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February 27, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Books and reading
Jude Law among narrators of ‘Beedle the Bard’ audiobook
The popular Harry Potter spin-off book The Tales of Beedle the Bard, published more than a decade ago, has finally been recorded as an audiobook, available on Audible from 31 March. No news yet of a CD version which will disappoint a number of Quizzic Alley fans. Jude Law, Bonnie Wright and Warwick Davis are among the Harry Potter acting alumni lending their voices to a new audiobook of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Sadly, Emma Watson, who played Hermione in all eight Harry Potter films and read the story in The Deathly Hallows, is not the voice reading
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February 18, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Events
Could Hermione Granger be the next US President?
Hermione Granger has announced her 2020 Presidential Campaign via a video. Yep, you read that right: the noted activitist, leader, social campaigner and one of the most famous members of Dumbledore’s Army, has put her name in the political equivalent of the Goblet of Fire. But, before you race off to renounce your Australian citizenship, hoist the stars and stripes and race out into the street brandishing your house colours, you need to know that becoming an American is so so hard and…. oh yeah… this is a fake campaign. Sorry to burst your wizard world bubble but there’s no
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February 11, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Films and theatre
Off the market but there’s more to this story…
De Vere House, famously seen in The Deathly Hallows Part One is off the market but there is some good news for Potterheads the world over. The Grade I listed 15th century property in the picturesque village of Lavenham in Suffolk, England, is seen in the seventh film when Harry and Hermione return to the fictitious Godric’s Hollow. It is here that he was born and where Lord Volemort killed his parents Lily and James. It has become a must-see on the fan-trail for thousands of Potterheads and is said to be the second-most photographed home in the UK, after
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February 5, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, Events
Triwizard costume inspiration
Coming along to Harry Potter Book Night at Quizzic Alley tomorrow? We’ve put together a quick list of ideas for costumes – some simple, some a little more challenging. Hogwarts student Wear your Hogwarts house robe or just the right house colours – red and gold for Gryffindor, yellow and black for Hufflepuff, green and silver for Slytherin, blue and bronze for Ravenclaw. Try black trousers or skirt, a white shirt and a coloured scarf. Easy! Student from Beauxbatons Anything light blue will do. Silky robes and a shawl of scarf is good too. Make a simple light blue hat
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