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August 10, 2024
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Book Week, Books and reading, NEW!, Shop news
Book Week and the Enduring Magic of Harry Potter
Book Week, running from Saturday 17th to Friday 23rd August, is a vibrant celebration of reading, imagination, and the joy of books. As one of the most significant events in the literary calendar, it encourages children to embrace literature through themed activities, costumes, and parades. This year, with the theme “Reading is Magic,” the focus is on how reading opens doors to enchanting worlds and inspires creativity. Few literary works exemplify this theme as powerfully as J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, which has become a dominant force in children’s literature worldwide. The Harry Potter series, which began with Harry Potter
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April 26, 2024
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, NEW!, Wizarding news
All seven Harry Potter audiobooks to be reproduced with full cast of voice actors
We all love the Harry Potter audio books and we know a lot of our customers – and our staff – fall asleep to the dulcet tones of Stephen Fry or Jim Dale every night! But Amazon’s Audible, in conjunction with Pottermore Publishing, will offer a whole new way of listening to the Harry Potter series. All seven of the much-loved books in the series will feature new voice casting with over 100 performers, original scoring and immersive sound design in Dolby Amos… but what does that mean? In practical terms, think of it as the audiobooks but with the
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April 22, 2023
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Wizarding news
Harry Potter: Warner Bros announces a new game
Hogwarts Legacy was hugely successful – perhaps one of the best-selling games in recent history – but for many fans it was missing a vital feature… Quidditch! Now we know why. Warner Bros. has announced that a new game, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, is in active development which will be welcome news for the legion of fans keen to mount their broomsticks and play the wizarding world’s most popular sport. Described as a “fast-paced, competitive multi-player game featuring the world’s most iconic magical sport”, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will “enagage players in the sport of Quidditch and other broomstick
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March 29, 2023
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Shop news
Wand Making in the School Holidays
Every witch and wizard must have their very own wand, crafted for them alone and imbued with the ancient magic of wand lore. It must complment the wand bearer’s character, fit well in the hand and be strong but agile in order to help the holder to master the age-old craft of spell casting. During the WAND MAKING WORKSHOP witches and wizards will make their very own, personalised wand under the watchful eye of the professional wand makers at the Quizzical Academy of Sorcery. They will not only learn some magical and fascinating facts about wands and wand lore, but
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February 25, 2021
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: NEW!, Shop news
Sydneysiders welcome Australia’s most magical store
NEARLY LEGLESS MICK and his small team of newly-recruited staff had about two hours to get 40 boxes of newly arrived merchandise on the shelves before Quizzic Alley’s brand new Sydney store opened on 4th December 2020. “It was manic,” said the six-time Paralympic athlete and Harry Potter fan who opened the first Quizzic Alley in Canberra two-and-a-half years ago. “The pandemic messed up shipping and delivery times. We’d ordered up big for the new store and for Christmas and, in the days before we opened, most of it was sitting off-shore somewhere in containers. There were no guarantees anything
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February 13, 2021
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Events, NEW!, Wizarding news
Potterheads Rejoice: A New Harry Potter Exhibition set for Global Tour in 2022
Harry Potter: The Exhibition is an all-new behind-the-scenes touring exhibition making its world premiere in 2022. The exhibition celebrates the films and stories of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts™, and the expanded Wizarding World with immersive design and technology. It will feature iconic moments, characters, settings, and beasts as seen in the films and stories of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World while exploring the filmmaking magic that brought them to life. For over 20 years, the Harry Potter stories and films have captivated fans worldwide, gaining momentum in recent years as a new generation discovers the magic of the Wizarding
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November 30, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, NEW!, Products, Shop news
Who or what is MinaLima?
Did you get your copy of the recently released new imagining of Harry Potter and the Phisopher’s Stone? It is adorned with paper craft features and special fold-out pages, artistically recreating the likes of Diagon Alley and, naturally, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You can even immerse yourself in a pop-out Great Hall feast and (almost) join the festivities yourself. This amazing and beautiful book is yet another graphic masterpiece from MinaLima, the design team behind the Harry Potter film series. They’re currently putting the finishing touches to The Chamber of Secrets, due to hit our shelves in November.
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July 9, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, Events, Shop news
Quizzic Alley and MS Readathon – a magical partnership to get kids to read
Quizzic Alley is throwing its support behind children’s literacy as an official sponsor of this year’s MS Readathon. Registrations are open for the MS Readathon and more than 28,000 kids around the country have already signed up. Over 40,000 are expected to be ready to start reading by August. The rules are simple: Read whatever you like, as much as you can, during August while you raise funds for kids with a parent who has multiple sclerosis. Quizzic Alley will provide some prizes along the way and, in a first for the MS Readathon, will host a live online Harry
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May 23, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Wizarding news
Universal Studios in Orlando to re-open Friday 5 June
Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida announced today that the resort will re-open on Friday 5th June. It’s welcome news to the resort’s legion of fans with a number posting they intend to visit as soon as possible, despite the United States recording one of the highest COVID-19 infection and death rates in the world. The theme park is home to a number of Harry Potter themed attractions including Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, the Hogwarts Express, Hogwarts Castle and the recently opened Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. The repening comes with stringent new health, safety and hygiene procedures, including staggered parking, compulsory
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