Category Archives: Harry Potter

Harry Potter and The Awards of Tony

Not an award we usually get to cover here at the Bureau, but it proved to be a good year for genre plays. Well, one in particular, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

The play, a sequel to the original seven books that follows young Albus Potter’s adventures at Hogwarts, won six Tony Awards including Best Play and Best Direction of a Play.

You can see the full results of the award ceremony here.

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The Next Big Thing from J.K. Rowling

Pottermore.com is the newest project from the uber-queen of the literary world. Billed as an interactive version of the original story where “you” get play a part.

It’s a little light on details and it won’t open until October, but Rowling went on YouTube early this morning to give us some information.

Also of note: The site will be exclusive place to buy the eBook version of the series. I hope they make them compatible with Kindles and Nooks.

For more on the project, check out the video from the author herself.

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