Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban JK Rowling "'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'" When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in...

A review of Harry Potter 2

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets JK Rowling "'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his...

British or American

I noticed something in my writing today that caught me by surprise, I used an Americanism. I couldn't say why I suddenly noticed it, or why I used it (I'm British and would not consciously use an Americanism, just as I don't use American spellings, no matter how much MS Word tries to get me...