Hello, and welcome to the June issue of "The Anvil"!

Welcome in Summer, and cure your summer-break boredom, with this month's issue of The Anvil: Check out our lovely fanfic, fanart, and essays for your perusal, along with some shiny fanvids and icons. Our reporter AnndeeGranger talked with some alchemy theorists, and Gwen interviewed this month's "Harmonian of the Month". Also, AnndeeGranger's latest quiz is a treat - but don't forget to read our news section to find out some of the latest.

Remember, if you love us (or hate us) be sure to send us an owl at theanvil@theanvilezine.com. And save us some of that Diet Coke and a turn on Halo, won't you?

- The Anvil Staff

- News

- We are sad to announce that Witherwings will be closing in August, due to lack of interest. This also, theoretically, ends the Book Six Project and Project Harmony. The Anvil is looking to form its own message board, and will have a revamp of its website come August.

- Warner Bros. announced May 29th that Order of the Phoenix will be released two days earlier in the US and Canada, on Wednesday, July 11th. The original release date was Friday, July 13th.

- Universal Orlando Resorts is going to open a Harry Potter Theme Park in 2010. To view promotional posters for the park, go here.

- Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint are being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Misti from Harmony Podcast will be there to report on events. "The Hand/Wand/Foot" ceremony will take place July 9th, in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

- A new poll was put up on the Scholastic website May 29th, asking readers "Who Winds Up With Whom?" The options are Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Hermione, and Lupin/Tonks. To vote for your favorite couple, go here. (Note: The poll changes every two weeks.)

- Warner Bros. released six new TV spots for Order of the Phoenix May 22nd. To view these, Harmony Podcast has them uploaded here.

- MTV released a video interview of Dan Radcliffe and David Yates from The Order of the Phoenix set May 30th. To view the interview, go here.

- The Knight Bus Tour from Scholastic's campaign for Deathly Hallows kicked off at Rockefeller Center June 1st. (HPANA's YouTube page has video of the launch, here.) To view where the bus is going next, go here for tour dates.

- The postal service in Australia is releasing a set of OotP stamps June 14. To view the stamps, go here. Similarily, the UK postal service will also release a set of stamps July 17th for Deathly Hallows.

- The Cartoon Network UK is sponsering a contest for a fan to go to the London premiere of Order of the Phoenix. To view rules and how to enter, go here.

- Subtle Signs updated five times this month; on May 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, and 23rd, 2007.

- cinnamon_kisses posted a fandom survery in her livejournal about Harmonian fandom participation after DH. To take part, please vote here.

- The Harmony Podcast was not updated this month. To download previous podcasts, go here.

- The Harmony Podcast now has a CafePress Store; featuring the new Harmony Podcast logo, and the phrase (voted on by listeners) "H/Hr - We learned to swim." To order a t-shirt, go here.

- Community

- Alchemy and HP is a round-table discussion moderated by AnndeeGranger with the most popular alchemy theorists in Harmony fandom. To read the transcript, click here.

- This month's Harmonian you might know well, if you've been a long-time member of Portkey.org. She's a moderator, frequent poster, and dedicated Harmonian. To find out the HotM for June, why don't you click here and read our interview? Thanks again to our guest!

Harmony Forever:

- Hermione Freezes in Battle? Harry knew Ginny Could Take Care of Herself? posted by Nathaniel on May 1st, 2007
- On the Run originally posted by Vanceone, continued by lmblack21 May 1st, 2007
- If H/Hr doesn't happen... posted by Mrs. Oliver Wood on May 3rd, 2007
- H/G & R/Hr Theories Based on Star Wars posted by Nienor of Dor-Lomin on May 4th, 2007
- Jo Updates her site + New Interviews originally posted by Cobin Dallas, continued by Mungley on May 8th, 2007
- Questions for Ginny-Haters posted by kelly on May 17th, 2007
- Ginny, Seduction via Maggot posted by Vanceone on May 18th, 2007
- Scholastic Poll is up! posted by avidbeader on May 29th, 2007

Portkey.org:

- Hermione asks for advice posted by Salamon2 on May 2nd, 2007
- Hermione's Catchphrase: "Oh, Harry!" posted by kikyo on May 14th, 2007
- Are the Herons completely sure of their ship? posted by Nora on May 15th, 2007
- This is it... posted by Emerald Tears on May 21st, 2007
- Should PK/Harmonians interview JKR after DH? posted by StarbuckJr on May 24th, 2007
- How about a collective HP re-read before DH? posted by myrhlyn on May 29th, 2007
- Worrying JKR Quote posted by Arm Wild on May 30th, 2007

