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John Granger’s New Teaching Post

by Travis Prinzi on June 7, 2009

Where does the Hogwarts Professor teach when the school of Witchcraft and Wizardry is not in session?

Forks High School, with a creepy class of vampires, werewolves, and academics.

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The Hog’s Head at Azkatraz!

by Travis Prinzi on March 5, 2009

Great news! The Hog’s Head PubCast will be included in the Azkatraz Podcast Palooza on Monday, July 20th! This is going to be a fantastic session of the PubCast, as I will be joined by John Granger and James Thomas for a panel discussion. This was our proposal:

The topic will be a discussion of the postmodern social-justice elements of the series: how Rowling advocates character transformation leading to outward social change as her method and prescription for creating a just society. We’ll discuss how literature works within a culture to reflect it and critique it, and how, in particular, the symbols and themes of the Potter series accomplish this.

And we’ll even have a lot of fun doing it.

Since I don’t want to both moderate and be a panel member, I have another exciting announcement about this podcast: It will be moderated by our favorite Potter Podcasters: Greg and Penny of HP Progs!

We’ll be preceded by SpellCast, and followed by Hogwarts Radio (whom I’ve joined before and will again) and an reality-TV type event that will select the next great Potter podcast.

This event just keeps getting better and better. If you haven’t registered yet, do so! I have great news about my Azkatraz proposals, which I’ll share soon, and a couple podcasts coming soon, one of which is recorded and just needs some editing. Stay tuned!

By the way, for HogPro fans who also visit here: John Granger’s website is working on recovering itself. Should be back to normal soon.

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More Twilight Talk at HogPro

by Travis Prinzi on February 10, 2009

Since we’ve had some interesting Twilight discussion here, I figured some of our readers would be interested to know that John Granger is blogging away on the series, drawing specific parallels between the initial critical response to Harry Potter and the current critical response to Twilight.

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Your ‘09 Reading Plans?

January 10, 2009

What’s the first book you’ve finished or will finish in 2009?
I just finished Paradise Lost, by John Milton, as read by Nadia May.
As far as actual eyes-on-print goes, I’ll probably finished The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit before anything else.
I usually don’t make out much of a reading plan, because books I wasn’t planning on [...]

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Around the Common Room

December 7, 2008

John Granger in Touchstone – Book Binders: What I Learned About Great Books & Harry Potter. This is an interesting read, and Mr. Granger has much more about this coming in his book, Harry Potter’s Bookshelf, available for pre-order.
You’ll also want to stop over at Hogwarts Professor, where John’s been on a roll with posts [...]

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“I see with a myriad eyes”

November 9, 2008

A great C.S. Lewis quote courtesy of The Kibitzer:*

In reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I [...]

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Harry Potter Conference Pictures

November 3, 2008

Before anything else – I said it in the most recent pubcast, but I want to make sure it’s in print as well: Special thank you to Dr. Amy H. Sturgis for her Lovecraft posts throughout the month of October. It was a privilege and an honor to have her here blogging with us.
Toni [...]

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Around the Common Room

October 24, 2008

First, the winner of the first October Giveaway is Red Rocker! Congratulations, Red Rocker. Send me an E-Owl, and I’ll get it shipped out to you right away.
Everyone stay tuned, because there’s going to be a second October giveaway coming up next week. If you’ve not done so already, subscribe the Hog’s Head by RSS reader [...]

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Four Houses, Four Types of Readers?

October 22, 2008

Professor Stephen Brown of Ulster University, after conducting an interview study of readers ages 7 and up, says there are four types of Harry Potter readers, and they correspond to the four houses:

His research found ‘Hufflepuff’ readers take the tales at a slow, steady and systematic pace and enjoy re-reading the books over and over.
‘Gryffindor’ [...]

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Around the Common Room

October 7, 2008

A few items of interest:
Journey to the Sea’s most recent issue came out last week, and there’s an article there with a name on it you’ll recognize.
Zossima.com has two free audio files on C.S. Lewis available for download. These lectures comprise two chapters of C.S. Lewis: Views from Wake Forest, a new essay collection [...]

