2007 March | The Harry Potter Blog - Harry Potter News, Movies, and Books

If you are at all familiar with the books in the Harry Potter series, you are probably already familiar with the four distinct Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Houses that make reading the Harry Potter books so much fun. JK Rowling has created four different houses that operate as separate entities at the Hogwarts [...]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the mega-popular Harry Potter series that was created by JK Rowling. The book’s first printing was in July 8, 1999. The film version of the book was released on May 31, 2004 in the United Kingdom, and shortly after in the United States. [...]

Harry Potter has become famous as the fastest-selling book in recent publishing history. It is reported that at one point Barnes and Noble was selling an average of 105 copies per second in the first few hours of the book’s release. The book was released on July 16, 2005, and it is the sixth volume [...]

Draco Malfoy stands as Harry’s complete opposite, and thus makes a wonderful antagonist and villain in the hugely popular JK Rowling’s book series about the famous boy wizard Harry. According to Rowling, Draco Malfoy was born on June 5, 1980. Since Harry’s first day at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Draco Malfoy has stood [...]

Daniel Radcliffe has been made into a genuine movie star because of the popularity of the Harry Potter books and subsequent film adaptations. Most Harry Potter fans agree that Daniel makes the perfect Harry Potter because he emits a sense of courage, earnestness and real-life teenage behavior that makes Harry Potter such an appealing character. [...]

The Quidditch World Cup is one of the major events that occur in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment in the hugely popular Harry Potter book series. The scene of the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of the most famous scenes in the [...]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series that was created by JK Rowling. The book was first released on June 21, 2003 in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States. It sold nearly seven million copies in the United Kingdom and the United [...]

So much has been written about the controversy surrounding the Harry Potter book series. Many fundamentalist Christian groups have complained that the Harry Potter books promote witchcraft and promote pagan ideals. Some Christian churches have even gone so far as holding Harry Potter book burnings. But does this mean that all Christians are against Harry [...]

Hermione Granger is the third point in the Harry Potter triangle. The other points being, of course Harry himself, and the lovable Ron Weasley. With a sharp intelligence and sensible nature, Hermione represents the brains of the best friend triangle. Hermione—full name Hermione Jane Granger—is said to have been born on September 19, 1979. She [...]

JK Rowling may just be the most successful writer in publishing history. She is the undeniable publishing powerhouse of our times. How did she do it? How did a single mom living on state benefits end up becoming one of the most successful and wealthy women of our times? While Rowling professes to a lifelong [...]