Well, Rowling did it. She really did it. She said that a “major” character would die and she was true to her promise. Yet despite her warnings, the ultimate revelation of Dumbledore’s death nevertheless sent shockwaves through her millions of…
How does a wizard learn about the existence and properties of Horcruxes? Who knows what they are, how to make them, what they can do? What wizard would make a Horcrux? Under what circumstances? And for what reasons? And why…
As we reported yesterday on Wizard News, Lord Voldemort has been voted kids’ favourite literary villain of all time in the BigBadRead poll organised by publishers Bloomsbury which drew more than 16,000 votes from British schoolchildren. Here is J.K. Rowling’s…
1 – This is the number of the individual, the solitary unit. Ones are independent, focused, and determined. They set a goal and stick to it. They are leaders and inventors. Ones find it difficult to work with others and…
Arithmancy is one of Hermione’s favorite subjects at Hogwarts, because it is a very precise, measurable and almost scientific method of predicting the future, a way to apply book studying to divination, not normally something that can be learned out…
The wand is a very important tool in the lives of witches and wizards of the Harry Potter universe. This is a look at those wands, from the perspective a muggle computer programmer, using actual examples from the Harry Potter…
As long as there have been Witches and Wizards, there have been magical wands. No part of Harry Potter’s magical heritage goes back further. The ancient Celtic Druids who lived in what is now called Scotland employed wands all the…
On August 2, 2006, at the second night of the Harry, Carrie, and Garp charity event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, J.K. Rowling gave a reading from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and then answered…
On the steamiest Manhattan night in many years, I took the subway (flashlight in my purse in case of the much-anticipated blackout) to Radio City Music Hall for the second night of Harry, Carrie, and Garp. My heart sank as…
On Monday, May 22, paleontologist Robert Sullivan of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission will make an announcement of interest to both dinosaur lovers and Harry Potter fans. According to the Pennsylvania Satellite News Service, Dr. Sullivan will conduct a…
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