The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, January 3, 2016

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Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Emma Watson comments on casting of Noma Dumezweni in 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'..
• A new biography of Maggie Smith has been published: Michael Coveney, Maggie Smith: A Biography (2015). Review by Dan Callahan (30 December 2015 on rogerebert.com).

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #: 121 (due on or before January 9)
• poetic_hp posted the prompt for January: ice.
• hd_fluff posted the prompt quote for January.

Communities:
• hp_kinkfest posted a Last Call for Prompting, which ends early Monday, January 4.
• severus_snape has a Mod Post about Severus Snape Fest opening January 9.
• serpentinelion announced the 2016 H/D Glompfest. (Prompting opens January 4.)
• hd_erised posted the Guessing Poll of the H/D Erised Winter Fest.
• slythindor100 posted a Poll about the date of the next Harry/Draco Last Drabble Writer Contest.
• sceasleycest's December Fest is open for late posting until late Monday/early Tuesday (January 4/5).

Resources:
• The SS/HP Prophet from December 26 – January 2, 2016.

Meta:
• destinationtoast posted 2015: A (statistical) year in fandom (all fandoms). Quote: "Harry Potter fandom: not even close to dead."

General Fandom News:
• OTW Fannews: Published Fanfiction

Searches:
• snarryficfind posted searches for Harry taking care of vulnerable Snape, Harry as Potions Master and Harry choosing Severus over another lover (all Harry/Severus).
• daily_snitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Viktor Krum.


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