UI Bookstore Opens Friday Evening To Unveil Newest Harry Potter Book

Wednesday, June 18 2003

June 18, 2003^(Note to editors: Contact Patty Carscallen at (208) 885-6469 to schedule photographs.)^ MOSCOW – The University of Idaho Bookstore will be open during the wee hours Saturday morning to unveil “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. Rowling.^ “We hope to see at least 50 Harry Potter fans, maybe even a hundred,” says Patty Carscallen, marketing and retail supervisor at the UI Bookstore. ^ Doors open at 11:30 p.m. Friday, June 20. The book will be available at approximately 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 21. The event is one of many at bookstores across the nation celebrating the release of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” It is the fifth book in the series.^For more information, phone the UI Bookstore at (208) 885-9126 or visit the Web site: www.bookstore.uidaho.edu.^Contacts: Patty Carscallen, marketing and retail supervisor at UI Bookstore, (208) 885-6469, pattyc@uidaho.edu or Leslie Einhaus, University Communications, (208) 885-6489, lesliee@uidaho.edu^-30-^LE-6/18/03-BOOK

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