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Celebrate Sir Terry Pratchett’s Birthday with New Editions!
Since I first discovered that Sir Terry Pratchett shared a birthday with a family member (who is also a big fan), I think of the beloved and belated author every year on April 28. Today, which would...
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Film News for Hunger Games Prequel: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes...
As we knew they would be, the Hollywood Gamemakers are hard at work on the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s brilliant Hunger Games prequel: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It really is a...
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Animagus at 10 Downing street?
Many of us love the company of one or more cats, especially if we are not, like Hagrid, allergic. Larry the cat, though, I suspect, may be more than he seems, and that is because Larry lives at 10...
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Official Casting News for ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Film Adaptation
Last month, we noted that pre-production had started for the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s brilliant novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. A couple of weeks ago, the announcement was made...
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Sad, So Very Sad: The Ink-Black Heart’s Connections to Victorian Cemetery Art...
Happy October! Although some of us are pretty spooky all year ‘round, and the Hobby Lobby has had pumpkins out on shelves since July 5, there is just something about the beginning of October that puts...
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Farewell to our Beloved Keeper of The Keys–Robbie Coltrane
As book people, we here at Hogwarts Professor sometimes find ourselves at odds with the movie people when texts are adapted for the screen. Casting is a frequent bone of contention, as we sometimes...
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Hugh Jacks? A Salute to Hugh Jackman and a Night at the Museum in-joke?
There is no question that Hugh Jacks, the man who really does not know the difference between being ignored and being led on, is something of a joke in The Ink Black Heart. He serves the narrative...
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Hogwarts Happy Halloween Highlights
Happy Halloween! While we can’t boast giant-sized Hagrid jack-o-lanterns or actual ghosts sailing through the Great Hall as we enjoy a goblet of pumpkin juice, we can highlight a few seasonal...
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Farewell to Alastair Fowler, Mythopoetic Scholar Extraordinaire
On October 9, a bright scholarly light left the world, with hardly a whisper in the press or online. Alastair Fowler, CBE, FBA, and distinguished literary critic and poet, studied under C.S. Lewis at...
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No More Fantastic Beasts Films?
According to widely reported accounts, Warner Brothers may be shelving the Fantastic Beasts series. With the last two films getting less positive response and less box office response than the first...
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