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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• Kazu Kibuishi (HP illustrator) Talks Art, 'Harry Potter' Covers, and 'Amulet' Film Adaptation.
• The Hogwarts Professor wrote Lethal White: The Big Change at the Turn The End of the Strike Agency in Book 5?

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• French Netflix to acquire all eight Harry Potter films.
• Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) shows support for trans kids, is gifted art for being an ally.
• James Phelps (Fred Weasley) on starring in the WWI drama 'The Greater Game'.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Fantastic Beasts 'Crimes of Grindelwald' News Roundup.
• Kelly Loomis wrote Top Ten ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’ Plot Points Pulled from Trailers, Merchandise, and Fan Sites. (The Hogwarts Professor)
• EXCLUSIVE: Leaky features in Newsweek's Fantastic Beats of the Wizarding World Special Edition.
• Fantastic Beasts 'Crimes of Grindelwald' to be released on 270-degree ScreenX.
• Fantastic Beasts 2 new feature released on 'Grindelwald's Vision'.
• Fantastic Beasts 'Crimes of Grindelwald': three new soundtrack pieces released.
• New 'Grindelwald' footage hints at Grindelwald's manipulation.
• Claudia Kim Addresses Controversy Surrounding Her Character in “Crimes of Grindelwald”. Spoilers!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• Theater Roundup: New images, schedule changes, interview and Awards nominations.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 266 (due on or before November 3): “…every time I look at you autumn leaves come in between - does it matter they're the color of your hair - or they still fall in my memory?…” ― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain, Kettle and Anthology.
• slythindor100 posted the 25 Days of Draco and Harry - Early Bird Sign Up Post.

Communities:
• The following fests are currently posting: hd_fan_fair
• small_gifts announced that Sign-ups are open for the 13th annual Remus/Sirius Small Gifts year-end gift exchange 2018.
• snapecase posted Fest Business. Sign-ups are ongoing! Artists wanted!
• snapecase posted Post-snafu: available showcase positions for Snapecase.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_creatures posted the Reveal and Masterlist of the 2018 HP Creatures Halloween Fest.

Fandom Recs:
• melodyssister recced a Harry Potter/Severus Snape fic (NC-17).
• kellychambliss recced a Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape fic (PG-13).
• frknlymrshnkly recced a Harry Potter/Severus Snaoe podfic (PG).

Resources:
• hd_prophet: October 27 Edition.
• The SS/HP Prophet from October 21 through 27.

Archive News:
• AO3, the Archive Of Our Own, celebrates 30,000 fandoms!

Discussions:
• Mikaelam wrote The [redacted] Controversy: Optimism is underrated. Spoilers!

Essay/Meta:
• Minal wrote Ranking the Cruelest “Harry Potter” Villains. (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News/Merchandise:
• Events Roundup: Get Ready for Some Fall Fun with These Exciting Wizarding Events.
• US National Quidditch Team to transform squad structure.
• Got a spare 300K? Have a costume designed for you by Colleen Atwood and donate to Lumos.
• Official images of LEGO Diagon Alley released.
• Fantastic Beasts 2 character wands now selling at Universal Orlando and Hollywood.


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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• 7 Reasons why J.K. Rowling deserves the Nobel Prize (for Literature): 3. The literariness of her work. (The Hogwarts Professor)
• 7 Reasons why J.K. Rowling deserves the Nobel Prize (for Literature): 2. CSL's poeima - genre and influence. (The Hogwarts Professor)
• Robert Galbraith: A tour of Strike's London ahead of Lethal White release.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) has date set to begin filming for Little Women.
• Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) talks 'The Lifespan of a Fact' on the Tonight Show and the Today Show.
• Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley)'s film 'Dad' premieres tonight on BBC 2 Wales.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) to narrate Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – makers, mysteries and magic audiobook.
• Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander) reads his favourite HP and the Sorcerer's Stone excerpt.

