The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, September 10, 2017

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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• Beatrice Groves wrote Literary Allusion in The Cuckoo's Calling Part 1: Christina Rossetti's A Dirge. (MuggleNet)
• BBC2 announced hour-long Harry Potter: A History of Magic documentary.
• New BBC documentary to feature JK Rowling interview and behind the scenes view of A History of Magic Exhibit.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Josh Herdman (Gregory Goyle): Happy (Belated) Birthday!
• Chris Columbus (director): Happy Birthday post.
• Daniel Radcliffe's Jungle released a new trailer.
• TV News round-up for Harry Potter and Robert Galbraith actors.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Fantastic Beasts 2 new Lacock Abbey on-set pictures show extras in Hogwarts robes.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 209 (due on or before September 16): “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” ― Carl Sagan, The Weighing of the Wands and White Socks.
• @introvert-club posted Wolfstar Prompt #19.

Communities:
• hoggywartyxmas, the holiday gift exchange for the Hogwarts staff & friends announced that Sign-ups are Open.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• slythindor100 posted the Masterlist of the Harry/Draco LDWS Challenge, Round 9.
• hp_drizzle posted the Weekly Round-up One.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt # 208 Masterlist.

Fandom Recs:
• toblass recced Severus Snape portrait art (gen).
• themightyflynn recced Sirius Black/Severus Snape art (PG-13).
• themightyflynn recced a Lavender Brown/Percy Weasley fic (NC-17).
• themightyflynn recced a Harry Potter/Percy Weasley/Draco Malfoy fic (NC-17).

Resources:
• hd_prophet: Saturday, September 9 and Sunday, September 10 editions.
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from September 10 to 16 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from September 3 through 9.

Archive News:
• OTW News: Transcript of 10th OTW Anniversary chat with Lev Grossmann is now available.

Essay/Meta:
• Minal wrote Magical Grandparents: The Unseen Heroes. (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News:
• A History of Magic: the British Library's Harry Potter Exhibit is crossing the pond and coming to the New York Historical Society, opening October 2018.
• 10 Reasons Why Every Potter Fan Needs to Go to Epic Nerd Camp. Collected by Ameythist from MuggleNet.
• Potterverse Con has been happening this weekend in Baltimore.


Searches:
• snarry_ficfind posted a search for Snarry fic where Snape belittles Harry, and Harry confronts him about it.
• daily_snitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Newt Scamander.

Community Spotlight:
♥ hoggywartyxmas – The Twelve Days of Hogwarts Christmas Party
A winter holiday fic exchange for the older Harry Potter characters and their friends. Recipients select up to four favourite characters from a list of allowed characters for their gifters to write about. hoggywartyxmas is running their 8th round this year.

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