Benjamin, Tiana -
Blake, Andrew -
Bloomsbury PLC -
Blyton, Enid -
Bournemouth -
Bournville Hotel -
Bradley, David -
Branagh, Kenneth -
Bridger, Francis (The Reverend) -
Bristol
Benjamin, Tiana
Born in October 1984 in England, Tiana Benjamin was cast as
Angelina Johnson in
GF/f.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1637962/
See also Tabor, Danielle.
Blake, Andrew
Author of The Irresistible Rise of Harry Potter
(Verso, December 2002), Blake has taught cultural studies in London and
Winchester, where he is currently Head of Cultural Studies at King Alfred's
College. His most recent book is
Salman Rushdie: A Beginner's Guide.
In
The Irresistible Rise of Harry Potter,
a critical Marxist look at the Harry Potter Phenomenon, Blake questions
Harry's suitability as a role model
and analyzes what the popularity of this series says about the current state
of the publishing industry and literature. Commentary on Blake's work
can be found at:
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-1-66-455.jsp
Bloomsbury PLC
Publisher of Rowling's works in the United Kingdom. In 1996,
Bloomsbury,
whose Children's Book Division was under Barry Cunningham, acquired the
publication rights to PS for
£1,500 ($2,250). HarperCollins passed on the manuscript, not taking
the time to put a bid together and advising
Bryony Evens of the
Christopher Little Agency
to go with the Bloomsbury offer
(SS_JKRB).
Blyton, Enid
JKR says she read most of Enid Blyton's Famous Five and Noddy novels as a
child, but she adds that they weren't particular favorites or books that
she ever re-read.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a sizeable coastal Dorset town just northwest of the
Isle of Wight.
JKR's paternal grandparents,
Ernie and
Kathleen Rowling, lived in the
Bournemouth vicinity for many years.
See Wimbourne Minster.
Bournville Hotel
The Bournville Hotel is located in
Didsbury (a suburb of Manchester),
and JKR booked a room there one night after a "blazing row" with
her boyfriend. While there, to take her mind off of the argument, she
invented the game of
Quidditch. "I wanted a
sport for wizards, and I'd always wanted to see a game where there was
more than one ball in play at the same time. The idea just amused me. The
Muggle sport it most resembles is basketball, which is probably the sport
I enjoy watching most. I had a lot of fun making up the rules and I've
still got the notebook I did it in, complete with diagrams, and all the
names for the balls I tried before I settled on
Snitch,
Bludgers, and
Quaffle
(AOK1)."
The hotel is located at 148 Barlow Moor Road, M20 2UT.
Bradley, David
Born in April 1942 in Yorkshire, England, David Bradley was cast as
Argus Filch in the
Harry Potter films.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103195/
Branagh, Kenneth
Born in December 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Kenneth Branagh was
cast as Gilderoy Lockhart in the
Harry Potter films. Among the
many other roles he has played in his distinguished career, he was the reader
for the unabridged audio edition of
The Magician's Nephew by
C.S. Lewis (see).
Further information can be found at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000110/
Bridger, Francis (The Reverend)
Author of
A
Charmed Life: Spirituality in the Potterworld (Image, 2002), The
Reverend Francis Bridger is a Principal at Trinity College, Bristol, an
institution preparing individuals seeking ordination in the ministry of
the Church of England. Reverend Bridger has been a Principal at Trinity
since 1999, after serving as a vicar in Nottingham for nine years. His
teaching interests include pastoral theology, philosophy and ethics. Further
information about The Reverend Bridger may be found at:
http://www.trinity-bris.ac.uk/index.php?id=40
Bristol
JKR's father, Peter Rowling, worked as an
engineer at the Rolls Royce aircraft engine plant
in Bristol while JKR was growing up. Bristol is a port city located in
England's
West Country.
See also Bristol.
