Festival bosses are being forced to turn their JK Rowling love-fests into generic celebrations of literary magic, because the alternative is shutting down the event altogether.
There will be floating candles, drinks that mysteriously fill up from the bottom of the glasses, and tights and taps that turn on and off with magic wands.
Alan Rickman, the tremendously talented British actor behind such iconic roles as Hans Gruber in Die Hard and Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 69 following a bout with cancer.