J.K. Rowling's first holiday surprise tells more about SnapeDecember 15, 2014 - 12:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - J.K. Rowling's 12 days of holiday surprise kicked off Friday, December 12 with new material that focuses on Lily Potter and Severus Snape's hometown. The short story can be found on Pottermore.com by answering a riddle, AceShowbiz said. The short story details Cokeworth, "a fictional town in the English midlands where Harry spends a night at the Railview Hotel with his aunt, uncle and cousin Dudley." It's also the place where Harry's mother Lily Evans, his aunt Petunia, and Severus Snape grew up. There, the old house of Snape's parents, Spinner's End, is located. The house is mentioned at the beginning of the sixth book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" as the place where the Unbreakable Vow is performed. "Cokeworth has a river running through it, evidence of at least one large factory in the long chimney overlooking Snape's house, and many small streets full of workers' houses." More new entries from Rowling will be unveiled on the site every day until December 23. Photo: Jonathan Lodge Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |