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Harry Potter 2023 challenge

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Starts: Sunday, 01 January 2023

Ends: Sunday, 31 December 2023

2 prompts for each month 

1. Harry Potter - Read a comfort book

2. Hagrid - Read a book based around family

3. Ron Weasley - Read a book with a yellow cover

4. Hermione Granger - Read a book that makes you feel

5. Ginny Weasley - Read a book that someone has picked for you

6. Neville Longbottom - Read a book with a clumsy character

7. Albus dumbledore - Read a book where a character achieves something / pursues a dream

8. Luna lovegood - Read a book that features mental health

9. Malfoy - Read a book written by a celeb / about a celeb / featuring a celeb

10. Dobby - Read a book with clothing on the cover

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Harry Potter and the Sorting Hat Scholarship

Are you a devoted Harry Potter fan who has always dreamed of receiving a scholarship inspired by the enchanting world of Hogwarts? Well, this is your chance!

At Bold.org, we understand the impact that Harry Potter has had on countless lives, igniting imaginations and instilling a love for magic and adventure. The "Harry Potter and the Sorting Hat Scholarship" aims to recognize and support students who share an unwavering connection to the wizarding world and want to showcase their deep appreciation for Harry Potter.

Whether you envision yourself as a brave Gryffindor, a wise Ravenclaw, a loyal Hufflepuff, or an ambitious Slytherin, we invite you to share your personal journey of self-discovery and explain why you believe you would be sorted into your chosen house. Write a compelling 400-600 word essay exploring your strengths, values, and aspirations that align with the qualities of your desired Hogwarts house.

Students from all levels of education are eligible to apply for this scholarship. Apply today and let your magical journey begin!

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Scholastic marks 25 Year Anniversary of the publication of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

SCHOLASTIC MARKS 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF J.K. ROWLING’S

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE

THE BESTSELLING BOOK SERIES OF ALL TIME HAS SOLD

230 MILLION BOOKS IN THE U.S.

(New York, NY – February 6, 2023) September 2023 will mark twenty-five years since American readers were first introduced to the “boy who lived.”  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone  by J.K. Rowling was published in the U.S. in September 1998 with a 50,000 copy first printing. Seven books later, the Harry Potter series has sold 230 million copies in the U.S., 600 million worldwide, making it the bestselling book series of all time.

To kick off the 25-year milestone anniversary this year, and in time for summer reading,  Scholastic will release the classic paperback editions of the first seven Harry Potter books with refreshed covers in May , followed by a new boxed set in September. Emblazoned with the iconic Harry Potter logo hand-drawn by original U.S. illustrator Mary GrandPré, sharp-eyed readers and fans will spot intricate details and “Easter eggs” in the gold foiled borders on the covers.

“The Harry Potter series has been responsible for inspiring and engaging young readers here and around the world for twenty-five years.  From midnight parties to Muggle Walls, we’ve seen firsthand the excitement and the power of J.K. Rowling’s brilliant storytelling, with themes of friendship and family, all still relevant today. Here’s to the next twenty-five years of reading magic!” said Ellie Berger, President, Scholastic Trade.

In celebration of reading and to introduce the books to a new generation of readers, Scholastic is creating thousands of Harry Potter celebratory kits to be distributed in bookstores, schools, libraries, and at major festivals and conventions around the country to encourage kids to start their own reading adventure. More exciting plans for the anniversary moment will be announced later this year.

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THE BESTSELLING BOOK SERIES OF ALL TIME HAS SOLD 230 MILLION BOOKS IN THE U.S.

• The Official Harry Potter Cookbook (September 5, 2023): Create delicious recipes inspired by the Wizarding World in this companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller The Official Harry Potter Baking Book . Packed with full-color photography and over 40 recipes -- both savory and sweet -- including snacks, desserts, drinks, and meals fit for a Hogwarts feast. Featuring cooking tips and advice for the youngest aspiring chefs, including recipes with step-by-step instructions that are easy for kids to follow, this is the perfect book for any beginning cook and Harry Potter fan.
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (MinaLima Edition) (October 3, 2023): The third book in the Harry Potter series, featuring over 175 full-color illustrations and eight exclusive interactive elements: Readers will explore the Knight Bus, reveal the Grim in a teacup, spin the Time-Turner, and more. Designed and illustrated by MinaLima, the award-winning studio behind the graphic style of the Harry Potter films, this keepsake edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages and an enchanting way to share this beloved series with a new generation of readers.  

