Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

Harry Potter welcomes all-comers to long-delayed interactive wizarding site with millions expected to fly in after official launch...

A quick roundup of the major issues and themes surrounding media and industry discussion of J.K.

Frustrated Harry Potter fans have finally received the news they have been waiting for: JK Rowling's much-delayed Pottermore website is set to open to all comers in early April, with ebooks due out around the same time...

And, for those who are interested in how the Harry Potter books help understand contemporary education, you should read Henry Jenkins' series of articles, Teaching Harry Potter: An Interview with Catherine Belcher and Becky Herr-Stephenson

On Catherine Belcher and Becky Herr- Shepardson's Teaching Harry Potter: The Power of Imagination in the Multicultural Classroom, Henry Jenkins says, "The two writers move back and forth between a nuanced reading of J.K. Rowling's books which considers how they represent the value of education, detailed accounts of what teachers have been doing with the books as they adapt them for a range of multicultural classes, and big picture considerations of educational policy and pedagogical practice. You can learn more about this book and its authors on Teaching Harry Potter's official website and on the authors' blog."

UPDATE: This is what Pottermore goers found in the early hours of July 31: "Those of you who would like the chance to gain early access to Pottermore must find The Magical Quill, and then submit your registration details.