Harry Potter Party!

While fans around the globe anxiously await the seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, Brandon readers will have the opportunity to celebrate the arrival of J.K. Rowling’s latest novel by celebrating in the street. On July 20, the eve of the book’s release, Pennywise Books will host a party culminating in a midnight book-buying opportunity for Harry Potter fans.

To set the mood for the occasion, there will be displays of owls and live snakes. As well, entertainment will be provided by musicians and buskers, while fortune-tellers, witches and wizards will create magic.

Contests will also play a big part in this celebration. There will be a prize for the best Harry Potter look-alike, a prize for best costume (other than Harry), a prize for the best drawing by an artist aged 10 and under and a prize for the best drawing by an artist aged 11 to 16. Also, there will be a prize for the best home-made potion and a magic bean guessing contest.

Contest rules can be obtained at Pennywise Books, and drawings and potion entries must be submitted by 5:30 p.m., on July 17.

Prizes available include colouring books, plush creatures and other Harry Potter-related items. A draw will be held for a five and a half foot toy dragon.

The Harry Potter Street Party is open to the public and will take place between 10th and 11th Streets, on Rosser Ave., the evening of July 20, beginning at approximately 8:30 p.m. Pennywise Books will open its doors at 12:01 a.m. to release the final installment of the series, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows. The book can be pre-ordered at Pennywise Books, located at 1031 Rosser Ave.

If you would like more information, don't hesitate to call us (728-2665) or stop in for a visit.

June 28 - Book Launch

On June 28, beginning at 7:00, we will be celebrating the launch of Charles A. L. Dubois' "The Filcher's Forge."

Earth is a place where a single species has ever dominated the race for sentience. Earth is a place where physics are utilized by machines that maintain the balance and nurture the evolution of civilizations. Earth is a place where spirituality exists only as a catalyst for social control, if it exists at all. Forget everything you know about your world. Leave it behind. Welcome to Junoth.

When a nature-born dryad finds himself trapped in a world of human industry and enslaved to the will of an ambitious pirate, he is forced to fight for his freedom. What he finds instead reinforces the fact that friendship is often forged in the most unlikely of places.

About the author:

Charles was raised in rural Westman, an area describing the south-western portion of the prairie province Manitoba. He attended school in the small towns of Souris and Wawanesa, eventually making his home in Brandon.

Charles has been writing stories from Junoth ever since he’s known how to write. His very first Junoth story was entitled “The Swordster” and was written at age 6. Since then he has been developing the world, its history, and its people.

If every entity in this universe is a world unto itself, then Charles is best described by the world he writes from. “I have never been nor will likely ever be as interesting as the characters I’ve created.” – Charles A.L. Dubois