Prompt Challenges:
• hpcupminifest posted the September prompt: muddy

Communities:
• The following fests are currently posting: hp_drizzle, harrydracobang, hp_podfic_fest, dramione_remix, pod_together (all fandoms)
• mini_fest posted the Mini Fest 2018 Info Post. Sign-ups are open
• snapecase announced that Sign-ups begin on October 1.
• rs_fireside_tales announced the Remus/Sirius Fireside Tales Fest.
• wolfstar-big-bang posted a Bonus Round. The Masterlist will be revealed tomorrow.

Fandom Recs:
• melodyssister recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (PG-13).
• smirkingcat recced a Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Malfoy/Severus Snape fic (NC-17).

Resources:
• hd_prophet: Edition September 12.

pod_together 2018 Harry Potter Save List (Day 1 through 9):
• Metamours, by Wereflamingo and Ellejabell (Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Victor Krim | PG-13 | 13:41 minutes)
• Broadening Horizons, written by BastardSirius and performed by icarusinflight (Remus Lupin/Sirius Black | NC-17 | 23:31 minutes)
• The Chill, written by BastardSirius and read by asuninside (Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Nymphadora Tonks | PG-13 | 50:37 minutes)

Archive News:
• OTW Guest Post: Una McCormack, author of Star Trek DS9 and Dr Who tie-in novels and an academic who has written about fandom.

Essay/Meta:
• Quantum Harry, the Podcast, Ep. 25: The Wand Game.

Nifty:
• Kano's first of its kind Wand and 'Harry Potter' coding kit.

Community Spotlight:
♥ rs_fireside_tales | rs-fireside-tales
This fest features Remus/Sirius in spooky, uncanny, strange and atmospheric stories that you’d love to read (or be told) while sipping a warming beverage by a crackling fire. Submission can feature strange apparitions, detectives, mist and fog, mysterious characters, mythical creatures, or just a general sense of unease... All ratings are welcome, posting is not anonymous. Prompts will be published September 24, the fest starts posting February 11, 2019.


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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• The Hogwarts Professor wrote Lethal White: Rokeby, Jagger, and Heroin.
• The Hogwarts Professor wrote Lethal White: Is Strike Rokeby’s Son? The Dates Don’t Seem To Match Up.
• The Hogwarts Professor wrote Lethal White: The White Horse Evidence.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Watch Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) in "Snatch" Season 2 trailer!
• Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) to join the cast of Little Women?
• Rupert Grint: Happy 30th Birthday!

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) and Alison Sudol (Queenie Greengrass) reunited at LeakyCon.
• MuggleNet visits the set of Crimes of Grindelwald. possible spoilers!
• Crimes of Grindelwald: Full character profiles reveal trouble in Paris.
• Jessica wrote Meet the new faces of The Crimes of Grindelwald. (Mugglenet)
• Gayané wrote Love and Lestrange: Zöe Kravitz (Leta LeStrange) on Her Character’s Complicated Backstory. (Mugglenet)
• Introducing the magical creatures of FB: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
• Madison wrote Beware! New beasts ahead in Crimes of Grindelwald. (Mugglenet)
• Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald:
Set Report # 1: Art Department & Plot Run-Through With Martin Foley (art director), Plus Exclusive New Image!, Set Report # 2: The French Wizarding World: French Diagon Alley, Ministry of Magic & Circus Arcanus! | Set Report # 3: Props With Pierre Bohanna (prop maker) | Set Report # 4: Interview with Director David Yates | Set Report # 5: Interview with Producer David Heyman | Set Report # 6: Interviewing Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander) | Set Report # 7: Interview with Callum Turner (Theseus Scamander) | Set Report # 8: Interview with Ezra Miller (Credence Barebone) | Set Report # 9: Interview with Colleen Atwood (costume designer).
• Crimes of Grindewald Set Visit: What are Grindelwald's Plans. (Mugglenet)
• Crimes of Grindewald Set Visit: Stepping into Wizarding Paris. (Mugglenet)
• On the UK set of 'Fantastic Beasts' 2: Hogwarts, Home, London & the Ministry of Magic and Wizarding Paris, French Ministry mayhem and more.
• Jessica wrote What brings you to Paris? Why your favorite Fantastic Beasts characters are in the City of Lights.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) finally sees 'bloody brilliant' Harry Potter and the Cursed Child plays.

