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April 26, 2024
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, NEW!, Wizarding news
All seven Harry Potter audiobooks to be reproduced with full cast of voice actors
We all love the Harry Potter audio books and we know a lot of our customers – and our staff – fall asleep to the dulcet tones of Stephen Fry
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May 2, 2023
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, Films and theatre, Wizarding news
The Battle of Hogwarts – looking past the great losses
Who can forget the agony and ecstasy of the final scenes at Hogwarts, the climactic conclusion to seven years of adventures that started with a small boy living under the
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August 29, 2021
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, NEW!
The best and worst dads in Harry Potter
Mums get a big rap in Harry Potter (quite rightly) but, when I stopped to think about it, there are a lot of dads – some good, some not-so-much! In
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December 18, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, NEW!, Shop news
How to tell if your Philosopher’s Stone is worth a wizard’s ransom
We’ve all seen the news headlines: Copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” sells for $90,000 Harry Potter book destined for rubbish bin fetches £68,000 at auction
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November 30, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, NEW!, Products, Shop news
Who or what is MinaLima?
Did you get your copy of the recently released new imagining of Harry Potter and the Phisopher’s Stone? It is adorned with paper craft features and special fold-out pages, artistically
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July 9, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, Events, Shop news
Quizzic Alley and MS Readathon – a magical partnership to get kids to read
Quizzic Alley is throwing its support behind children’s literacy as an official sponsor of this year’s MS Readathon. Registrations are open for the MS Readathon and more than 28,000 kids
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February 27, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Books and reading
Jude Law among narrators of ‘Beedle the Bard’ audiobook
The popular Harry Potter spin-off book The Tales of Beedle the Bard, published more than a decade ago, has finally been recorded as an audiobook, available on Audible from 31
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February 5, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Categories: Books and reading, Events
Triwizard costume inspiration
Coming along to Harry Potter Book Night at Quizzic Alley tomorrow? We’ve put together a quick list of ideas for costumes – some simple, some a little more challenging. Hogwarts
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January 18, 2020
- Posted by: Professor Penelope Presto
- Category: Books and reading
“Goblet of Fire” House Editions ready for pre-order NOW!
Clear a space on your bookshelf because it’s time to add to your collection of 20th anniversary house editions. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – the fourth book