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Hog’s Head PubCast #60: John Granger Interview, The Deathly Hallows Lectures

September 13, 2008

Interview with John Granger about his new book, The Deathly Hallows Lectures
You can subscribe to the Hog’s Head PubCast through iTunes, or Odeo, and VOTE for The Hog’s Head for the month of September at Podcast Alley.
On Tap:

Buy The Deathly Hallows Lectures from Amazon.com
Notes from John Granger on his new book and speaking schedule
Hogwarts Professor
For an autograph copy of The [...]

Hog's Head PubCast #60: John Granger Interview, The Deathly Hallows Lectures [46:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Weekend Items

September 13, 2008

Some items for your weekend:

The Hog’s Head is sponsoring a second giveaway of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Sorcerer’s Stone, specifically for Facebook users. Any Facebook users who “becomes a fan” of The Hog’s Head by Friday, September 19 will have their names put into a drawing for a free copy of the book. To be [...]

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Around the Common Room

September 6, 2008

by Travis
Update: All commenting issues have been resolved. You should get no more error message when commenting, and the “notify me of follow-up comments” function is working properly again. Thanks for your patience as I worked to resolve this! ~ TJP
This is an “at home” Around the Common Room post – in other words, stuff about [...]

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Marauder’s Map: Your Guide to Potter Events From Now Till Half-Blood Prince

August 15, 2008

by Travis Prinzi
Despite the fact that the supposed next big Potter event – the release of the Half-Blood Prince film – has been delayed till next summer, the Potterverse will be alive and kicking, with lots of key events, until that film release. Here’s a breakdown, in as close to chronological order as possible. Consider this [...]

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Around the Common Room

July 23, 2008

by Travis

My review of Portus 2008
John Granger on Potter and medieval studies
Dark Knight fans: If you haven’t read Dave’s post on Joker and Voldemort yet, you should
Dark Knight fans (again): Here are two opposite perspectives on the film – Brant Hansen thinks it’s evidence of the utter boredom of our culture; Jeffrey Overstreet thinks it’s [...]

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Happy Birthday, Deathly Hallows

July 21, 2008

by Travis
What were you doing at this time last year? You were reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I remember dropping Sophia off with Tricia’s mom and heading to the park on two hours’ sleep (I had read until 5am), and then reading all day long.
Today marks the anniversary of the release of Deathly [...]

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Convention Alley Wrap-Up

June 22, 2008

Convention Alley was a blast. Welcome to new Hog’s Head readers who have now found the blog through our meeting at Convention Alley. Glad to have you here, and I hope you’ll join the discussion! If you’re a Facebook or Twitter user, we have a Twitter Page and a Facebook Blog Networks page you can [...]

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Hog’s Head Proprietor at Convention Alley 2008

May 20, 2008

Exciting news: In addition to presenting twice at Portus 2008, I’ll be speaking twice, as Keynote Speaker, at Convention Alley in Ottawa, ON, June 19-22. This will be an exciting event, held at the University of Ottawa, which will be a great venue for a Harry Potter conference.
One of the two talks will be on [...]

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Around the Common Room

March 26, 2008

Added: Poster for Half-Blood Prince (not a very clear picture, as it’s not been actually “released” yet)
Last Harry Potter Film Split into 67 Parts (Spoof)
Brief but poignant observation from John Granger about the story of Rowling’s contemplated suicide.
Get more familiar with Andrew Peterson’s music from these YouTube clips.
Completely not-Potter and non-literature related, but if you’re [...]

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HogPro Commentary

March 13, 2008

by Travis
We’ve been providing news stories this week, and along with the tremendous comments and conversation here, John Granger’s been commenting on the stories as well (he also thinks the new site is great, which we appreciate; stay tuned for one or two more smaller-scale changes that will make a huge difference, we think). [...]

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Harry Potter, Perelandra, and Alchemy

September 21, 2005

The alchemical framework of Harry Potter and C.S. Lewis’ “Perelandra.”

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Christ Symbol and Resurrection in Half-Blood Prince

September 21, 2005

Once you hit page 500 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it would take a heart attack to tear your eyes away from the pages that remain, and even then, you’ll probably be dragged to the cath lab clutching the book in your hands. As soon as the pace picked up around [...]

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