Harry Potter’s son James has been sorted into Gryffindor, J.K. Rowling revealed on Tuesday afternoon. Rowling also took to Twitter to wish the Potter child a happy first day at Hogwarts, the school for wizards featured prominently in her novels.
...moreA Portuguese bookstore popular with tourists plans on charging admission, reports WTVY. The bookstore is not just a stunning architectural monument, but also the inspiration behind the library at Hogwarts. Before writing the Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling taught English in Oporto, Portugal where Livraria Lello is located.
...moreMuggle-born students of Hogwarts are an underprivileged class, while magic-born students enjoy unquantified privilege, argues Sarah Seltzer over at Flavorwire. Rowling creates a world where privilege and power are coupled together, just as wealth and race have allowed certain classes greater access to power in the real world: Rowling isn’t arguing that a wand is […]
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