Now that we’ve all been sorted into our Ilvermorny Houses, Pottermore have redesigned the House crests! Much to the dismay of those who’d already pledged Ilvermorny allegiance with fancy House crests tattoos, we now seem to have a more colourful theme, adding to the old gold and red simple colour scheme with some blue and green, …read more!

Carmen Ejogo will be portraying the MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America) President, Seraphina Picquery, in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film. It is hard to miss the extravagantly dressed President in any of the movie trailers. With a headpiece holding up all of her hair –save a …read more!

We’re no stranger to J.K. Rowling’s fabulous artwork. She’s released some of her concept sketches for Harry Potter before, and she beautifully illustrated Tales of Beedle the Bard. Pottermore have been releasing various others of her drawings over the past few months, which you can see below. Some of the sketches have been shown prior to being on …read more!

Today (24th August) marks the birthday of our very own Ron Weasley, Rupert Grint, as well as Harry Potter audiobook reader, Stephen Fry! J.K. Rowling took to Twitter to wish them a happy birthday: Happy birthday to 3 wonderful people: @stephenfry, @HelenMilburn and Rupert Grint! ????? — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 24 August 2016 Stephen Fry posted …read more!

This week, Pottermore revealed the newest ebooks to be released in the Potter-verse. Speaking to director of product, creative and content at Pottermore, Anna Rafferty, they discuss how the collections in the books were curated. The ebooks are actually compiled writings from Pottermore, with two of the books containing new, unpublished material from J.K. Rowling. One …read more!

We all know that J.K. Rowling has built the vast and wide wizarding world in her head. Today Pottermore.com announced that Rowling will be releasing three new eBooks about Hogwarts! We will finally know more about the happenings of the wizarding school we all long to attend. There will be in total three eBooks that …read more!

In the upcoming movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Eddie Redmayne plays Newt Scamander a wizard with a strong fascination for magical creatures. Dan Fogler plays his unlikely counterpart, Jacob, a muggle, or ‘no-maj’, from the Lower East Side of New York. Dan Fogler told Pottermore in a recent interview, that he and Eddie’s …read more!

On 26th June 2017, it will be the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, meaning that big celebrations are in the works!  Bloomsbury is the first to announce theirs: a year long campaign, special anniversary edition books and co-hosting an exhibition from The British Library! Special anniversary editions of The Philosopher’s …read more!

Not only are we celebrating the release of the eighth story, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, but today also marks two very special birthdays in the muggle and wizarding worlds: It’s J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter’s birthdays, of course! Cursed Child celebrations went on through the night, just like old times. Pottermore covered the midnight celebrations from …read more!

At 8PM BST, the Pottermore twitter account will be hosting a Harry Potter quiz for fans to brush up on their Potter knowledge before the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. To participate and to see other fans’ answers, simply tune in to the Pottermore account and use the #PottermoreQuiz hashtag to share …read more!