Here is a Christmas present for all serious readers of J. K. Rowling! | Hogwarts Professor
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J. K. Rowling has changed her Twitter (X) header and updated her profile picture with dramatic turquoise pendant earrings. The image is of Tower Alley situated at the the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast of England, the UK’s largest naval base. The tower in the background is Round Tower. Built on the […]| Hogwarts Professor
I’ve at last finished my first read through and started my targeted read-back through of the latest installment in J.K Rowling’s Strike series. We’ll be doing some serious deep dives into this volume, of course, but I wanted to go ahead and share some of my initial thoughts which may, for some of you, be similar to your own. Just in case you are reading this post before completing your own complete read of the twisting tale of silver, murder, and convoluted relationships galore, I am ...| Hogwarts Professor
In a remarkable confirmation of the mythological analysis of the Strike-Ellacott series, J. K. Rowling has posted a “Public service announcement for Strike and Robin fans” frustrated by the “emotional trauma” created by The Hallmarked Man. This painting is L’Amour et Psyché by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painted in 1889. This oil on canvas painting depicts a […]| Hogwarts Professor
It’s a long-standing custom at Hogwarts Professor to put up posts for Serious Readers to share their finds on specific topics in the week following a new Rowling book’s publication. This Quiet week of little posting — because most folks are trying to find time to finish a ginormous tome while working a day job […]| Hogwarts Professor
It’s a long-standing custom at Hogwarts Professor to put up posts for Serious Readers to share their finds on specific topics in the week following a new Rowling book’s publication. This Quiet week of little posting — because most folks are trying to find time to finish a ginormous tome while working a day job […]| Hogwarts Professor
It’s a long-standing custom at Hogwarts Professor to put up posts for Serious Readers to share their finds on specific topics in the week following a new Rowling book’s publication. This Quiet week of little posting — because most folks are trying to find time to finish a ginormous tome while working a day job […]| Hogwarts Professor
It’s a long-standing custom at Hogwarts Professor to put up posts for Serious Readers to share their finds on specific topics in the week following a new Rowling book’s publication. This Quiet week of little posting — because most folks are trying to find time to finish a ginormous tome while working a day job […]| Hogwarts Professor
It’s a long-standing custom at Hogwarts Professor to put up posts for Serious Readers to share their finds on specific topics in the week following a new Rowling book’s publication. This Quiet week of little posting — because most folks are trying to find time to finish a ginormous tome while working a day job […]| Hogwarts Professor
It’s a long-standing custom at Hogwarts Professor to put up posts for Serious Readers to share their finds on specific topics in the week following a new Rowling book’s publication. This Quiet week of little posting — because most folks are trying to find time to finish a ginormous tome while working a day job […]| Hogwarts Professor
It’s a long-standing custom at Hogwarts Professor to put up posts for Serious Readers to share their finds on specific topics in the week following a new Rowling book’s publication. This Quiet week of little posting — because most folks are trying to find time to finish a ginormous tome while working a day job […]| Hogwarts Professor
The marketing blitz for Hallmarked Man is in full swing. As it should be with only three weeks until its publication.| Hogwarts Professor
In a recent post about casting announcements for the upcoming film adaption of Sunrise on the Reaping, we focused on characters who are doubles—younger versions of characters from the other books or other pairs. That theme–twins, doppelgangers, substitutes, imposters, and pairs—is one that resonates throughout the entire novel and which merits a closer look. So let’s peer into this important feature and spend time with some of the many pairs that Collins includes in her powerful exami...| Hogwarts Professor
J. K. Rowling cut a very elegant figure on Friday when she attended the fourth day of Royal Ascot, the grandest and most prestigious event in the UK’s racing calendar. Dressed in pale blue with a hat of heroic proportions, she was accompanied by her husband Dr Neil Murray and friends. Despite growing up within walking distance of Chepstow race course, this is the first indication we have from Rowling herself that she has an interest in either horse racing, or indeed horses themselves.| Hogwarts Professor
Last month, we offered a few thoughts on the casting, thus far, for the screen adaptation of the second prequel to the Hunger Games Trilogy. | Hogwarts Professor
Or the Post that Got Nick Cancelled.| Hogwarts Professor
After the huge box office successes of the five films based on the Hunger Games novels by Suzanne Collins, it should come as no surprise that the Hollywood Gamemakers are already champing at the bit for their chance to bring Sunrise on the Reaping to the big screen. A release date for the film, in November of 2026, is already set, and, with the novel only out for a little over a month, casting rumors are beginning to coalesce into actual contracts. We now have actors in place for three char...| Hogwarts Professor
On the 21st January J. K. Rowling changed her Twitter header to give us another clue about the upcoming Strike instalment The Running Grave. Beatrice Groves, Research Lecturer and tutor at Trinity College, Oxford, and author of Literary Allusion in Harry Potter, has written a Hogwarts Professor Guest Post: Round Tower Churches and Rowling’s New Twitter Header. Join Prof Groves as she delves into the history and myth of the distinctive Round Tower Churches of East Anglia, and that of Aylme...| Hogwarts Professor
As the last days of what seemed like an interminable January faded, speculation about the next instalment of Robert Galbreath’s Strike-Ellacott series was given a welcome boost as J. K. Rowing posted a new header on her X homepage. Strike sleuths were quick to identify the Art Deco façade of Freemason’s Hall in London, which is the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England, the governing body for Freemasonry in England.| Hogwarts Professor