Scholastic launches Harry Potter Reading Club, J.K. Rowling live fan chat October 11
 

Scholastic and J.K. Rowling announced that they launched a new official website just for Harry Potter called called the Harry Potter Reading Club. In addition to this, Rowling will take part in her first ever live chat about the book series on October 11, 2012 at 12:00pm EST to answer all fan questions related to Harry Potter. More details are below.

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J.K. Rowling To Appear In Live Global Webcast Hosted By Scholastic To Launch New Harry Potter Reading Club For Young Readers

Educators Can Sign Up Starting Today to Join October 11 Webcast Live from Edinburgh, Scotland

Scholastic SCHL -0.03% , the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announces a live webcast with worldwide bestselling author J.K. Rowling on October 11, 2012 and the launch of the Harry Potter Reading Club, an online destination created to share the magical world of Harry Potter with a generation of new readers. The live webcast is presented by the new Harry Potter Reading Club from Scholastic at www.scholastic.com/hpreadingclub .

At 12:00 noon ET (9:00am PT / 5) on Thursday, October 11, J.K. Rowling will participate in a live virtual author visit to classrooms across America to discuss the world of Harry Potter including Pottermore ( www.pottermore.com ), an exciting, free online experience that offers Harry Potter fans the chance to explore and discover exclusive new writing by J.K. Rowling as well as immerse themselves in other interactive content and community activities.

The October 11 webcast will be broadcast live from J.K. Rowling's hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the first time she has had the opportunity to answer questions from kids live since 2007. Educators can sign up to join the webcast beginning today at www.scholastic.com/hpreadingclub .

The new Harry Potter Reading Club website provides educators, librarians, after school program coordinators and parents who want to organize a book club with access to all the tools they need to host a Harry Potter Reading Club and celebrate the joy of reading. The first 10,000 registrants for the Club will receive a welcome kit including bookmarks, stickers and nametags. Printable versions of these items will also be available for download from the website.

"Scholastic has been in conversation with educators, librarians, and other book lovers about ideas for bringing the Harry Potter books to new readers in exciting and different ways," said Ellie Berger, President, Scholastic Trade. "The Harry Potter Reading Club is a direct response to that feedback and provides an entry point through which the thrill of these books can be shared with new generations of Harry Potter fans both within and beyond the classroom."

The Harry Potter Reading Club website includes a comprehensive discussion guide for each of the seven Harry Potter novels. The guides provide questions to help club members start an insightful conversation about the themes and events in the books and, in certain instances, how the books may relate to readers' own lives and the world today. Each month Scholastic will add new themed activities to complement the Reading Club discussions that will often relate to experiences on the Pottermore website.

"I have run my own Harry Potter Reading Club with my students for two years and seen them grow into better readers while having a great shared reading experience," said Donalyn Miller, sixth grade teacher, Trinity Meadows Intermediate School in Kellor, TX. "I am delighted to be an advisor for Scholastic on the new Reading Club so that many more children will discover and become deeply engaged in the series in their own clubs all across the country."

The Harry Potter Reading Club will also feature a live feed at Twitter #hpREADS providing a community for club leaders as well as "Teacher Tips" from educators already running Harry Potter Reading Clubs. The site will also include a series overview, a glossary of terms and a pronunciation guide as well as information about author J.K. Rowling and illustrator Mary GrandPre. Harry Potter Reading Club members can also expect invitations to additional special events and contests.

About Scholastic Scholastic Corporation SCHL -0.03% is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology and related services and children's media. Scholastic creates quality books, print and technology-based learning materials and programs, magazines, multi-media and other products that help children learn both at school and at home. The Company distributes its products and services worldwide through a variety of channels, including school-based book clubs and book fairs, retail stores, schools, libraries, on-air, and online at www.scholastic.com .

About Pottermore Pottermore.com is a free-to-use website, partnered by Sony, that can be enjoyed alongside the Harry Potter books. It is the only place to read new Harry Potter content by J.K. Rowling, and is the exclusive retailer of the Harry Potter eBooks.

Omg yes can't wait

That sounds so exciting!!! Cannot wait. :)

what a fun idea!

This is a great idea! I am so happy Jo and Scholastic are moving forward to spread Harry Potter to more readers because I, myself, got into reading at a young age because of the series. I'm so jealous too because none of my school classes got to read the books! :x3:

Ahhhhh this is so cool!!! If only I had my own classroom already. :(

This is amazing. Sooo exciting!

GRRR! I wish i wasn't at noon because i will have classes at that time :[, ah well i hope people will have fun! :D

Brilliant idea! I'm sure everyone will enjoy it.

This is so insanely EPIC!!!

That's a really cool opportunity. Schools in America are really pushing the integration of technology into the classroom, along with bringing up reading levels. This is a perfect way to help with both!

Aww I was hoping she would do something like this again with the Potter series!

I cannot wait for this! :pfd:

That sounds amazing! :x3: