/14/reviews/990214.14childrt.html
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling - Review by Kristyn Starr at nabou.com.
bookreviews.nabou.com/reviews/harry_potter_book_1.html
- Harry Potter Banned from Paper's Bestseller List - Guardian Unlimited article on why Harry Potter books are not included in the Sunday Times bestseller list.
www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3884000,00.html
- Harry Potter Charms a Nation - Joanne Rowling, creator of the fictional schoolboy wizard Harry Potter, is being talked of as the next C. S. Lewis. Interview by Helena de Bertodano.
www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000112801049925&rtmo=fMqlwDMs&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/98/7/25/borow25.html
- Harry Potter Fans Detect Devilish Discrepancy - Garth Johnston's Salon Magazine article on possible discrepancies in the Harry Potter series.
www.salon.com/books/log/2000/07/24/potter
- Harry Potter Hanky-Panky - Book publishers' furtive change of a key detail in "The Goblet of Fire" has fans buzzing.
www.cnn.com/2001/books/news/01/12/salon.potter
- Harry Potter, the Closet Wizard - Recycled in Slate: In South Carolina, the state board of education is considering whether the popular Harry Potter children's books should be banned from school libraries because of their upbeat depiction of witchcraft, wizardry, and other dark arts.
slate.msn.com/recycled/99-10-26/recycled.asp
- Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling Interview Video @ Hollywood.com - Hear what J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has to say about the big screen adaptation of her beloved story.
www.hollywood.com/multimedia/detail/media/1097690
- Harry's Real Magic - Review of Harry Potter vol. 4 by Linda Richards, editor of January Magazine.
www.januarymagazine.com/kidsbooks/harry4.html
- IHT: Retailers Hope Harry Potter Sells Toys, Too - Mattel Inc. gathered the world's largest toy retailers for a private toy fair to show off its product line, particularly the secret stable of toys based on J.K. Rowling's best-selling "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
www.iht.com/articles/12241.html
- Is Harry Potter Evil? - Judy Blume article on Harry Potter.
www.ncac.org/cen_news/cn76harrypotter.html
- JK Rowling Interview/Canada - A CBC4Kids Harry Potter Page: J.K. Rowling answers children's questions at a press conference on Wednesday, October 25th, 2000 (RealAudio format); plus transcript (and audio) of interviews on "This Morning" and "Hot Type" (CBC radio)
www.cbc4kids.ca/general/words/harrypottercontest/default.html
- Longer and darker - but more riveting - MSNBC review of Harry Potter vol. 4 by Connie Fletcher.
www.msnbc.com/news/430726.asp
- Lord of the Golden Snitch - Review of Harry Potter vol. 3 by Gregory Maguire (New York Times).
www.nytimes.com/books/99/09/05/reviews/990905.05maguirt.html
- Salon.com Harry Potter Articles - Salon Magazine article archive for Harry Potter related stories.
www.salon.com/directory/topics/harry_potter
- Second time's still a charm - USA Today review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Cathy Hainer.
www.usatoday.com/life/enter/books/book112.htm
- Spellbinding Textbooks - Linda Richards reviews the two booklets written for the benefit of Comic Relief, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through the Ages": "both books [...] serve to illustrate quite graphically why [Rowling's] Harry Potter series of books has been so successful: Rowling understands the world she has created perfectly." (March 2001)
www.januarymagazine.com/kidsbooks/rowlingcomicrelief.html
- The Boston Globe: J. K. Rowling and the Golden Calf Harry Potter - Article by Susan Linn about the growing commercialization associated with the books.
www.jbcc.harvard.edu/media/JK_Rowling.htm
- The guilty pleasure of Harry Potter - Kari Huus (msnbc) claims that the "popular books feed adults inner child".
www.msnbc.com/news/429198.asp
- The Sorcerers' Apprentice - Where did Harry learn his trade? Giles Foden gives a short history of wizards in literature. From The Guardian.
www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4035464,00.html
- Watch Out For That Sneaky 'Hobbit,' Too - Time Magazine article regarding the controversy surrounding the Harry Potter books.
www.time.com/time/daily/0,2960,32697,00.html
- Why 'Harry Potter' did a Harry Houdini - Richard Corliss's CNN.com article on changes to the New York Times best-seller list due to the Harry Potter phenomenon.
www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/07/21/potter7_21.a.tm
- Wild About Harry - TIME Magazine article about the Harry Potter books that are enchanting kids and adults alike.
www.time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,30857,00.html
- Wild about Harry - Review of Harry Potter vol. 3 by Linda Richards, editor of January Magazine.
www.januarymagazine.com/kidsbooks/harrypotter.html
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