Why do we read? Since I am a writer – and without readers writers are nowhere – this matters to me. As Coleridge showed in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the eponymous mariner needs the Wedding Guest, however reluctant, to give his story validity.
Still, there are plenty of fascinating nuggets contained in the new article, the latest feature in Pottermore's ongoing coverage of the Quidditch World Cup. (Rowling's been writing “reports” about the Wizarding World's biggest
Writing as gossip columnist Rita Skeeter at Pottermore.com (registration required), JK Rowling has brought the Hogwarts band back together. In doing so, sh.
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This new Pottermore story is not just an update for fans. It is written in the style of a newspaper report by spiteful gossip columnist Skeeter, who features in the Potter books, and reads as a piece of satire of celebrity-based journalism of which