Josie Mangani
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JosieM is 22 years old. Born in Melbourne, Australia. She lives on a diet of pasta and chocolate and spends the rest of her time roaming the internet in search of news for harry potter, the hunger games and many other young adult fandoms. Her love of these films and books has created an addiction to podcasts and a passion for paper crafting and writing. You can contact her at josie@theyoungfolks.com & on Twitter: @thewhiteswan

Pottermore Releases New J.K Rowling Material

This morning, Pottermore announced that “you can now visit the library on Pottermore and read excerpts from selected books.” As per normal for Pottermore this announcement left a lot to the imagination. What library? Excerpts from all the Harry Potter books?…

‘The Avengers’ Breaks All-Time Domestic Opening Weekend Box Office Record

Batman did it, Harry Potter did it, Twilight did it, now it’s ‘The Avengers’ turn to rewrite the record for biggest all-time domestic opening weekend box office gross. A very proud Disney made a press release to announce the feat:…

This Month in Books: May New Releases

Every year publishers rely on a couple of their titles to cover the production costs of the countless other books they publish. In May two of these big name books will be released. The first is Insurgent, the sequel to…

How Maggie Smith’s departure will put an end to ‘Downton Abbey’

The hugely popular costume drama, ‘Downton Abbey‘ has had me hooked ever since I discovered it back in 2010. It was exactly what girls have always wanted in a tv show: love, scandal, drama, fancy costumes and gorgeous men, all…

TV News: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 3 Will Cover Half of ‘A Storm of Swords’

Author of the acclaimed ‘Game of Thrones’ books, George R.R.Martin, has confirmed that Season 3 of HBO’s adaptation of the books will cover half of ‘A Storm of Swords’. The book was already split into two volumes when it was…

Book News: J.K. Rowling Updates Progress on Harry Potter Encyclopaedia

J.K. Rowling’s official website – in addition to announcing the release date for her first standalone book ‘The Casual Vacancy’ has updated her FAQ and Rumours section,with information about the future of the Harry Potter encyclopaedia, and if she would ever write another…

Book News: J.K. Rowling Announces New Book Title, Synopsis, Release Date!

We’ve only been waiting 5 years for this! J.K. Rowling’s new book is called ‘The Casual Vacancy’ and it will be released September 27th, 2012. That’s only 137 days away. Get your calendars out and mark the date, you’ll want to keep it…