interview/school readings

[koinonia02 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19951

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., medusa_975 at h... wrote:
> Hi, no this was another reading and certainly nothing to do with 
the 
> Skydome. I think it was in Ottawa.
> As well as the comments about Snape, she also said that the fact 
that 
> Harry's patronus and his father's animagus form were stags had a 
> mythological significance.A number of people tracked down 
references 
> to stags being enemies of serpents.Bottom line, I think the person 
> who posted the account (a regular poster on that board) was 
genuine. 
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Sheryll Townsend <s_ings at y...> wrote:
> > Okay, I'm going to throw my 2 knuts worth into this
> > one. The only reading JKR gave in Canada (to my
> > knowledge) was the one at the SkyDome (which is
> > definitely not a bookstore). An account of the reading
> > and the questions afterwards can be found in message
> > #4608.
> > 
> > Sheryll
> > 
> > --- medusa_975 at h... wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi, it wasn't an interview, it was a reading JKR
> > > gave at a bookshop. 
> > > Someone who posted on Jenna's Unofficial HP Fan Club
> > > site attended 
> > > the reading and put an account of it on the forum
> > > there. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., koinonia02 at y... wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Supposedly it was an interview JKR made while in
> > > Canada late last 
> > > > year.  It seems JKR was reading from this part of
> > > the book and when 
> > > > she said *he will be killed* the crowd went
> > > ahhhhh.  She was 
> > > > surprised and said not to worry, he (Snape) was
> > > tough.  Now, I 
> > > tried 
> > > > to find that interview and the only thing I could
> > > find was a very 
> > > > small article in a newspaper about JKR reading at
> > > a particular 
> > > > school. It seems like the school was for some
> > > children with special 
> > > > needs.  There was nothing in the article about
> > > this part of the 
> > > > reading.  But again, it was a very small article
> > > and it's possible 
> > > > that wasn't even the event where this occured.  I
> > > can't even tell 
> > > you 
> > > > what newspaper it was in or what city it was.  I
> > > got this 
> > > information 
> > > > from someone in Canada. I have yet to see it in
> > > writing so I do 
> > > > hesitate to bring it up.  Sorry, I know this isn't
> > > much help!
> > > > 
> > > > Koinonia


The Globe and Mail
July 21, 2000
Renee Huang

Discusses the reading that will take place in Toronto on October 24th 
at the Sky Dome.  Also has the following information:

Ms. Rowling will also take part in Vancouver's Internationl Writers 
(& Readers) Festival with a reading at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on 
October 25 and visits to two schools in the city.

Unless Ms. Rowling canceled all events in Vancouver, she was 
scheduled to appear and read at other events besides the Sky Dome.  

As Medusa said, the information about Snape being the one who had 
left forever and the importance of the stag was originally posted on 
Jenna's site.  The one who made the post did seem genuine in her 
remarks.  After reading the information she posted, I attempted to 
find what was actually said and was never able to come up with 
anything other than the newspaper article I read of JK's visit to a 
school which I described earlier.  As I stated, no where in the small 
article was any new informtion, such as Snape and stag, mentioned.  
It is possible that this information was done at the other school or 
the other reading. It would seem that if JKR had made new revelations 
about the books that some newspaper or person would have picked up on 
it and we would all know about it.  This is the only rumor I ever 
mention where I don't back it up with an interview.  I always point 
that out!  Jenna's site is closed, as far as I know, so I don't know 
of any way to go over the information in that post.

Koinonia