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12 Things We’ve Learned About the History of Magic in North America

Olga Hughes March 14, 2016

Rowling released four new articles on Pottermore last week discussing the history of magic in North America. In anticipation of...

Olga Hughes March 2, 2016

One of this week’s media trends has seen various newspapers and websites leading Harry Potter readers down the garden path,...

Olga Hughes February 20, 2016

Vale Harper Lee, April 28 1926 – February 19 2016 ...

Olga Hughes February 17, 2016

Tolkien scholar Wayne Hammond has tracked down two long-lost poems in the 1936 annual of Our Lady’s School in Oxfordshire....

Olga Hughes February 11, 2016

ying about having read a book usually always ends badly. Trust me, while I never used to outright lie to...

Olga Hughes February 4, 2016

The end of Harry Potter’s story in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007 seems like an absolute lifetime...

Olga Hughes November 13, 2015

One of Britain’s best-loved cats has returned to spread Christmas cheer and raise money for children’s literacy. 92 year-old author...

Olga Hughes October 8, 2015

he name ‘Beek’ was once synonymous with Noddy. The words Pictures by Beek graced the covers of the first seven...

Olga Hughes October 3, 2015

Even Winnie the Pooh and his adorable pal Piglet are not immune to the long arm of book censors. Only...

C S Hughes June 11, 2015

Howard P Hohenzollern has been called by some the “Guru of Mediocrity,” though Hohenzollern himself disputes this epithet in the...