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harry potter essay contest

Harry potter essay contest grand prize winner is greg culley of lakewood.

The Harry Potter Essay Contest grand prize winner is Greg Culley, 19, of Lakewood.

'Harry Potter' essay contest runner-up: Books taught her the power of words

Today's runner-up essay in the PD's 'Harry Potter' essay contest is from Heather Hileman, 20, of Cleveland.

'Harry Potter' essay contest winner: Suburban mom identifies with Hermione

Today's 'Harry Potter' essay is from Becky Hall, 42, of Mayfield Village.

'Harry Potter' essay contest winner: Books help student learn to be herself

Katelyn Sowa, 14, of Cleveland, is a runner-up winner in the PD's 'Harry Potter' essay contest.

Harry Potter Essay Contest: Winner gained courage to stand up to bullies

Today's runner-up 'Harry Potter' essay winner is Keira Berney, 10, from Strongsville.

Harry Potter Essay Contest: Much has been learned from magical stories

Today's essay is from honorable-mention winner Jamie Vidumsky, 13, of Avon Lake. Warning: This essay contains spoilers if you haven't read "Deathly Hallows."

Harry Potter Essay Contest: Shedding tears with Harry

Today's essay is from honorable-mention winner Colette V. Rzeszutko, 14, of Hudson. Warning: This essay contains spoilers if you haven't read "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Harry Potter Essay Contest: A lesson in kindness from the halls of Hogwarts

Today's essay is from honorable-mention winner Apurva Padubidri, 23, of Canfield, Ohio.

Harry Potter Essay Contest: Series opened up Canadian woman to friendships

Today's essay is from honorable-mention winner Julie Baird, 19, of Upper Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Canada.

Harry Potter Essay Contest: A global family of readers are forces for good

Today's essay is from honorable-mention winner Bosha Green, 53, of Thompson, Ohio.

Harry Potter Essay Contest: Reading book boosted girl's self-worth

Today's essay is from honorable-mention winner Maggie Craig, 17, of Hudson.

First of 15 winning essays in 'Harry Potter Changed My Life' contest

More than 300 Harry Potter fans submitted entries in The Plain Dealer's "How Harry Potter Changed My Life" essay contest. Judges selected 10 honorable-mention essays, four runners-up and one grand-prize winner. <em>One essay will be published each day until the grand-prize winner is revealed Friday, July 15 -- the day that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" opens in theaters. Today's essay is from honorable-mention winner Shannon O'Brien, 18, of Bay Village:</em>

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Scholastic Harry Potter Contest: Win a Trip to Universal Studios Hollywood or Orlando Resort

Attention, witches, and wizards! It's time to dust off your quills and parchment because your Hogwarts letter has finally arrived; it says, “Win a Wizarding Vacation”!

How magical this is! Embark on the wizard world by participating in the Harry Potter Welcome to Hogwarts Contest. Picture yourself strolling through the hallowed halls of Hogwarts, sipping butterbeer, and casting spells at Universal Studios Hollywood or Universal Orlando Resort! Plus, the chosen winners will also receive the complete Harry Potter Boxed Set – hardcover treasures of all seven books in the series.

Share the magic with others too! You could even spread the love even further by gifting 35 paperback copies of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for you to donate to the school or classroom of your choice. So, enter to win a trip, along with a fair Harry Potter Series Book Collection set too for you and your favorite school, or classroom!

Hurry to meet your wizards-mate! It's a spellbinding Hogwarts invitation, should you choose to accept it!

The eligible entrants should be 18 years or older, and are the parent or legal guardian of a child between the ages of 8-17, at the time of entry. There is a limit of 1 entry per person.

How to Enter Scholastic Harry Potter Contest

• A parent or legal guardian of a child between ages 8-17 can enter the Contest by visiting scholastic.com/hp25contest, and having their child answer the contest question: “What Class Would You Take at Hogwarts and Why?” using 100 words or less.
• Entrants can complete the online entry form (including their name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and their child’s first name and age as of the date of entry), and follow the instructions on the Site to upload their child’s Essay and click the “submit” button.