Communities:
• The following fests are currently posting: hp_crossgenfest, wolfstarbigbang, Wish Giving Summer Event at rarepair_shorts
• newyearcntdown announced the 2018 run of the New Year Count (NYC) Down Fest. Sign-ups open November 1.
• hd_owlpost posted Our Postal Owls are waiting for your Wish Lists. Sign-ups end August 30.
• sshg_giftfest posted *Exclusive to the Prophet* and announced that sign-ups are at Half Time. Sign-ups end August 28.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hphet posted the Mini Fest 2018 Masterlist.

Fandom Recs:
• williamsnickers recced Lucius Malfoy meta fic (PG).
• melodyssister recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (PG).
• kellychambliss recced an Alastor Moody/Severus Snape fic (NC-17) posted at hp_crossgenfest.
• kellychambliss recced Minverva McGonagall/Severus Snape fic and art (PG; NC-17).

Discussions:
• hpboy13 wrote Fantastic Beasts! Here we go again. (MuggleNet)

Essay/Meta:
• Quantum Harry The Podcast: Episode 24: Disarmed and Ready.
• Anon wrote How my scorn for Severus Snape helped me make a difficult choice. (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News:
• pod_together posted Party Favor Partner Finding Post. (fic-podfic collabs, all fandoms)
• New Harry Potter films' pop-up guide, creatures & Hogwarts books out this October.
• Wizarding World Orlando is hosting special Back-to-Hogwarts activities.


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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• Time Travelling Back to 2005: New J. K. Rowling interview material - [part 1] | [part 2].

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• SpeakBeasty Podcast: Episode 66: All the Feels.

Prompt Challenges:
• dracoharry100 posted Challenge # 535: Climb.
• snarry100 posted Challenge # 637: Accident.

Communities:
• The following fests are currently posting: hd_wireless, weasleyjumpers, sshg_promptfest, Mini Fest Round 3 at dramionelove
• firewhiskeyfic announced the next round on Ginny's birthday on August 11.
• hp_creatures made a Mod Post about the end of prompting for the Halloween Creature Fest. Claiming opens July 20.
• hp_nextgen_fest announced the 2018 Next Generation Fest with a note about changes to the fest format.
• scorbusfest made a Mod Post: "Want to participate in Scorbus Fest but aren’t sure what to write or draw?"

Fandom Recs:
• toblass recced Severus Snape art (gen).
• themightyflynn recced Narcissa Malfoy, Severus Snape, and Draco Malfoy | Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy art (2x G).
• dreamy_dragon73 recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (G).

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from July 15 to 21 at potterfests.
• hd_prophet: Saturday, July 14 edition and Sunday, July 15 edition.
• The SS/HP Prophet from July 8 to 14.

Archive News:
• Organization of Transformative Works: Q&A: 5 Things James Kruk Said. James Kruk volunteers as an AO3 Support Staffer.

Essay/Meta:
• author_by_night posted Throwback Monday: Half-Blood Prince about the anniversary of the HPB release in 2005.
• Monet wrote Why Lupin Is the Best Teacher in the "Harry Potter" Series. (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News:
• New photos of new rollercoaster ride coming to Wizarding World Orlando.
• Harry Potter Booknight 2019 announced by Bloomsbury. HP Book Night takes place February 7, 2019; the theme is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
• pod_together posted the first Check-in for this year's round of Pod Together.


