Jean Bodin’s “Demonologie,” one of the most widely used 16th century witch-hunting manuals. Photo courtesy the New York Academy of Medicine Library Digital Collection Italian naturalist Ulisse ...

Matthew is an avid fan of Star Wars, superhero comics and their respective film franchises (Marvel/MCU, DC/DCEU, etc.), Harry Potter and The Wizarding World, Pixar, and various sci-fi films and TV ...

The Burbank Public Library is revisiting the novel that started a worldwide phenomenon. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of author J.K. Rowling’s novel “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone,” ...

Though Wizarding World attractions around the world remain closed, Harry Potter fans can find out more about the history of magic in the real world, and J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, from the ...

In recent years, numerous plaintiffs—including publishers of books, newspapers, computer code, and photographs—have sued AI companies for training models using copyrighted material. A key question in ...

In honor of Naperville Public Library’s July celebration of “The Party That Shall Not Be Named” and all things Harry Potter, library staff were given the task of ranking each of J.K. Rowling’s seven ...

Reporting from London — Magic is in the air at the British Library here — specifically the magical world of one of the most famous characters in modern literature, Harry Potter. “Harry Potter: A ...

The wizarding world is nearly 30 years old, but fans still haven’t seen enough of "Harry Potter." The magic continues beyond the original books in the "Fantastic Beasts" movies, at the aptly-named ...

Hundreds of Harry Potter fanatics have turned this historic seaport, best known for its witches and their trials, into a makeshift college campus fit for a young wizard. In hotel ballrooms, professors ...

J.K. Rowling's original synopsis of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was on display at the British Library earlier in 2018. The pages were part of an exhibition titled "Harry Potter: A ...