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Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate, here is a post for Rowling-Galbraith lovers that explains the heart-shaped parallel structures of the Strike-Potter series as swan pairs: hogwartsprofessor.com/rowlings-paral…

Seven Reasons that Rowling Deserves a Nobel Prize in Literature (and the single reason she won't be nominated). hogwartsprofessor.com/does-rowling-m…

One week until Sunrise on the Reaping,' Suzanne Collins' latest Hunger Games novel! John Granger reviews 'All We Know' about the new prequel and a lot we have to wait to learn: hogwartsprofessor.com/sunrise-on-the…

John Granger has written up all the 'Sunrise on the Reaping' plot points and his predictions. Enjoy the night before publication of Suzanne Collins' latest with a firehose preview of what to expect tomorrow! hogwartsprofessor.com/sunrise-on-the…

Is J. K. Rowling the world's most important Writer? Feminist? Philanthropist? John Granger thinks that her fame and influence as well as the challenging quality of her ideas, artistry, and example mean that she is much more important than you'd guess: hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/j-k-rowling-…

What if Robin and Cormoran remain platonic best friends forever? Nick Jeffery argues from Rowling's relationship with Sean Harris, a dear friend on whom Ron Weasley and Strike are partly based, that this ending is not only likely but laudable. See hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/in-praise-of…

John Granger and Nick Jeffery begin a month long celebration of Rowling's 60th birthday, her kanreki, with an introduction to the Lake and Shed method of reading her work. They'll be talking about each of her 21 stories from today until 31 July: hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/j-k-rowlings…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger begin their Lake and Shed review of J. K. Rowling's oeuvre in celebration of her Kanreki or 60th birthday with a look at Philosopher's Stone: Hogwarts as a Comprehensive School and as a biting parody of the Schoolboy genre: hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/rowlings-kan…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger are back to their Lake and Shed to talk about Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in celebration of JKR's 60th birthday. Sean Harris meets Sigmund Freud and Everyman: hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/rowlings-kan…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger share Lake and Shed thoughts this Fourth of July about Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Call it 'Cormoran Strike on the Knight Bus' hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/rowlings-kan…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger take a look at Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire through their Lake and Shed lenses: a camping trip to Cornwall and S. P. E. W. meets the Hungarian Horntail at the series center hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/a-lake-and-s…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger continue their Lake and Shed readings of the work of J. K. Rowling with a look at her Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. They're both in black to talk about the series' Black Book (or Sirius Black book): hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/a-lake-and-t…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger take a long look at Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in their month long tribute to J. K. Rowling on her 60th birthday. Nick introduces the real-life Snape and John talks about the broken story formula in this novel: hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/a-lake-and-s…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger take a Lake and Shed look at Deathly Hallows, the origin and meaning of the symbol (5 eyes!), in their celebration of Rowling's life and work for her Kanreki 60th birthday: hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/a-lake-and-s…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger have a Lake and Shed conversation about Casual Vacancy, Rowling's most autobiographical work; Nick talks about 'Bad Dad' and John finds an embedded Gospel Parable: hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/a-lake-and-s…

Nick Jeffery and John Granger talk about Cuckoo's Calling, the first Cormoran Strike novel, in their series of Lake and Shed conversations celebrating Rowling's life and work at her Kanreki 60th birthday. Deeby Mac and the Ring point of origin -- Enjoy! hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/a-lake-and-t…

Nick and John take a Lake and Shed look at The Silkworm in celebration of Rowling's 60th birthday. Nick reveals Jenkins and London literary infighting; John talks about Kathryn Kent, the embedded author, and the Plot/Narrative distinction Rwling highlights hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/a-lake-and-s…

Nick and John continue their Konreki tribute to the life and work of J. K. Rowling in celebration of her 60th birthday. Today's entry? Career of Evil, the book Serious Strikers love or love to hate: hogwartsprofessor.substack.com/p/a-lake-and-s…