Haha! On the first day of the the New Improved Pottermore, Snape got some long-overdue respect. About time!

Of course for the Snaters there is a feature called "11 times Professor Snape was the hardest teacher to please at Hogwarts" with snarky Snape quotes from the text we already have.

But then there's this: "The Five Death Eaters You'll Never ( Read more... )

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Pottermore announced on Twitter that Hufflepuff won the "Last" House Cup before all the big changes kick in.

Congratulations Hufflepuff, winners of the final Pottermore #HouseCup Championship!
- Pottermore (@pottermore) September 9, 2015

@lukinCentral Hi, the Pottermore site is changing and so are some of the features! ( Read more... )

Ms. Rowling decided to use her 12 Days of Christmas on Pottermore to explain once again that she still hates Chemistry. What a magnificent role model for children everywhere. But at the same time she 'splains that she loved writing about Potions and herbal medicine that are based on chemistry, as well as alchemy ( Read more... )

J.K. Rowling is giving the fans 12 Days of Christmas Presents on Pottermore, and the first was some background on Cokeworth, the town where Severus Snape, Lily Evans, and Petunia Evans grew up. This is also the destination of the Dursleys in Book One when they tried to flee Harry's Hogwarts Letters ( Read more... )

So JKR has posted a new story on Pottermore as Rita Skeeter, apparently!

If you don't have a Pottermore account, or if yours has been unfairly deleted, you can read the complete story on Today

12 Things We Learned in the New HP Story ~ via The DoseHmmm ... some of it is cringeworthy - why are Ron and Harry aging so quickly when Wizards live so ( Read more... )

My friend subtle1science has had her Pottermore account deleted for no good reason, maybe simply because she hadn't logged in for a while.

I thought that wasn't supposed to happen - seems as if they promised that at the beginning - but then I saw that Pottermore Insider had addressed the issue at the end of June, and indeed, accounts have been deleted without ( Read more... )

There are two new books to be found in the Sorcerer's Stone section of Pottermore, the Library Scene Restricted Section (click in three times to collect the books)

Thanks to snapes_witch and Malelovent_Bat from Harry Potter Network for the tip!

These books are designed for the Wonderbook: Book of Spells - Playstation 3
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Warning: I'm not a Lupin Fan and I don't mean to bother all the Lupin fans out there with my snark. If you are feeling all warm and fuzzy about Lupin, please don't read this, thanks ( Read more... )

So several new chapters from Prisoner of Azkaban are open now on Pottermore, and in "Flight of the Fat Lady" there is new information about the magical paintings.

Via Pottermore:
Some magical portraits are capable of considerably more interaction with the living world. Traditionally, a headmaster or headmistress is painted before their death. Once ( Read more... )

Wow, JKR is doing lots of interviews these days for The Casual Vacancy
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