Tag Archives: Harry Potter

Buried somewhere under the Warner Bros lot, Rupert Grint is turning in his grave. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the newest addition to the Potter-verse, tenuously linked to a little supplemental bestiary published during the original Harry ...

Fans of SFF works have a bad reputation for being nit-picky, especially when it comes to the details of world-building. Strong world-building, however, is a big part of why readers are drawn to science fiction and fantasy. If we were ...

A yearly event in the idyllic spa town of South West England, the Cheltenham Literature Festival hosted by the Times and Sunday Times brings together big names across the fields of writing (and a great deal of smaller names who ...

When I hear people fawn over their favourite writers or novels I often notice giant blind spots mixed in with their idolization. That isn’t to say there is necessarily a problem with that, no one should need to justify their ...

Whether you are a big kid or a legitimate littl’un, if you are a Harry Potter fan the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter is worth a visit. The tour first opened in March 2012, ...

The World Cup in Brazil has spread sport fever all over the world… and in other worlds. JK Rowling has been writing about the Quidditch World Cup to coincide with the Muggle football (or soccer, depending where you’re from) World ...

Every now and then I go flicking through my music collection and listen to something I’ve not listened to in a while. One of the most common artists to get revisited is Eminem. I love him. Always have. I can ...

*Spoiler free review* It is always difficult when a film is surrounded by a whole lotta hype. Do you buy into the hype and build up your excitement until you almost burst? Or do you keep a cool, cynical distance, ...

With the shifts in technology and the economy (and even to some extent the shorter attention spans of the public), the publishing industry is changing. It had to change. Some of these changes are good news, others not so much. ...

It has been pointed out to me (on several occasions) that before I had even seen this film, I had decided that I wouldn’t like it. I’m not sure such an accusation is entirely fair. It is fair to say ...