J.K. Rowling 2012 Interview - Harry Potter: Beyond the Page [High Res]

J.K Rowling intervew on October 11, 2012. A Virtual Author Visit from J.K. Rowling filmed in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Find the interview on: hpread.scholast...
Interview: bit.ly/JKReadin...

[@catschnell3635]

Harry Potter definitely was a light in the dark for me

[@tiffprendergast]

& everyone else

[@adreampainter1]

@@tiffprendergast ppp]aaa

[@SwedishTourist]

Oh, same, same

[@jfromstate8581]

Like Ron

[@diarts4458]

@@jfromstate8581 like that little ball of light going straight to my heart ❤️

[@onceamusician5408]

in 2023 harry potter is still being read. and not only by children. i just turned 65 and for a birthday treat decided to start reading the books, which i had never got around to I LOVE THEM and read the first three in under a week which for me is phenomenally fast

[@lr7550]

I love this. I am trying to get my 65 year old Mother to read the books or listen to the audio books. I agree, the story appeals to all ages

[@babbisp1]

I wish I was able to read 3 books in one week. Takes me a month just to read one.

[@TSquare7741]

I’m 60 now and have reread the books over and over for a good decade now…🤔😊

[@Fnelrbnef]

Before the world went mad.

[@maguffintop2596]

Nailed it! But take heart billions feel like you- me included ❤

[@user-bo3mp8un6c]

Agreed

[@luvenusakh8552]

It has been mad you just didn’t notice it

[@Fnelrbnef]

@@luvenusakh8552 As mad though?

[@mickhack8034]

Hearing J.K read her own story is just... unreal!

[@karawaterhouse2321]

That's cause it IS ! It's fake as fuck ! She didn't write them .... It was a team and a very well connected rollout and agenda .... To sell dangerous witchcraft to children .... She's the perfect actress only

[@nycolascote3120]

@@karawaterhouse2321 ???

[@karawaterhouse2321]

@@nycolascote3120 yep

[@nycolascote3120]

@@karawaterhouse2321 source?

[@karawaterhouse2321]

@@nycolascote3120 it's called paying attention ..... ALLLLL of media and schools including. scholastic " suddenly " jump on board to so heavily promote her Oprah etc politicians even back the day praising her it was a huge orchestrated agenda OBVIOUSLY.... AND ? mission accomplished now many kids are immersed in very dangerous hedonistic narcissistic paganism and witchcraft values .... We are in a spiritual war .... The powers that be / the very wealthiest are often into black magic btw to achieve their greed and want to corrupt youth in general so as to maintain their advantage.... They want to seduce them very cleverly into admiring their religion

[@shadowweaver3693]

I'm 40 this year and I was 18 when the first film came out. Now my kids are teenagers and love these stories. It's very weird to have them love something so much that came from my childhood because kids usually think that stuff that was around when their parents were younger is boring. I don't think these stories will ever age.

[@llwyde1104]

I felt the same when Leonard Cohen and the Beatles went down well with some of mine...

[@ogpayne]

I feel old now.

[@org6760]

*Well, not really from your "childhood". You already were an adult when the FIRST film came out, and almost 30 when the last one premiered.*

[@Jennifahh]

@@org6760 When I was 18 I still played Peter Pan in my tree house and played with Barbies. Never had a boyfriend and i was a virgin still. I was a kid at 18 and I believe many ppl are no matter the number...

[@gustavomorales1003]

It would be awesome if JK Rowling recorded audiobooks for all 7 novels and published them, she reads them so well!

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

Audiobooks are released, not published.

[@janetsparkles5804]

the look on the interviewer's face as she reads is pure joy, beautiful to see!

[@devilaverage6718]

He's 10 again.

[@abhijit1820]

After almost 30 years we can say that she changed the course of history. She single handedly converted movie going and video game playing generation to book readers. I don't know anyone who has done that. After Harry Potter, we have a deluge of "chosen one" type of fantasy stories and movies, but when she did it in 1997, she changed history. While there are innumerable reasons why Harry Potter is such a big phenomenon, here are some of my takes: She finished the series with the same sincerity as she had started in with, which after encountering Game of Thrones series, i can say that is an extraordinary quality She didn't compromise on the smallest things, kept building up on it and used so brilliantly, for example, the way the wizarding community travels (so many ways), thousands of years of legacy, the moving portraits, ghosts and poltergeist, marauder map (ingenious idea at that time when Google map was not invented), pensive, animagus, spells in Latin, etc. She could have told the stories without many of these, but she didn't. She didn't get bored of the characters and the world she created, instead she kept moving the stake and complexity higher and higher with every book. I don't think there can be anything quite as extraordinary as Harry Potter ever.

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

I'll tell you why her books have sold in such epic proportions, it's because her imagination swept us all away. The names alone like Hogwarts, and the four houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. And characters like Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy, and Professor Dumbledore. And the term, "Muggle" lol, caught our imaginations. She is one heck of a writer. The UK produces rockstars, and she is one of the best.

[@MrParkerman6]

No!

[@drea409]

She's wonderful

[@RiskyFriskyHandle]

God I adore this woman, what a delight to have grown up with her imagination and charm. Very blessed.

[@Rupert_Common]

I must commend the interviewer. He was genuinely engaged, full of excitement and with well prepared questions. The answers from Rowling were also extremely helpful for people attempting to write their own stories. Also, I somehow missed the hints that Hagrid's broken wand is inside his umbrella - which explains how it does magic.