Harry Potter Welcome to Hogwarts Contest Winner Selection

By around October 17, 2023, all eligible Essays will be judged. All Essays will be judged based on the following equally weighted judging criteria:

• Imagination;
• Creativity; and
• Originality

Harry Potter Welcome to Hogwarts Contest Prizes

• 3 Grand Prizes: Each winner will win a trip to either: Universal Studios Hollywood or Universal Orlando Resort, including round-trip coach airfare, 3-night stay in a hotel, and 2-day park tickets for the winner and their child to be redeemed for travel between December 1, 2023, and November 30, 2024. Additionally, the winner will receive a $500 Visa® gift card and one Harry Potter Boxed Set containing hardcover copies of all seven books in the Harry Potter series for themselves plus 35 paperback copies of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to donate to the school or classroom of their choice (ARV: $4,000 each).
• 25 First Prizes: Each winner will receive a Harry Potter Boxed Set containing hardcover copies of seven books in the Harry Potter series for themselves plus 35 paperback copies of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to donate to the school or classroom of their choice (ARV: $750).

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16 January 2023

It’s official – Harry Potter Book Day is happening on 12 th October 2023!

Bloomsbury’s global celebration of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter stories is back in 2023, with a few changes …

The celebration has a new name: HARRY POTTER BOOK DAY

Previously Harry Potter Book Night, the event is now even more inclusive for fans of all ages – whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, you can celebrate at whatever time of the day, or night, suits you!

It’s moving to 12 th  October 2023

Plenty of time to get planning!

What is Harry Potter Book Day?

Harry Potter Book Day is a chance for fans around the globe to celebrate J.K. Rowling’s iconic series with events, parties and other festivities.

Each year Bloomsbury creates a downloadable event kit, packed to the brim with ideas and activities that can be used to hold your own event – whether you are a bookshop, school, library or want to celebrate at home with family and friends. The kit contains everything you need to prepare an event, however big or small.

How to get involved

Find out more and sign up to register for the downloadable event kit on Bloomsbury’s website now at bloomsbury.com/harrypotterbookday .

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Scholastic essay contest winners announced

  july 1, 2005 at 11:00 am et   geri     hpana (via yahoo finance )   harry potter and the half-blood prince, half-blood prince, book 6, scholastic.

Ten essays were chosen from more than 8,000 entries, with the 10 winners, from all areas across the United States, ranging in age from nine to seventeen. The winners of the contest will fly from New York City to London and at 12:01 am on July 16th they will be handed a free copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Arthur Levine, editor of the Harry Potter books and a judge of the contest said:

The winning essays capture so honestly what the Harry Potter books are all about -- a love of reading, the inspiration drawn from good literature, and an appreciation of family and friends. All of the talented young fans who entered the contest are to be congratulated for their inspiring and creative essays.

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Harry Potter Books and Movies Compare & Contrast Essay

One of things that make life fascinating is the diversity and variance that different people and things exhibit. These differences may be obvious or deeply disguised requiring one to take a critical look at the item in order to notice them.

In this paper, I shall set out to compare two items; J. K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” the Book and its movie adaptation. By so doing, I shall demonstrate that there do exist significant differences as well as similarities between the two items despite them appearing to be wholly similar.

A Comparative Analysis

Both the book and its film adaptation share the character set. The lead character is the hero Harry Potter, a famous wizard whose adventures are the central focus of the book and the movie. In the wizard world, Harry Potter is engaged in a prolonged fight to defeat the immensely powerful and evil wizard Lord Voldemort. Harry potter is assisted in his noble quest by his two best friends Ron and Hermione. These two characters play significant roles in the plot development of both the movie and the book.

The magical school that Harry and his friends attend so as to learn about wizardry is represented in an identical manner in both the book and the movie. The school building is a gigantic and daunting castle which is inaccessible to non-magical people. According to the book, the castle has a lake, extensive grounds and a forest.

The Movie properly depicts this as a lake can be seen as the students arrive at the school by use of a train. The imposing nature of the castle is evident and in many scenes from the movie, Harry Potter and his friends venture out into the fields and forests that are part of the school grounds.

However, the representation of one of the lead characters Hermione in the movie is not a true depiction of what she is in the book. In the book, Hermione is described as a brightest girl in the school. Her know-it-all attitude alienates her from the rest of the students.

