The Rowling Magazine Issue #74 · February 2023
A new commemorative box set On October 9th, 1998, a year after capturing the hearts of the British public, the magic of Harry Potter also enchanted French readers. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, French publisher Gallimard Jeunesse has marked the occasion with the release of a new commemorative box set. In a nostalgic tribute, Gallimard […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #44 · August 2020
At this moment, excited eleven-year-olds would be poring over racks of newly purchased spell-books, unaware that they would never see Hogwarts [and] never see their families again. – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Harry is absent from his seventh year of education. But during the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, school […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #41 · May 2020
Perhaps the most fascinating species of magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe are thestrals. Only visible to people who have witnessed death, thestrals are black horses with white shining pupil less eyes, dragonish faces and necks, leathery bat-like wings, and black manes and tails. Their bodies are skeletal and fleshless, their skin clinging to […]