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The Harry Potter series has attracted a lot of media attention. This category is for media articles relating to the books.

Resources in This Category

• 'Potter' Web fans organize boycott

  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-02-22-potter.htm
  USA Today article about the reaction to lawyers trying to shut down Harry Potter fan sites.

• All Aboard the Potter Express

  http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/071000rowling-interview.html
  Alan Cowell's New York Times article about J.K. Rowling's real life trip across Britain on the Hogwarts Express.

• An Improbable Sequel: Harry Potter and the Ivory Tower

  http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/12/arts/12MIDD.html
  NY Times article (requires registration) on International Congress on Medieval Studies, where "the persistence of medieval archetypes in popular culture" was discussed - in works by J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien

• Besotted With Potter

  http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/safire/012700safi.html
  William Safire New York Times essay on why he thinks J. K. Rowling not winning a top literary prize was the right thing. Registration required.

• Danny Yee's Book Reviews: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

  http://dannyreviews.com/h/Harry_Potter.html
  The first Harry Potter book reviewed by Danny Yee.

• Funny, moving and impressive ...

  http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/14/reviews/990214.14childrt.html
  Review of Harry Potter vol. 1 by Michael Winerip (New York Times).[Requires free registration].

• Guardian Books Special Reports: Harry Potter

  http://www.theguardian.com/books/harrypotter
  Archive of news, comments, interviews, and audio clips related to the author and the books.

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling

  http://bookreviews.nabou.com/reviews/harry_potter_book_1.html
  Review by Kristyn Starr at nabou.com.

• Harry Potter Banned from Paper's Bestseller List

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/jul/17/fiachragibbons1
  Guardian Unlimited article on why Harry Potter books are not included in the Sunday Times bestseller list.

• Harry Potter Fans Detect Devilish Discrepancy

  http://www.salon.com/2000/07/24/potter_6/
  Garth Johnston's Salon Magazine article on possible discrepancies in the Harry Potter series.

• Harry Potter, the Closet Wizard

  http://slate.com/id/37736/
  Recycled in Slate: In South Carolina, the state board of education is considering whether the popular Harry Potter children's books should be banned from school libraries because of their upbeat depiction of witchcraft, wizardry, and other dark arts.

• Harry's Real Magic

  http://www.januarymagazine.com/kidsbooks/harry4.html
  Review of Harry Potter vol. 4 by Linda Richards, editor of January Magazine.

• Lord of the Golden Snitch

  http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/09/05/reviews/990905.05maguirt.html
  Review of Harry Potter vol. 3 by Gregory Maguire (New York Times).

• Quick Quote Quill

  http://www.accio-quote.org/
  An archive of JK Rowling's interviews and quotes.

• Salon.com Harry Potter Articles

  http://www.salon.com/topic/harry_potter/
  Salon Magazine article archive for Harry Potter related stories.

• Second time's still a charm

  http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2001-07-17-sorcerers-stone.htm
  USA Today review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Cathy Hainer.

• Spellbinding Textbooks

  http://www.januarymagazine.com/kidsbooks/rowlingcomicrelief.html
  Linda Richards reviews the two booklets written for the benefit of Comic Relief, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through the Ages": "both books [...] serve to illustrate quite graphically why [Rowling's] Harry Potter series of books has been so successful: Rowling understands the world she has created perfectly." (March 2001)

• The Sorcerers' Apprentice

  http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/01/fiction.gilesfoden
  Where did Harry learn his trade? Giles Foden gives a short history of wizards in literature. From The Guardian.

• Wild about Harry

  http://www.januarymagazine.com/kidsbooks/harrypotter.html
  Review of Harry Potter vol. 3 by Linda Richards, editor of January Magazine.

 

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