Described by the Times as the "Potter-perfect narrator" his reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone won the 1999 Children's Talkie Award and famously aired on BBC Radio 4 on Boxing Day ...

When it was done, she sent the first three chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to an agent, who sent back a polite refusal. The second agent she tried asked to see the rest of the ...

Similarly, we’re never explicitly told how old Vernon is in the books, fans estimate he’s only a few years older than his wife, with most estimating he’s about 37 in The Philosopher’s Stone.

The man forked out £10.99 for the hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone from Waterstones after its release in 1997 ...

The Harry Potter TV show will presumably have the extra time needed to cover fan-fan-favorite events omitted from the films like Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party in "Philosopher’s Stone ...

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If you bought Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S.) when it was first released, get ready to feel tragically aware of the passage of time. This year, the book is ...

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Harry Potter is one of the best-selling book series in the world. The first title, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, published in 1997, captured hearts of readers immediately after its release ...

(VMI enrolled its first female cadets the following year.) In 1997, the first Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling, was published in the United Kingdom.