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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• J.K. Rowling's Lumos campaign offers a chance to attend one of three global The Crimes of Grindelwald premieres (New York, Paris or London). (More info on MuggleNet, video)
• Ruth Kenley-Letts (producer) on 'C.B. Strike', Cinemax' miniseries adaptation of J. K. Rowling's Robert Galbraith's mysteries.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) returns to Broadway this fall in The Lifespan of a Fact production.
• Harry Potter Wizarding Weekend announced for SYFY and USA TV networks this July.
• Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown) discusses art, comedy and why Potter wasn't her big break.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Jessica Williams (Eulalie "Lally" Hicks) is ready to claim what’s hers. (Interview in The Cut, June 4, 2018)
• Jude Law (young Albus Dumbledore) backs theater program to send children to plays.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• Third year London cast of Cursed Child releases first stage photos.
• Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy) and Sam Clemmett (Albus Severus Potter) appear on "Popcorn with Peter Travers". (video and podcast)

Prompt Challenges:
• dove_drabbles posted the June prompt: "Embrace optimism" (all fandoms)

Communities:
• The following fests are currently posting: hp_shoreofangst,hd_remix, harrydracompreg, hd_birthdaybash
• hp_creatures announced the Creatures Halloween Fest.
• hd_birthdaybash posted Challenge # 1: Fic-Tac-Toe.
• harrydracompreg made a mod announcement about a short break in fest posting.
• theiceroyals posted a Poll: What type of fest do you want? (Poll closes June 10th.)

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• dramionelove posted the Masterlist of the Mini Fest Round 3.
• harrydracompreg Fest posted the Weekly Roundup # 3.

Fandom Recs:
• melodyssister recced a S(arah) Fawcett & Severus Snape fic (PG-13).
• smirkingcat recced a Draco Malfoy/Severus Snape fic (R).
• madeleone recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (NC-17).
• xancredible recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter podfic (R | 00:24 minutes).

Resources:
• hd_prophet posted the June 5 Edition.
• hd_prophet posted the June 8 Edition.
• themasque posted BDSM Topic: Recipes and Food Play for June Chat.
• themasque posted BDSM Topic: Aftercare for June Chat.

Archive News:
• The OTW is recruiting: support staff, event coordinators, tag wranglers, and graphic designers
• OTW Spotlights on Legal Issues: Legal's International Advocacy and You.

Essay/Meta:
• Aurelia wrote Mythtery: Ravenclaw's symbol is an eagle. (MuggleNet)
• Monet wrote Four additional classes for Muggle-borns at Hogwarts. (MuggleNet)
• Lindsay Docken wrote Three important friendships in Harry Potter. (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News:
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Game: How to beat boggart Voldemort. (MuggleNet)
• British students are now able to learn Muggle Quidditch at school.

Nifty:
• Geek Gear's May World of Wizardry Unboxing and June Boxes Giveaway. (Contest open worldwide from June 8 through 11:59 p.m. on June 18.)
• Review and Giveaway of Harry Potter temporary tattoos from Cinereplicas.


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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• Jim Dale (reader of the US and Canadian Harry Potter audiobooks) to receive 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from Urban Stages.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Happy (Belated Birthday), David Tennant (Barty Crouch Jr.), born April 18, 1971.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) talks his 'Fantastic Beasts' experience: "It's a little magical ...". Podcast of interview on iTunes | full interview on Collider. (More interviews with Dan Fogler here.)
• Happy (Belated) Birthday, Victoria Yeates (Bunty), born April 19, 1983.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• J. K. Rowling visits Cursed Child theatre ahead of Broadway premiere.
• Jamie Parker (Harry Potter) discusses Harry Potter fans globally and moving to Broadway.
• Sonia Friedman ('Cursed Child' producer) is working on an LGBTQ themed project.
• First-look images released for Cursed Child on Broadway.
• Drama League Nominees include 'Cursed Child', Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger) and Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy).
• Next wave of tickets for 'Cursed Child' Broadway production available next week, April 23.

Prompt Challenges:
• introvert-club posted Wolfstar Prompt # 35: Confessions in the Dark

Communities:
• daily_deviant is waiting for your kinks for the spring/summer themes. (Wheel of Fornication participants only!)
• hp_drizzle announced that Claiming is now open.
• hp_drizzle posted the Podfic Sign-up & Info Post for weather related podfics.
• weasleyjumpers announced that Prompting is now open.
• Dramione Fanfiction Forum 18+ (on Facebook) hosts the 20 Years Later Fest. Submissions are due on April 29.
• dramione_remix posted a Reminder that Prompt Suggestions can be submitted until April 20, 11.59pm PST.
• one_bad_man posted Handy Guidelines for Posting Recs.

