In Search of Harry Potter
I am delighted to let you all know that my book In Search of Harry Potter is on the shelves. The book was published by Methuen Publishing in London and is now available in shops in Britain. From what I’ve been told, it should be in the stores in the US in a few weeks. In the meantime, it’s available from Amazon.
I’ve had quite a few questions about the book, so I’ve put together a page about it which I hope will be helpful. If you have further questions, feel free to send me an email.
The book is hardcover and illustrated with my photographs throughout. The material in the book is best described as a first-person travel memoir. I didn’t include information directly from the Lexicon website with the exception of a couple of essays by Ravenclaw Rambler for which he gave me permission. The cover and the maps were created by Camilla Engelby, a good friend and fellow Harry Potter fan.
November 24th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Congratulations, Steve. I look forward to purchasing the book and having it sit on the shelf next to my HP books and audiobooks. It will be the only non-JKR authored book to have that place of honor.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Did you by any chance go looking near Pendle when you were over here in the UK?? That area has a very rich history of witchcraft
November 24th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I didn’t, unfortunately. But I’m already making a list of new places to go if I decide to do a revised and enlarged edition!
November 25th, 2008 at 4:36 am
please, update the website! good luck with your book, but this page is for HPL updates and there haven’t been no one from September.
November 25th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
My copy arrived from Amazon last week - I’ve dipped in and viewed the pictures so far, looking forward to a detailed read and some location visits. I’ll be taking it to next Meetup in case others have forgotten!
November 25th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Will that book be aviable in Germany?
November 25th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Marco, if it is on amazon, sure. For books there is no customs fee. I do it often. Any amazon site will do. Check which is the most convenient (including postage of course).
November 25th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Great! I will be ordering pronto! I loved your sessions at several of the HP conferences and can’t wait to get this. Is the UK one the same as the US one? I’m trying to decide if I’m patient enough to wait until it comes out in the US!
November 26th, 2008 at 10:41 am
At the moment, there is only one version of the book. I don’t have any information about when it will be ‘officially’ in the US, sorry. I wish I did.
I know that I haven’t been posting updates on this What’s New for a few months. I’ve been working on some page redesigns and editing little errors all over the site, none of which makes for much of a What’s New announcement.
I hope you all enjoy the book!
November 27th, 2008 at 6:19 am
congrats Steve! I hope the bad times for you and the hp-lexicon-staff will be over, now!
November 28th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Here here Vicky, I agree. I like getting updates about what’s happening around the site and it’s very disheartening not to have very many.
November 28th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Congratulations Steve! I look forward to purchasing it.
November 29th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Are you ready for the new canon of BEEDLE THE BARD?
-About professors of Hogwarts, as Herbert Beery of Herbology and Silvanus Kettleburn of CMC (lot of new info about him).
- Relatives ot the Malfoys and the Dumbledores.
- Info about previus owners of the Elder Wand.
- Meaning of warlock.
- About Beatrix Bloxam, or Beedle the Bard himself… new characters too, philosophers, witches…
A lot of new canon
definetly.
November 29th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
I am very excited to read the new book and yes, to discover the new canon. I’ll be taking notes and editing the Lexicon, believe me!
November 30th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Congrats on the new book!
And, Steve no matter how small the updates are, it’s always nice to hear you are still working in the lexicon, so please post in “What’s New” more frequently
November 30th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
By the way, I believe Beatrix Bloxan is probably named after Beatrix Potter, the famous children’s books author.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:27 am
Oh, Im very happy to hear (to read) that you still working on Lexicon.There was no new posts in What’s new and I alaways have commented something because there was no new comments, no posts etc.
Im very glad to hear that your book has been published.For now I must to wait to my grandmother goes to Germany and then I going to get a book via amazon.
Maybe some Serbian publisher publish your book on Serbian.
Whatever, all the best and cheers for you!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
CONGRATS!!! for both books
And THANKS for these new books and also for the wonderful years that you have gave us through the Lexicon site.
Wish you the best for the next year and PLEASE do not “hack” or “pirate” the books it took him a lot of time (and money) to finally put them on shelves
January 28th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
I don’t often get the chance to give feedback on a book direct to the author. I really liked it. It was a bit of a gem for me because I also love Britiain itself - the architecture, landscapes and history. It was also nice to hear the story of how you found Hogwarts again, I heard it the first time at Sectus. Great job, Steve.
September 16th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Not understandable, why such opinion?
July 30th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Im very glad to hear that your has been published
August 7th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Waiting for the new potter movie it’s stressfull enough, so i went online last month to get a harry potter wand.