Prisoner of Azkaban

The Rowling Magazine Issue #74 · February 2023

Cover reveal: MinaLima’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

MinaLima, the graphic design duo, has finally revealed the cover of their illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, along with some first glimpses of the interior. In July 2022, the confirmation that this new edition would be released in 2023 had generated a lot of excitement among fans who have been […]

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The Rowling Magazine Issue #72 · December 2022

Harry Potter and A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol is nothing like Harry Potter, except in all the ways it is the same. The two stories happen in different centuries, have wildly different protagonists and outcomes. But they are both alike in dignity, in moral conviction and in a hundred details. A warm-hearted giant, the ghost of an old friend, a […]

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The Rowling Magazine Issue #70 · October 2022

The Dementor Metaphor

Shorn of world-building Prisoner of Azkaban is the story of one boy’s struggle with depression, as Harry Potter comes to terms with the murder of his parents. Harry’s depression is manifested in the terrifying form of the Dementors of Azkaban, which threaten to consume his soul. Depression is the adversary he must overcome to survive […]

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The Rowling Magazine Issue #54 · June 2021

Harry Potter Goes Down

Harry must descend into the Underworld, the realm of the dead, traditionally situated below the world of the living.

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The Rowling Magazine Issue #38 · February 2020

Who is Adalbert Waffling

Adalbert Waffling appeared in the first and the last Harry Potter book, but there was a minor confusion with this character in some prints of the third book .

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The Rowling Magazine Issue #34 · October 2019

Early review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Illustrated Edition

By Fernando Álvarez The illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is finally hitting bookshelves this month. Two years after the release of Prisoner of Azkaban’s own illustrated version, we are finally able to immerse ourselves into Jim Kay’s interpretation of the events in the fourth instalment. One of the lingering questions […]

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The Rowling Magazine Issue #33 · September 2019

The Original Chapter 18 from The Prisoner of Azkaban

Prior to the release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Scholastic, the American publishers, released the Advance Reader’s Edition, a copy of the book to share among journalists and booksellers. It was made to create enthusiasm and hype about the book, so those who influenced the market could share their thoughts about the […]

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The Rowling Magazine Issue #31 · July 2019

20th Anniversary of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

July 8th marked two decades since the release of the Prisoner of Azkaban. It was a normal day, July 8th 1999, when Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban reached the bookshops in the United Kingdom for all the kids who were waiting for the third part in the Harry Potter saga. In the United […]

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The Rowling Magazine Issue #30 · June 2019

Stephen Fry, his low memory and how he pocketed it

This past May, the Hay Festival was held in Wales. The festival hosted various events and among them was the panel of Stephen Fry, where the actor and writer was presenting his third book on the re-telling serie Mythos and Heroes. The book follows the story of Troy in Greek mythology, and is accompanied with […]

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July 4th, 2014

Bloomsbury reveals the new cover of The Prisoner of Azkaban

Bloomsbury has revealed the new cover of the third book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. See it here. The artwork has been made by Jonny Duddle and will be part of the new editions that Bloomsbury plans to publish in September of this year.

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