Fandom Recs:
• kellychambliss recced three Minerva McGonagall fics (NC-17, R, PG-13).
• gracerene recced a Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (NC-17).
• gracerene recced another Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (NC-17).
• gracerene recced yet another Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (NC-17).
• melodyssister recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (PG-13).
• smirkingcat recced a Draco Malfoy/Severus Snape art (G).
• madeleone recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (R).
• xancredible recced a Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy podfic (NC-17, 03:18:27 hours).

Resources:
• hd_prophet: April 17 edition.

Archive News:
• The Organization of Transformative Works (OTW) is asking for your donations for the Open Doors Project: Membership Drive April 19-23, 2018. Donate today!
• OTW: This Week in Fandom, vol. 81.

Discussions:
• Priscilla wrote Five Times Fred and George Showed Us How to Deal With Problems. (MuggleNet)

Essay/Meta:
• Quantum Harry wrote the essay 'Blood Sport'.

General Fandom News:
• Emily Hedrick wrote The Joys and Perils of Collecting Harry Potter Merchandise. (MuggleNet)
• Team UK revealed ahead of the Quidditch World Cup, which will take place in Florence, Italy, from June 27 to July 2, 2018.

Community Spotlight:
♥ snarry_ficfind
A community for people searching for fics about Harry Potter and Severus Snape, aka Snape/Harry, aka Snarry. This is strictly a fic search community; the posts are very well tagged, with tags ranging from #abused!Harry to #zombies, and subtags for "author", "other character", "other pairing", and "title".


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Happy Belated 38th Birthday, Ron Weasley!

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Harry Potter and Fantastic Beast actresses' and actors' news: Castium Revelio and Weekly Roundup.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• Cursed Child Broadway Show reveals theater marquee in New York City.
• Cursed Child Broadway Announced First Round of 'Friday Forty' Tickets, starting March 9.

Prompt Challenges:
• introvert-club posted Wolfstar Prompt # 32: “Sirius is caught passing notes in class, and to their horror, the teacher reads the note aloud to the class.”
• hp_het posted March Prompt: green beer
• hp_creatures posted March Prompts: 1. Norwegian Ridgeback, 2. Commemorate, 3. "If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."―James Herriot
• hp_unfaithful posted March theme: proximity
• hp_coffeehouse posted March Prompt: I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. - T.S. Eliot

Communities:
• daily_deviant celebrates its 12th Debauched Anniversary and is looking for prompts for the festivities.
• hp_getlucky: Claiming ends March 5!
• HPFanficTalk posted the Rule of Three Challenge. (Challenge ends May 1.)
• hp_shoreofangst announced that Sign-ups are open.
• snape_potter posted a Modly Reminder: The Deadline for the Snarry-a-Thon18 is on April 1.

Hot Rec:
• Nights Like These by bansheee (Dean Thomas/Seamus Finnigan | R |16890 words)
Summary: If being away from Dean was making his dreams this bad and his feelings so strong, maybe living with Dean would make them both go away. They could go back to before, when things were easy and Seamus wasn’t one spark away from an explosion.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Percy Weasley and Oliver Wood in the aftermath of the Battle of Hogwarts by sadfishkid (Oliver Wood/Percey Weasley | G | art)
Summary: Because there is not enough Perciver art around.

Fandom Recs:
• smirkingcat recced a Remus Lupin/Severus Snape fic (NC-17).
• o0o-chibaken-o0o recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter fic (NC-17).
• melodyssister recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter and Harry Potter&Severus Snape mentor fic (R).

Resources:
• podfic_tips: What's a good microphone for podficcing?

Archive News:
• OTW: Fan Works, Fair Use, and Fair Dealing.
• OTW Guest Post: Ioana Pelehatăi & Alex Lungu, talking about the Copy Me Project.

Discussions:
• Sophia wrote The Patronus Charm: An Effective Counter to Depression.

