From the Wizarding Archive

Curated Writing from the World of Harry Potter

By: J.K. Rowling, Evanna Lynch - foreword

Narrated by: Evanna Lynch, Hugh Quarshie, Finlay Robertson, Lara Sawalha

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

If you’ve ever wondered why Squibs are never offered a place at Hogwarts, what happened when Vernon Dursley first met James Potter, or how Dumbledore and McGonagall formed their lifelong friendship, From the Wizarding Archive should go straight to the top of your wish list. Containing 80 articles written by J.K. Rowling for the original Pottermore website and available for the first time in audio, exclusively from Audible, Harry Potter fans everywhere are in for a treat.

If there’s one thing Harry Potter fans have in common (apart from impeccably good taste), it’s questions… so many questions. From the simple details that perplex us all – was Professor Umbridge always that awful? Why don’t wizards just use phones? – to the personal details that bring us closer to J.K. Rowling’s writing process – from her least favourite school subject and its impact on Professor Snape’s career, to the personal significance of King’s Cross and why it’s always where the Hogwarts Express departs – this is a veritable treasure trove of answers.

Narrated by Evanna Lynch, Hugh Quarshie, Finlay Robertson and Lara Sawalha, and with an exclusive foreword by Evanna Lynch, this spellbinding audiobook is essential listening for any Harry Potter aficionado.

The articles in From the Wizarding Archive were originally written by J.K. Rowling for pottermore.com and remain free to read in English on wizardingworld.com. 35 of the 80 articles were originally published across three Pottermore Presents eBooks. This is the first time any of the content has been available in audio format.

Theme music composed by Sara Carvalho.

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

©and ℗ 2024 Pottermore Limited. All Rights Reserved. First published on Pottermore.com between 2012 and 2016.

Great Rowling stuff, horrible introductions

A must have for Harry Potter Fans. Rowling's articles are fantastic and a must have for fans.

The introductions are entirely different, If you only saw the movies, read the books only once, read them a long time ago or love going down memory lane, the intros are fine. If you've read the books many times, the intros are ANNOYING! the intros are either a rehash of the books regards the content of the article or asking questions that the article answers (why bother?) The rehash intros are like "When Draco first met Harry, he tried to be Harry's friend but quickly found it wasn't going to happen."

To put it simply, the intros are useless fillers that have no purpose other than to get the length of the book to be longer, which is unnecessary. The Rowling material is fantastic and I'd happily buy a Rowling only version with none of the intros.

Background Noise!

The story is interesting, and the narrators are good. The background “stuff” is distracting and annoying. Tempted to return this one.

Fun facts!

Background music & noise were sometimes
distracting. Some voice artists were difficult
to understand. Brought back fun memories

JK Rowling is a Magnificent Genius

JK Rowling continues to prove herself as one of the greatest and most influential authors of our day. The book proved a worth suppliant to the Hogwarts dynasty and will be a treasured addition to all Hogwarters library

Perfection!

I’m 50 and absolutely fell in love with this stories collection! The backstories, motives, and intricate world details makes me appreciate the HP world even more. I already own both audiobook versions, and am looking forward to the dramatized version now more than ever because of the audio quality of this book. It also makes me wish JKR would go back into this world and write more.

I need a volume 2!

This was great!!! I'd read some of this on Pottermore years ago but it's great for them all to be in a collection. I hope they do more of these deep dives into the characters of Harry Potter.

Simply Magical

What a brilliant experience! This beautiful audiobook is a collection of articles, stories, back stories, lore and extra information about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Highly recommend

Interesting

A very nice consolidation of interesting information from a source that I have never frequently visited.

great stuff!

great stuff! I really enjoyed finding out more about the world and about the history. as for the background stuff, I would either like to have it a little bit more or not at all because it can be kind of distracting.

entertaining and enjoyable, even the intros ☺️

ignore review that says “intros are annoying “ It makes zero sense considering the entire thing is “ JK ROWLING STUFF” and even if that was the case it would be the performance 🙄I really wish they would filter the reviews for misinformation!
Anyway …..onto the review


I love the HP books and have read\listened to them all more than I can count or remember . So, when I seen this was coming out , I preordered it of course ! It’s full of little facts and background information on some of our most loved and not so loved characters . How certain things came to be and maybe even a few things you had never wondered about ! In short , it’s a great addition to the already wonderful Wizarding world of HP . I can’t wait for the next !!!