The film features readings by actors from the Harry Potter films, including David Thewlis, Evanna Lynch, Warwick Davis, Miriam Margolyes and Mark Williams, while Rowling's illustrator Jim Kay illuminates her imaginary world. We can’t reveal yet what will be in it but we can promise that we’re going to deliver an inspirational, engaging and entertaining show, that will appeal to visitors of all ages. The official companion book to the special exhibition Harry Potter: A History of Magic, featuring an extraordinary treasure trove of magical artifacts. ![]() From shrieking mandrakes and Elizabethan invisibility spells to the mystery of ancient Chinese oracle bones and the real life search for the Philosopher's Stone, it is the start of a warm, playful and inventive journey round some of the most magical places in the land - from wizarding wandmakers in the English forest to the beguiling witchcraft of Boscastle, Cornwall. The British Library’s Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition will run from 20 October 2017 to 28 February 2018. In the run-up to the exhibition Harry Potter: A History of Magic, JK Rowling ventures behind the scenes of the British Library, revealing the real-life counterparts to her fantastical world. A documentary in style, and narrated by Imelda Staunton, who played Dolores Umbridge in the Potter movies, it features the musings of J.K Rowling and snippets. But Rowling's fantastical creation wasn't entirely make-believe. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their cultural and historical forebears.It is 20 years since JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone first cast its spell on readers across the globe. Readers will be able to pore over ancient spell books, amazing illuminated scrolls that reveal the secret of the Elixir of Life, vials of dragon's blood, mandrake roots, painted centaurs and a genuine witch's broomstick, in a book that shows J.K. Q: What Hogwarts house was Uric the Oddball in. There's also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition - absorbing, insightful and unexpected contributions from Steve Backshall, the Reverend Richard Coles, Owen Davies, Julia Eccleshare, Roger Highfield, Steve Kloves, Lucy Mangan, Anna Pavord and Tim Peake, who offer a personal perspective on their magical theme. Journey to where magic and myth began Capturing the traditions of folklore and magic at the heart of the Harry Potter stories, Harry Potter: A History of. Q: What creature did the Wizards Council make a protected species A: Golden Snidget. It has been 20 years since JK Rowlings novel Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was released. This gorgeous book takes readers on a fascinating journey through the subjects studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, from Astronomy and Potions through to Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures.Įach chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the British Library and other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches and illustrations from the Harry Potter archive. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rowling and a team of brilliant curators. Harry Potter: A History of Magic is the official book of the record-breaking British Library exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Bloomsbury, J.K.
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