Essay/Meta:
• Quantum Harry The Podcast: Episode 10: All's Fair in War and Quidditch.
• Lindsay Docken compared The Trio's First and Last Words. (MuggleNet)
• Bella wrote: Six Reasons Why I Like Ron More Now. (MuggleNet)

General Fandom News:
• The British Library's Exhibition "Harry Potter – A History of Magic" is now partially online. Here is the MuggleNet review of the online exhibit.
• slashorific announced the 2018 Slashorific Fest with the Theme: Destinations.
• Harry Potter Mystery Game: New Trailer Released.
• Harry Potter Mystery Game: Preregister Now on Goggle Play.

Nifty:
• The Harry Potter characters, except as cats: The Tri-Whiskard Tournament Is About To Begin. (MuggleNet)

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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• BBC Radio Scotland: Harry Potter's Edinburgh, a half-hour radio documentary. (Thanks for the link to the Hogwarts Professor!)
• Harry Potter: A History of Magic Exhibition open October 5, 2018, in New York City's New-York Historical Society and Library. (runs through January 27, 2019)
• Ticket release dates announced for the 'A History of Magic Exhibition' in New York City. (advance tickets February 14, general public April of 2018)

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom) and Zoë Wanamaker (Madam Hooch) reunite in new British TV drama Girlfriends.
• Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) brings theatre play 'Disco Pigs' to the United States.
• Harry Potter actors: Weekly Roundup and Castium Revelio

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Happy Birthday, Eddie Redmayne (born January 6, 1982)
• Megan wrote Ten Fantastic Beasts We'd Like to See in 'Crimes of Grindelwald'. (MuggleNet)

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 225 (due on or before January 13): Israelmore Ayivor quote>, Life Lessons and Rise to the Challenge.
• @introvert-club posted Wolfstar Prompt # 29.
• hp_creatures posted the January Prompts: 1. Hebridean Black, 2. Lycanthropy, 3. It's not what you say but how you say it.
• hp_coffeehouse posted the January Prompt: aroma

Communities:
• hp_kinkfest announced that Claiming opens Monday, January 8, 9pm GMT.
• femmefest announced Femmefest 2018. Sign-ups starts January 15.
• rt_morelove (More love for Remus/Tonks) announced that the community moved to Dreamwidth --> rt_morelove
• HPFanficTalk announced the Fairy Tale Challenge. Deadline is March 1, 2018.
• HPFanficTalk opened their annual F.R.O.G.S. Awards. (F.R.O.G.S. = fanfiction recognition for original and groundbreaking stories) Nominations close on January 10, 2018, and voting opens on January 15.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• newyearcntdown posted the Final List of participants' writing scores.
• sshg_giftfest posted the Masterlist.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt # 224 Masterlist.
• mini_fest posted the Week 4 Round-up.
• hd_owlpost posted the Round-up #4.
• rs_small_gifts posted the Week 4, Week 5. and Week 6 Round-ups.

Hot Rec:
• The Frisky Furnishings of Malfoy Manor by anonymous at hd_erised (Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter; NC-17)
Summary: The course of true love never did run smooth. Or: Hermione has a crafty plan, Harry and Draco are fake boyfriends and wizarding traditions have a lot to answer for. Featuring awkward dates, mince pies, a saucy sofa and a line of sequined house-elf haute couture nobody asked for but got anyway.

Fandom Recs:
All (as much as I could find) the Harry Potter Fandom Recs for the snowflake_challenge Day 3 (click on name to get to recs): lightofday, alisanne, vaysh, titti, minervas-eule, goddess47 (Harry Potter/Mycroft Holmes crossover), jenab (one Snarry fic), sassy_cissa, ghostwings (Harry Potter fanvid), ragdoll, gelsey (Luna art), themightyflynn, nearlyconscious, digthewriter, tjs-whatnot and therealsnape.
• melodyssister recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (NC-17).
• madeleone recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape; Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (G).
• kellychambliss recced a Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape fic (PG-13).
• toblass recced Hermione Granger/Severus Snape art (G).
• themightyflynn recced Severus Snape art (G).
• kellychambliss recced three works from mini_fest: Millicent Bulstrode/Pansy Parkinson art (G), illustrations for all Heads of Houses (G), and a George Weasley/Victor Krum fic (PG-13).
• kellychambliss recced three works from hoggywartyxmas: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape (PG-13), Filius Flitwick/various partners (R) and Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall (PG)
• alisanne recced Minerva McGonagall and Hermione Granger/Severus Snape art (G and NC-17 resp.).
• kikimay recced 8 Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter fics.
• ldydark1 recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Veela fic (PG-13).