Sugar-Covered-Quills:

- Comics posted by veep on May 1st, 2007
- Alchemy 102 posted by Poison on May 4th, 2007
- The Book that Mugglenet Wrote posted by Poison on May 5th, 2007
- How does book 2 mirror book 6? posted by Nora on May 10th, 2007
- Spoilers...what's your opinion? posted by Andy#229 on May 15th, 2007
- How Will Betray Harry in DH? posted by Jeannie on May 27th, 2007

- Fanfiction

Fanfiction.net:

- The First Task Led to the First Kiss written by rockd555: PG, Romance, One-Shot
- Garden written by RahNee: PG-13, Humor/Romance, DrabbleGives Joy written by da_ruth: G, Romance, One-Shot
- A Harmonius Wedding Story written by MyPhoenixLament: PG, Romance, One-Shot

fanfict00bs:

- Gravity of Love written by jacyevans: PG, Romance, One-Shot
- If I Can Dream (I'll Dream of You) written by jacyevans: PG-13, Romance, One-Shot

HPHG100:

- Love written by visiblestar: G, Angst/Romance, Drabble

Portkey.org:

- Fumbling Towards Ecstasy written by MmeFleiss: NC-17, Humor/Romance, WIP
- Harry Potter and the Morana Thread written by InkCessation: R, Action/Adventure/Mystery, WIP
- Sexiest Witches at Hogwarts written by alayneni: PG-13, Humor/Romance, WIP
- Three Seasons to Closure written by hummingbird: PG-13, Romance, One-Shot, WIP
- Where I Stood written by dumbles: PG, Angst, One-Shot

-Essays

Harmony Forever:

- "Unless you were hunting Voldemort" written by Brent Dax on May 10th, 2007
- Little Moments written by Mrs. Oliver Wood on May 18th, 2007
- Ron the Harmonian written by Books&Cleverness on May 30th, 2007

Sugar-Covered-Quills:

- Harry and Hermione's first adventure written by Azaria on May 13th, 2007

- Media

FanTrailers:

- "Blindspot" posted by SVEvenstar on May 7th, 2007

FanVids:

- "Is It Cos I'm Cool?" by Akira Akizuki posted by DarkGoddess on August 6th, 2006
- "Home" by Chris Daughtry posted by sammerzxme on April 30th, 2007
- Chloe's Speech w/a Harry/Hermione Twist posted by leochick on May 1st, 2007
- "You're So Damn Hot" by Ok Go posted by schnooglesquee on May 4th, 2007
- "We'll Never Know" by Lifehouse posted by SVEvenstar on May 9th, 2007
- "I'm Still Here" by John Rzeznik posted by SVEvenstar on May 12th, 2007
- "Best of Me" by The Starting Line posted by suchabetty on May 18th, 2007

- Extras

DanEmma:

- 38 OotP Icons posted by wecrash on May 4th, 2007
- 41 GoF Icons posted by karanna1 on May 6th, 2007
- Icons and a Wallpaper posted by chiffanichan on May 8th, 2007
- 41 HP Icons posted by lil_pixiedevil on May 19th, 2007

Delusional Fans:

- 10 H/Hr Wallpapers posted by lt_sp on May 16th, 2007
- 44 HP Icons and a 'Friends Only' Banner posted by li_potter on May 20th, 2007

Harmony_Icons:

- Animated OotP Icons posted by karanna1 on April 30th, 2007

Portkey:

- Well-Founded Jealousy posted by Hermione_Crookshanks on May 16th, 2007
- The Real Fight posted by azurity on May 17th, 2007
- OotP Wallpaper posted by Mmefleiss on May 25th, 2007
- Autumn posted by Mirtilla on May 30th, 2007

- Games

This month's quiz is brought to us by the lovely AnndeeGranger.

How much do you know about the Hogwarts Houses? You better brush up on Hogwarts, A History, and then click here to take this month's quiz.

- Owls

In August we're looking to redesign our website; as after July, Harmony fandom will be entering a new stage of canon and fanon. We are open to suggestions on design, along with new columns and features.

If you have any suggestions, we would love to hear them! Please send us an owl at theanvil@theanvilezine.com. We look forward to hearing what you think!

Thanks,

The Anvil Staff