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From: The Sunday Herald
Date: 20061231
Author:Rachelle Money

BUSINESSES are bracing themselves for Pottermania in 2007. However, it's not Harry who's causing all the excitement, but Beatrix, the much-loved children's author whose life is to be depicted in a forthcoming film.

Academy award-winning actress Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor star in Miss Potter, which is released on Friday. Much of the film has been shot in the Lake District, where the author spent most of her life, as well as in Inveraray on Loch Fyne and on the Isle of Man.

Tourist boards and bookstores alike are hoping for a bumper year of customers eager to get a slice of Potter's ...

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