Podfics:
• xancredible recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter podfic (NC-17 | 5:55 hours).
• podfic_love is looking for monthly podfic reccers (all fandoms)

Resources:
• hd_prophet: January 6 Edition.
• The SS/HP Prophet from December 31 to January 6.
Week, starting

Discussions:
• Joshua asked Who's Really the Best "Potter" DADA Teacher? (MuggleNet)

Essay/Meta:
• tdcatsblog wrote The Drarry Squad. (meta about what is behind the tag #thedrarrysquad)

General Fandom News:
• capitu closed the HP Seasonal Comment-a-thon. The post to submit your comment count goes up tomorrow (Monday).
• New Projection Show coms to Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando.

Have a Laugh:
• Someone Actually Illustrated That ‘Harry Potter’ Chapter Written By Predictive Text Bot & It’s Too Funny. (Fan illustrations can be found on twitter here.

Nifty:
• mywitch posted Harry Potter playing cards. (scroll down for the whole set)


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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• Beatrice Grove, Literary Allusion in The Cuckoo's Calling - Part 2: Tennyson's "Ulysses".
• Robert Galbraith's Strike to return to BBC in 2018 in Career of Evil.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• MinaLima, Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima (graphic design): Q & A: Telling Stories Through Design.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Everything we know about Fantastic Beasts [2] so far: Plot Hints and Cast News.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 210 (due on or before September 23): "free for all" prompts for four years of hogwarts365.
• @introvert-club posted Wolfstar Prompt # 20: Magic Shows and Circus Theatrics

Communities:
• hp_nextgen_fest posted a reminder that submission for the Next Generation Fest are due in one month on October 16th.
• slythindor100 announced their community affiliation with adventchallenge.
• sceasleycest announced the December Fest for Scorpius Malfoy and the Wesleys. Prompting is open!
• sceasleycest announced their community affiliation with adventchallenge.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_drizzle posted the Weekly Round-up Two.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt # 209 Masterlist.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• [podfic] The Evil Devil Child and the Perfect Gift read by semperfiona, written by who_la_hoop (Albus/Scorpius, Al/Scorpius/Draco, Harry/Scorpius, Harry/Draco | NC-17 | 1:50:27 hours)
Summary: When Scorpius Malfoy – Legilimens-extraordinaire, perfect son and all-round kinky little bastard – discovers that his father harbours a certain fantasy involving Harry Potter, a submissive attitude and a priceless antique dining table, he sets out to make his father's dreams come true. And if succeeding in his mission involves putting up with a naked, willing Albus Severus? Well, that's a price that Scorpius will just have to pay.

Fandom Recs:
• toblass recced Severus Snape art (gen).
• themightyflynn recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (NC-17).
• rosevalleynb recced a Petunia Evans Dursley, Harry Potter, Dudley Dursley gen fic (PG).
• chantefable recced a Draco Malfoy/Rose Weasley remix fic (PG-13).

Resources:
• The SS/HP Prophet from September 9 to 16.

Archive News:
• OTW: Transcript for the 10th Anniversary Chat with authors Christina Lauren and Catherine Roach.
• OTW: Transcript for the 10th Anniversary Chat with authors Seanan McGuire and Martha Wells about "Fantasy and Fandom".

Essay/Meta:
• Sarah Galley wrote Harry Potter: A Beginner's Guide to Evaluating Authority. (Barnes & Noble Blog)

Searches:
• accio_hd_fics posted a search for your favourite mpreg fics.
• daily_snitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Newt Scamander.


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