20“ Anniversary“ covers of J.K. Rowling’s Harry PotterBooksBrian SeznickEVENTSHarry PotterJK RowlingTea Party
Scholastic Treats Potterheads with brand-new ‘20“ Anniversary“ covers of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series by award-wiining Illustrator
HARRY POTTER “20TH ANNIVERSARY” COVERS BY AWARD-WINNING ILLUSTRATOR NOW AVAILABLE IN THE PHILIPPINES
It’s official, I’m old! I can’t believe
that Potterheads around the world is officially celebrating 20 years of Harry
Potter with the release of new book covers by a known and award-winning artist.
It seems it was just yesterday when I was browsing around National Bookstore
and I was intrigued by this book with a bespectacled boy riding a broomstick entitled
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. After reading it overnight, I went back
to National to look for the second book but it was sold out already! But thank
God my friend Rye has one. He said that he was a little bit embarrassed to tell
me that he was reading a YA book, but it was so good he said. Good thing he has
the book in his car and I finished reading it in one sitting. Then we
influenced another friend and we three can’t stop talking about Harry Potter.
That was the start of our Harry Potter addiction and over the years, the agony
of waiting for each book is a real torture.
If we shared books with the first two
books, the third book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is another
story. We each bought our own then and it was always the hardcover edition
starting with this one. We always made
sure we were the first to get our hands with the new book and the most
memorable one will always be the release of Book 7 Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows where we were up by dawn to fall in line because it was going to be a
worldwide simultaneous release.
On my part, book 7 had the most impact
on me, dislodging Book 5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix where Sirius
Black died (after that I got numbed with some of the characters being killed so
I was numbed enough when Dumbledore died).
I know Book 7 is going to be brutal but
I wasn’t really prepared for it. All those deaths, Fred’s death hit me the
hardest that I stopped reading for five hours, was hard to accept and I kept
thinking how JK Rowling is such a murderer. You might think I’m overreacting but this is
how much I’m into Harry Potter and his world.
The release of book 7 is the end of an
era and I always think that no book can surpass the Harry Potter series and how
it left an impression to many who have read it. (The movies are another matter)
I am glad that we are the first generation who discovered the series.
Yes, twenty years went by so fast and Harry
Potter was such a large part of me and my friends’ life. Every time JK Rowling
would hand out Harry Potter crumbs, we were always excited to wait for it. Fan
fiction is also a godsend for many of us who can’t let go of Harry Potter. As
for me, I began to collect Harry Potter international editions, not all but a
particular book that I like. When Scholastica announced that they will release
a HARRY POTTER “20TH ANNIVERSARY” new Covers Illustrated by Award-Winning Artist
Brian Selznick, I was overjoyed. I was planning to buy the series one book at a
time for like a period of 5 months for my collection, but LOOK!!!
Scholastic
is treating Potterheads to the brand-new ‘20“ Anniversary“ covers of J.K.
Rowling’s Harry Potter series, illustrated by worldwide bestselling author and
award-winning artist Brian Selznick. The release of the new edition marks the
celebrated milestone of the 20th Anniversary of the US publication of Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The highly anticipated new paperback editions
have been released last June 26, 2018.
Breathing the epic
story into life, the new edition is rendered with Selznick’s signature black and
white style with jewel-toned type. But when the covers are placed side by side
in a chronological order, this is where the real magic happens. The covers will
then form a dazzling single image that tells the overarching story that begins
with Harry’s arrival at Number Four, Privet Drive. through the epic conclusion
of the Battle of Hogwarts.
All seven covers
depict thrilling moments and beloved characters from across the series,
including Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, and
many more. Sharp-eyed readers will spot intricate details throughout the
artwork, such as Hermione’s Time-Turner, Harry's Patronus, the maze from the
Triwizard Tournament, and the Hogwarts Express steaming toward a new school
year with the next generation on board.
Being a fan himself,
Selznick said, “I’m a huge Harry Potter fan (a proud Hufflepuff!), and to be
asked to illustrate the 20th Anniversary edition covers was an absolute honor.
I knew this project came with so much responsibility to the stories, as well as
to the readers.
Philippines also celebrated Scholastic 20th Anniversary
of Harry Potter with a special tea party held at 49-B Heirloom Kitchen last
June 30, 2018.
Scholastic Asia with Pinoy Harry Potter, Hogwarts
Phils and National Bookstore celebrated the 20 years of Harry Potter Magic with
tournament by way of quiz and activities, where each house; Gryffindor,
Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff competed for the “House Cup.” Off course,
Gryffindor won!
Heirloom’s special menu were served and we especially
loved their cookies and scones with butter and jam.
Overall, the celebration is a huge success and some
were lucky enough to take home a complete set of Harry Potter books.
Thank you so much Ms. Joyce Bautista, Scholastic
Asia and the rest of the team for the magical celebration.
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