From the Wizarding Archive

Discover the Secrets of the wizarding world with From the Wizarding Archive

This curated eBook brings together 80 world building articles and anecdotes by J.K. Rowling, originally published on Pottermore.com, revealing untold stories and magical insights from the Harry Potter™ universe.

Who is it for?

Fans who have finished all seven Harry Potter books

Readers curious about wizarding customs, character backstories, and the inspirations behind J.K. Rowling's writing.

What's inside?
• How Dumbledore and McGonagall became lifelong friends
• Why wizards don't use phones
• What happened when Vernon Dursley met James Potter
• Why Squibs aren't invited to Hogwarts
• J.K.Rowling's least favourite school subject and its link to Snape's career
• With exclusive editorial commentary and a foreword by Evanna Lynch, From the Wizarding Archive is packed with official lore and answers to questions fans have pondered for years.


Please note:

While these articles remain free to read in English on the official Harry Potter website, this eBook brings them together in one elegant, thoughtfully curate volume.

Pottermore Limited will be donating author royalties to the Lumos Foundation on behalf of J.K. Rowling, expected to be equivalent to a minimum of £1 (or the local currency equivalent) for each copy of From the Wizarding Archive sold.

The Lumos Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales with charity number 112575.
J.K. ROWLING is the author of the enduringly popular Harry Potter books. After the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a delayed train journey in 1990, she plotted out and started writing the series of seven books and the first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published in the UK in 1997. The series took another ten years to complete, concluding in 2007 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Harry Potter books have now sold over 600 million copies in 85 languages, been listened to as audiobooks for over one billion hours and made into eight smash hit movies.

To accompany the series, J.K. Rowling wrote three short companion volumes: Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of her international children's charity Lumos. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them went on to inspire a new series of films featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander.

Harry's story as a grown-up was continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now playing in multiple locations around the world.

She is also the author of a bestselling crime fiction series under the pen name Robert Galbraith, and two stand-alone children's novels, The Ickabog and The Christmas Pig.

J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honours for her writing, including the OBE and Companion of Honour, and a Blue Peter Gold Badge.

She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through Volant and is the founder of the international children's care reform charity, Lumos and Beira's Place, a women's sexual assault support centre.

J.K. Rowling lives in Scotland with her family.

To find out more about J.K. Rowling visit jkrowlingstories.com. This curated eBook brings together 80 official world-building articles and anecdotes by J.K. Rowling, revealing untold stories and magical insights from the Harry Potter™ universe. With an exclusive foreword by Evanna Lynch and packed full of wizarding world lore, it's perfect for fans who have finished all seven Harry Potter books.