2002: Accio Quote!, the Largest Archive of J.K. Rowling quotes on theweb

What happened in 2002?
No new books were published in 2002 (Rowling was still writing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix); however Warner Brothers' release of the "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" movie was big news.

Rating	2002	Title & highlights*	Links	Type
*	Mar 8	Rowling stops Potter radio readings BBC News	text	report
**	Apr 15	Give loans to the poor, says Rowling The Telegraph (London)	text	report
**	May 21	UK Author's owl speeds transplant girl's recovery The Scotsman	text	report
**	May 26	Sarah Brown and JK Rowling: why we want you to help single parents: Chancellor's wife and Harry Potter writer reveal reasons they back charity Sunday Herald	text	Rowling statement
***	June	JK Rowling on her Days of Poverty The Mirror (UK)	text	Rowling statement
***	June 9	A kind of magic The Daily Telegraph (London)	text	Rowling statement
*** New!	June	Foreword to Magic: New Stories Bloomsbury Press	text	Rowling statement
***	Sep 19	Newsround talks exclusively to J.K. Rowling CBBC Newsround	text	interview
****	Oct 3	The Magic Behind Harry Potter Sixty Minutes (CBS News) When JKR choses names she knows the sound she is after. Mosag (Aragog's wife) is a Gaelic epithet meaning "dirty female or filthy." JKR's planning charts for each book list the month, the chapter title and what has to happen	text (alternate, re-edited version with video below)	interview
****	Oct 3	The Magic Behind Harry Potter Sixty Minutes (CBS News) Mosag (Aragog's wife) is a Gaelic epithet meaning "dirty female or filthy." Jo shows books she used for research: Fortune Telling By Cards, and Culpeper's Complete Herbal.	text video (heavily re-edited version of interview listed above)	interview
**	Oct 21	There will NOT be an eighth Potter Book CBBC Newsround Online	text	report
Movie version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets released November 15, 2002
****	Nov	Harry Potter - Harry and me The Scotsman The name ‘Gilderoy' came from Brewers' Dictionary of Phase and Fable – he was a handsome Scottish highwayman. Lockhart came from a First World War memorial.	text	interview
**	Nov	Trick & Treat: J.K. Rowling turns Stirling Castle into Hogwarts for Halloween fundraiser The Sunday Mail (UK)	text	report
*****	Nov 13	Harry Potter and Me A&E Biography (U.S.)	text	interview
****	Nov 13	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Audio Interview: J.K. Rowling IGN.com (Filmforce) JKR: "Key things happen in book two [...] no one knows how important those things are... yet. There's a lot in there... and I know how difficult it was to get it all in there without drawing too much attention to the clues." "All the important stuff [from book 2] got into the film."	text audio: mp3 audio: quicktime	interview
***	Dec	Rowling finds a meaning in fame Bookshelf	text	interview
***	Dec 22	Famous author corresponds with ailing child Albany Times Union	text	report
Rating	2002	Title & highlights*	Links	Type

*Article highlights created by Deborah Skinner (aka 'Madam Scoop') and Lisa Bunker

Original page date 21 September 2006; last updated 22 April, 2007

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