Rowling Library Magazine – the Christmas Edition

December 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Always eagerly anticipated, the latest Rowling Library Magazine has dropped with a special Christmas feature from Beatrice Groves:

For a wonderful exploration of how Harry Potter, The Christmas Pig and indeed Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women all use Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress as story scaffold and Christian message, do check out Beatrice’s Potter’s Progress – The Christmas Pig and Harry’s quest.

 

 

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Food, Magical Food: Louise Dishes It Out on Potterversity.

December 12, 2022 by Leave a Comment

I had the privilege of being a guest on today’s Potterversity episode: “Pondering Pumpkin Pasties: Food in the Wizarding World.”  We talk about the foods of Harry Potter from a variety of perspectives: from psychological to social to spiritual to ecological   Please check it out. Bring napkins.

 

 

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Who Will Be Watching Tonight?

December 11, 2022 by 6 Comments

Very, very disappointing adaptation of this conversation, alas. The “meaning” bit is a fun play on the Potter-Dumbledore conversation at King’s Cross in Deathly Hallows, all of which is lost here.

Anyway, who will be watching this tonight on the BBC? Please let us know if it is better than this sneak preview.

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Every ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Pitch Meeting

November 29, 2022 by 1 Comment

“It’s not going to be a problem at all, barely an inconvenience.”

“Wow, wow, wow, wow…. Wow.”

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Troubled Blood BBC1 Trailer Thoughts

November 28, 2022 by 5 Comments

Louise Freeman posted a link yesterday to the trailer thas been released for the Bronte Studio’s adaptation of Troubled Blood for BBC1, a series of four shows that will be released on 11 December, a prime time to promote the series before peak Christmas shopping.

It’s very brief but the clips provided are intriguing, both for what they show and do not show.

After the jump, five first-thoughts on this adaptation in light of the clip! [Read more…]

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