Read more wizard stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5847/wizard.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:52:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29712/rowlings-potter-prequel-conjures-up-49k-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJK Rowling’s handwritten “prequel” to the Harry Potter books has sold for $49,000 at a charity auction to benefit the PEN writers organization, Reuters reports. In the 800-word story, which takes place before Harry’s birth, the boy wizard’s father and Sirius Black use magic to elude police in a...http://www.newser.com/story/29712/rowlings-potter-prequel-conjures-up-49k-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Jun 2008 5:01:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29340/rowling-casts-spell-at-harvard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Potter birth mom JK Rowling yesterday urged Harvard graduates at their commencement to use their imaginations on more than wizards and muggles to envision—and create—a better world. She recalled the rewarding time she spent when she was younger working for prisoners of totalitarian regimes for Amnesty International....http://www.newser.com/story/29340/rowling-casts-spell-at-harvard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Jun 2008 7:10:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4729/missing-pages-printing-errors-hex-potter-fans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe seventh Harry Potter book sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours in print, but at least 200 fans of the teenage wizard have had less than magical experiences with the saga's finale. An irate group of readers on message boards at Amazon.com and eBay are...http://www.newser.com/story/4729/missing-pages-printing-errors-hex-potter-fans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Jul 2007 15:26:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4655/potter-spell-smashes-records-in-first-day-sales.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe internet leaks don't seem to have weakened any of the boy wizard's magic: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" sold a record-breaking 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale Saturday. The 7th and final installment in the series bested the 6th, “Harry Potter and the...http://www.newser.com/story/4655/potter-spell-smashes-records-in-first-day-sales.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Jul 2007 3:33:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4446/potter-pages-leaked-in-web-hocus-pocus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world's favorite boy wizard flies onto bookshelves for the final time Saturday, but scanned pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows —some real, some phony—have already landed on the Internet. Photographs of what seem to be every page of the 784-page tome have been posted on several...http://www.newser.com/story/4446/potter-pages-leaked-in-web-hocus-pocus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Jul 2007 5:24:27 CDT