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HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT February 2015
Excitement is building to the first ever Harry Potter Book Night on February 5th
This exciting event created by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc invites new and existing fans to share the wonder of J.K. Rowling’s unforgettable stories and, most excitingly, to introduce the next generation of readers to the unparalleled magic of Harry Potter.
Schools, bookshops, libraries and community groups throughout the UK & Ireland - and indeed the world - are currently refining their plans to make February 5th a night to remember! Twitter is buzzing with the #HarryPotterBookNight hashtag as hosts share news of their events. Over 8500 Harry Potter Book Night event kits have been downloaded by event hosts in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Norway, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and the Ukraine. In the UK and Ireland, ALL 1000 Chatterbooks groups are holding Harry Potter Book Night events, as are 240 Brownie groups and 80 Girl Guide groups. Event kits will be available online for FREE download right up until the night itself so there’s still time to decide to host an event involving games, quizzes, activities and dressing up.
Waterstone’s Piccadilly – Europe’s largest bookshop – will play host to a very special WE LOVE HARRY POTTER! Event from 6:30 pm on February 5th with guests including NEW Harry Potter illustrator Jonny Duddle, STAR author Laura Dockrill plus members of the POTTERMORE team and fan community MUGGLENET. Guests are invited to dress as wizard, witch or muggle. Tickets are limited and selling fast at waterstones.com. Earlier in the day, Jonny Duddle will be unveiling the secrets behind his amazing new illustrations to an invited schools audience at The Story Museum in Oxford.
Bloomsbury has launched a major competition for schools in the UK and Ireland to win an illustration workshop with Jonny Duddle plus a piece of exclusive money-can’t-buy Harry Potter wall art. For more information on this, plus other exciting Harry Potter Book Night treats, head to harrypotterbooknight.com, Facebook.com/ HarryPotterBooksfromBloomsbury OR @KidsBloomsbury on Twitter.
Emma Hopkin, Children’s M.D. of Bloomsbury Children’s Books says, “We are well aware of the enduring love for J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels so our aim for Harry Potter Book Night has always been to attract new readers to the books – and the overwhelming response from teachers, schools, libraries, Brownie and Girl Guide groups and bookshops will achieve just that so we couldn’t be more pleased.”