Feb. 8th, 2015

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Joanne K. Rowling:
A Casual Vacancy BBC mini series: Interview with Julia McKenzie (Shirley Mollison).

Actors and Movies:
• Sir Michael Gambon announced his stage retirement but will continue to act in TV and film.
• Kenneth Branagh talks about his upcoming movie Cinderella and more.
Casting has started for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them. Filming will start August 2015.

Pottermore:
• Discuss the Pottermore entry on Hogwarts Portraits at [livejournal.com profile] hp_canon_love
• Discuss the Pottermore entry on The Marauder's Map at [livejournal.com profile] hp_canon_love.

Participate:
[livejournal.com profile] fandomstats posted a discussion question: What question(s) about fandom would you most like to know the answer to? .

Challenges:
[livejournal.com profile] hd_fluff posted their February prompts: three movie quotes.

Communities:
[livejournal.com profile] fortheloveofhp announced that Prompting is open for Round 3: For the Love of Neville
[livejournal.com profile] harrydracompreg: Claiming is still open!

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
[livejournal.com profile] harrybang posted the Art Gallery of the Harry Big Bang.
[livejournal.com profile] hprare_cliche posted the Week 1 Roundup of the Valentine's Fest.
[livejournal.com profile] hp_kinkfest posted the Roundup for Week 1.

Resources:
Schedule of Upcoming Events from February 8 – 14 at [livejournal.com profile] potterfests.
The SS/HP Prophet for February 1 – 7.
• The [livejournal.com profile] quibbler_report (a rarepair and genfic resource) for February 6-7, 2015
Media References to Fanfiction in the week ending February 7, 2015.

Essay/Meta:
The True History of Jewish Wizards at Hogwarts by Nathaniel Stein (The New Yorker, February 6, 2015)

General Fandom News:
[livejournal.com profile] leviosa2016 announced that authors Beth Revis & Alison Cherry will be guests for the YA Literature and Writing tracks.
• OTW: Activities going on for International Fanworks Day on February 15 (Drabble Challenge, Feedback Fest).
• OTW: Transcript available of the live chat Why Should Fanworks Be Celebrated with authors Cecilia Tan, Tara Sue Me and Racheline Maltese.

Nifty:
[livejournal.com profile] leviosa2016 posted a Amortentia recipe just in time for Valentine's Day.

Searches:
• The [community profile] daily_snitch is looking for recs, links, meta... for the Lily Evans Potter Special Edition.

Community Spotlight:
[livejournal.com profile] hprare_cliche – A community dedicated to running low-maintenance fests to celebrate clichés and tropes & bring them to rare pairings. The Valentine's Day Fest started on February 1.


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