HBP, 16 Revisit: Too Many Cooks
Alohomora!: The Original Harry Potter Book Club30 Joulu 2023

HBP, 16 Revisit: Too Many Cooks

On Episode 390 we discuss...

→ Adverbs and potentially bad writing
→ Sprouting it all up
→ Prophetic knives
→ Unbreakable Vows as kids
→ The origins of oranges in stockings and Saint Nick
→ Chris Tingle
→ In-depth look at godparents
→ Christmas time with Fleur

Read below to for information on how to contact our guest, Emily Strand.

Her website is emilystrand.com and my Academia.edu site is here: https://carmelcollege.academia.edu/EmilyStrand

Potterversity: https://www.mugglenet.com/mugglenet-family/potterversity/
New book (just out!) is Potterversity: Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter available from publisher McFarland Books here: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/potterversity/
Her essay "Said Hermione Earnestly: Harry Potter's Prose and Why It Doesn't Matter" in Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter, is available here: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/O/Open-at-the-Close

She also edited these pop culture collections:
Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier: https://vernonpress.com/book/1672
Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away: https://vernonpress.com/book/1751

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