Nothing to the book indicates that Hermione is an attractive girl and she is in fact describe as having large protruding teach and bushy brown hair. However, the movie presents Hermione as a physically attractive and likable character. This is inconsistent with the image that one builds form reading the novel.

In the book, the prisoner of Azkaban, the character Sirius Black who is Harry’s godfather, plays a minor role despite him being central to the plot of the book. His appearances in the book are relatively few considering that he is the focal point of the book.

The book instead focuses on developing the story around Sirius and therefore, despite his not being mentioned every now and then, one can sense his involvement throughout the book. In the movie, Sirius plays a more predominant role and he is afforded relatively more screen time than one would expect from the book.

The movie adaptation contains numerous omissions of events that are recorded in the book. This is to be expected considering the relatively small length of the movie compared to the size of the book. Harry Potter’s exchanges with his uncle’s family are left out and one can therefore not correctly gauge the nature of the relationship from watching the film. From the book, it is clear that Harry Potter hates staying with his relatives who despise him.

In this paper, I set out to compare two items so as to highlight their similarities and differences. From my comparison of the book “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” and its movie adaptation, it is clear that there are a lot of similarities and differences between the two. Nevertheless, both the movie and the book prove to be equally entertaining despite their differences.

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2023 Drama Movie Starring Harry Potter Actor Rises To Netflix's US Top 10 Chart

• Maggie Smith's 2023 drama film The Miracle Club shines on Netflix, hitting the U.S. Top 10 chart for the week of March 25-31, 2024.
• The movie's success could be attributed to its timeless themes of friendship and compassion, appealing to viewers.
• With stellar performances, the talented cast of The Miracle Club likely played a role as well.

Harry Potter star Maggie Smith's 2023 drama film The Miracle Club has had a strong Netflix debut. English actress Smith boasts a stellar filmography and won Oscars for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and California Suite . She has enjoyed a glittering career across seven decades and enjoyed fame with modern audiences when she played the role of Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series. In more recent years, Smith has appeared in several acclaimed independent productions, including The Lady in the Van and My Old Lady .

Now, according to Netflix , Smith's The Miracle Club has proven a hit with viewers in its debut on the streaming platform. It became the fifth most-watched film on the U.S. Top 10 chart for the week of March 25 through March 31, 2024 . It placed behind The Accountant , On the Line , Mending the Line , and The Super Mario Bros. Movie but ahead of Damsel , Irish Wish , Shirley , Heart of the Hunter , and The Wages of Fear .

The Miracle Club: Endearing, Heartwarming Dramedy Is The Healing We All Need

What has made the miracle club a netflix hit.

Set in 1967, The Miracle Club features a group of working-class women from Dublin who embark on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, where an unwelcome encounter with an American woman reopens old wounds. The star power of Smith, alongside co-stars Laura Linney and Kathy Bates , most likely helped to buoy the success of the film, and their commanding performances do the material justice.

There are a lot of reasons that a movie can become a streaming hit, even when it wasn't a box office success. For example, The Miracle Club explores ancient themes like the healing power of friendship and compassion that everyone can relate to on some level. Different movies speak to audiences for different reasons, and sometimes a heartfelt and emotionally moving drama can be just the tonic for viewers looking to escape real life for a while.

The success of the movie signals more critical acclaim could be ahead for its cast. Bates is coming off her turn in the well-received Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret , while Linney has had a solid run since starring in Ozark . With the performances, tight script, and emotional weight, The Miracle Club could continue to be a success on Netflix in the coming weeks.

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The Miracle Club

The Miracle Club is a comedy film that follows a group of three friends living in Dublin, Ireland, who are given a chance to win a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France. When the group succeeds with the help of their priest, they journey forth to help the sick and disabled while reflecting on their own lives while further strengthening their bonds in the process.

Director Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Release Date July 14, 2023

Studio(s) City Films Entertainment, Zephyr Films

Distributor(s) Sony Pictures Classics

Writers Joshua D. Maurer, Timothy Prager, Jimmy Smallhorne

Cast Kathy Bates, Laura Linney, Stephen Rea, Maggie Smith

Rating PG-13

Runtime 91 Minutes

Genres Comedy