cormoran strike

15 min read 2023-01-17 17:43:32

Beatrice Groves – The Running Grave: Strike 7, the I Ching and the Yarrow Stalks

New information is coming thick and fast for Book 7, which we now know is called The Running Grave! Are you, like me, confused about ancient Chinese

1 min read 2023-01-03 16:23:42

On Sunday 1st January, @CormStrikeFan who runs the wonderful Strike Fans website tweeted a cheeky request to J. K. Rowling: “Waiting for

8 min read 2022-12-28 13:11:00

We often plumb the literary depths of influence here as we consider the ways in which Rowling/Galbraith draws upon a vast array of texts to weave

2 min read 2022-12-16 18:20:04

J. K. Rowling has updated her twitter header in the run up to Christmas. This time it is a partial image of a decorated Christmas tree. The last time

7 min read 2022-11-28 14:40:25

Louise Freeman posted a link yesterday to the trailer thas been released for the Bronte Studio’s adaptation of Troubled Blood for BBC1, a series of

10 min read 2022-11-26 16:38:31

As the first flush of excitement after the publication of Ink Black Heart has passed, many serious readers are now on to our first (or more!)

12 min read 2022-11-10 23:52:56

Ink Black Heart has confirmed certain ideas about the Cormoran Strike books and introduced new mysteries about Rowling’s second series. The field

3 min read 2022-11-04 15:00:09

J.K Rowling’s novels employ multiple types of humor. One of the more subtle is her fondness for puns. For example, Vernon Dursley, drill-maker, is

8 min read 2022-11-02 16:58:45

Beatrice Groves, Research Lecturer and tutor at Trinity College, Oxford, and author of Literary Allusion in Harry Potter, has written a Hogwarts

2 min read 2022-11-02 05:17:14

On October 9, a bright scholarly light left the world, with hardly a whisper in the press or online. Alastair Fowler, CBE, FBA, and distinguished

6 min read 2022-10-30 08:53:09

As I do almost every year (save my college reunion years that end in 8 and 3: it’s usually the same weekend! ), I attended and presented at the

3 min read 2022-10-27 19:00:19

There is no question that Hugh Jacks, the man who really does not know the difference between being ignored and being led on, is something of a joke

7 min read 2022-10-26 16:02:22

Beatrice Groves, Research Lecturer and tutor at Trinity College, Oxford, and author of Literary Allusion in Harry Potter, has written a Hogwarts

10 min read 2022-10-02 13:22:17

Happy October! Although some of us are pretty spooky all year ‘round, and the Hobby Lobby has had pumpkins out on shelves since July 5, there is

11 min read 2022-09-30 00:25:40

Have you ever been reading a book and been surprised by notes being struck that seem like the author is teasing you, maybe even laughing at you