Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban is also nominated for the Whitbread Prize, to be announced in the new year.

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And I finished Azkaban and I'd already started Goblet of Fire because they overlapped - so there was absolutely no let-up.

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Frontman Brown went on to pursue a solo career (and made a brief cameo in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) while bassist Mani joined Primal Scream.

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After Wilson's Tracy Beaker, JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban was the most borrowed title, followed by the Potter titles Chamber Of Secrets and Goblet Of Fire.

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You can get an emergency copy of Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban, for instance, and pay almost exactly what Amazon.com charges for a copy sent via the U.S. Postal System.

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Children's Book of the Year was awarded to JK Rowling for the third of her phenomenally successful novels about apprentice wizard Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - a book named by the judges as runner-up to the overall winner.

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