The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, February 1, 2015

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Joanne K. Rowling:
• VIDEO for the BBC mini-series A Casual Vacancy: First trailer released.
• POTTERMORE Proudest House Contest: Will Your House Pocket One Million Points? The winning house will be announced February 5.

Actors and Movies:
• Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) took ill and will not be participating at Universal Studios Harry Potter Celebration.
• Michael Gambon, James and Oliver Phelps, and Evanna Lynch took part in a Q&A session with questions from fans.
• Harry Potter Celebration at the Wizarding World in Orlando is well underway: photos and short interview with Michael Gambon, James and Oliver Phelps, and Evanna Lynch.

Challenges:
• dmhgchallenge posted the prompt for the February drabble challenge: just a game (ends February 14).
• poetic_hp post the prompt for February: Card (ends February 28).

Communities:
• ♥ The Valentine's fest at hprare_cliche started posting.
• ♥ Post your Wishlist at the Be My Anti-Valentine Wishlist Event at hp_het_taboo.
• fortheloveofhp announced its third round: For the Love of Neville Longbottom is open to all Neville pairings. Promptings opens February 6.
• Prompting for the HP Horror Fest at hp_darkarts has been extended for another week (until February 6).
• hp_kinkfest is looking for kink-friendly betas for the upcoming HP Kinkfest.
• femmefest announced that Sign-ups are closed.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• The Harry Big Bang at harrybang is live! Masterlist of all 13 novels with art.
• femslash_remix posted the Round up and announced an amnesty period for posting femslash remixes until the end of February.

Hot Rec:
• Shipwreck Against Your Eyes by starfishstar (Remus Lupin/Sirius Black; PG; 2000 words)
Summary: In September of 1981, Sirius and Remus visit the sea at Brighton in search of lost joy.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• This Is How You See Her, a poem by rillalicious (Harry, Lily Luna, background Harry/Draco; G)
Summary: Lily comes home for the holidays.

Podficcing:
• podfic_love announced its February Themed Event: Rec Women-Centric Podfic.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from February 1 through 7 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from January 24 through 31.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending January 31, 2015.

Discussions:
• Discuss POTTERMORE The Chamber of Secrets at hp_canon_love.
• Discuss POTTERMORE The Sword of Gryffindor at hp_canon_love.

Essay/Meta:
• wellingtongoose posted an essay about The Existence of Evil 1: The Making of Lord Voldemort at hp_essays.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Fanwork Outcomes - where and what fanworks can lead to.

Searches:
• Last Chance to Leave Your Hagrid Recs! The daily_snitch is looking for recs and links for its Special Edition on Rubeus Hagrid.

Community Spotlight:
♥ podfic_love – A community for recommendations for fannish vocal performances. Recs and reccers from all fandoms, genres, styles, and ratings are welcome. (tag: fandom: harry potter)


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