Editorials / The Daily Prophet
by Fiona McTaggart · Published February 28, 2020 · Last modified June 29, 2023
Americanizing books is still a common practice long after “Harry Potter” was released. But if, as readers, we’re able to take the whole wizarding world in our stride without ever having visited it, we should also be able to figure out that pudding is more than just a gelatinous treat and trainers are the same as runners.
For how much will it go? We don’t know! Come back in March to find out.
Merchandise / News / PS/SS
by Montana Schrader · Published January 31, 2019 · Last modified July 17, 2020
Classic Stills has released a collection of 25 limited-edition photographic prints from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”.
Nicolas Flamel’s fragile state in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” might imply that while the Elixir of Life can prevent the drinker from dying a natural death, it does not stop the aging process or protect one from mortal wounds.
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published November 14, 2018 · Last modified September 22, 2021
How do alchemical and Masonic symbolism overlap? Dr. Beatrice Groves explores this connection, links it to the quest for the Hallows, and finds an astonishingly vivid parallel between “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and “The Man Who Would Be King.”
The University of British Columbia’s library in Vancouver has purchased a rare first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”! Learn more about it here!
Bloomsbury / Book / J.K. Rowling / News
by Sophie Reid · Published February 4, 2018 · Last modified May 4, 2018
500 million copies of “Harry Potter” have been sold. We look back at how we got here…
by Holly Peckitt · Published September 6, 2017 · Last modified April 18, 2021
While some of us still await our Hogwarts letters since September 1 has come and gone, what better way to comfort ourselves than with another reread of the “Harry Potter” series?
by Holly Peckitt · Published July 19, 2017 · Last modified October 5, 2021
The 20th anniversary of the UK publication of “Philosopher’s Stone” brought stunning new House editions of the book with a plethora of extra features! There may be new content and beautiful new packaging in these editions, but was a map really necessary?
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