[@Juviosa_]

If she would have read the rest of this book and all other 6 right there I wouldve been here for it

[@stephanieschuurmans121]

I can just feel an inner Princess Diana within JK Rowling. The same humbleness, shyness, but courage and guts to do what they believe in. Both beautiful women.

[@MonicaLillis]

So strange that you say that. Her personality type is INFP, which Princess Diana (and myself) also share. There are a lot of INFP writers : Shakespeare, A.A Milne, Virginia Woolf, Tolkien, George Orwell. The lovely Johnny Depp is INFP too. I have an English and Classics Degree. I should try my hand !

[@katinsu7700]

Fortunately she has about double the IQ- sorry for the snark, but JKR seems to be a true intellectual, very cerebral and reflected, which Princess Diana, with all her definitely good qualities, definitely wasn‘t.

[@sanityone649]

What a wonderful reading by a once in a lifetime author. While Rowling reads, it's easy to understand why Harry Potter is such an immersive, successful series. Simple and enlightening--full of interesting details and melodic prose, her books strike a cord in the soul of us all. Thank you, J.K. Rowling.

[@DanielLopez-zt4ig]

I wish I could have the whole series read by her.

[@FlossieWelch36]

Me too mate. I love her she is the best author in the world

[@xx-xy1rf]

@@FlossieWelch36 I will be the best author one day

[@lasmluclasm3781]

​@@xx-xy1rf I wish you luck Izzy im sure you will. Modesty and remaining realistic are essential to becoming a great writer like J.K.

[@holohulolo]

Stephen fry did a fantastic job but I think it would be nice if she read some dialogue of maybe just one character that doesn't that much dialogue in the entire series.

[@sarcooper9874]

Me too. 🧡

[@girlnamedkate]

I remember watching this interview live. It was so magical. J.K. Rowling Is Our Queen 🥰

[@JBrown_Trivium]

Rowling is such a brilliant person. Hearing her read that segment was beautiful. She's an absolute gem ❤️

[@ggghhjd]

This lady should record a reading of the series herself. That would be a treasure. The world is missing something by not having this.

[@Qrtuop]

I agree. I'd much rather listen to her than Stephen Fry

[@Immafuggin182]

Pottermore blew my mind when it launched, I ate up every bit of it, every extra story and backstory, the story of Isolt Sayre and the founding of Illvermorny being my favorite! The artwork for each book chapter were just amazing. I loved how we never really saw anyone’s faces, the perspective always kept them obscured or it was a room where a moment happened but after everyone had left the room. Absolutely brilliant!

[@Sahnequeen]

Im in Hufflepuff and Im proud of it💛🦡🖤

[@mahimapeddro1040]

my favourite writer in my life from my small age. J.K Rowling is a great writer

[@starwars6718]

J.K Rowling had been my role model since I first saw harry potter she has inspired me to continue writing my own stories and I hope one day to be author just like her

[@Saandy_]

She has inspired me to be more creative, and to value creativity very high. Although I haven't really dabbled in writing longer stories, She inspires me in every other creative field I pursue. Good luck with your stories! As long as you're writing, you're already an author. I wish you luck on publishing some day.

[@henribg1]

I love you J.k.Rowling! I dream of meeting you! I send you all the best, the rest you can imagine!

[@samuelmatz]

J.k.Rowling is the William Shakespeare of the 20th. Century .

[@MiguelThinks]

As an artist and writer, I'm more of a Tolkien fan... but JK Rowling was my childhood and jumpstart into fantasy and creativity.

[@wanderingbelle7]

I feel similarly! LOTR is my original fantasy love (I read the hobbit at six years old and the trilogy between 8 and 10 and have reread them an embarrassing amount of times since) but Harry Potter is an absolute gem as well. They both have phenomenal world building and unforgettable characters. Tolkien and Rowling are my ultimate writing inspirations.

[@dannyjorde2677]

I love Lotr, but I much prefer Rowling's writing

[@RabiyaRavenclaw]

​@@dannyjorde2677same, I dropped LOTR in the middle coz I was bored out of my mind, HP kept me hooked from start to finish. And yeah I watched the films way before reading the books, both for HP and LOTR.

[@clarachristine5684]

The moment at 17:38, when a stream of red and gold sparks come out of the wand. Those are the colors for Gryffindor!

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

If that was a confirmation, the sorting hat wouldn't have suggested Slytherin

[@johnsauceda8448]

It’s just an amazingly deep and rich story

[@MrParkerman6]

That's what she said!

[@ChrisWilson-bu5qm]

Would love to hear her read the entire series.

[@1995yuda]

The Host is such a great guy ! Really enjoyed this interview.

[@michaellovegrove9467]

I’m on to my 10th or 11th time reading through this series. Jo’s mind is utterly incredible. Breathtaking every time. And I can’t believe I’m only just learning how “Rubeus” is pronounced 24 years later!!

[@LuzMaria95]

ikr! i been saying it wrong this whole time!

[@angelinahunter182]

What a fabulous interview. And what a fabulous service J. K. Rowling has rendered by getting young folks to read -- literacy! It's so under rated and it's critical to have word power in order to understand ourselves, how we think and how we feel -- now what was that book that J. K. Rowling wrote for adults -- gotta find it!

[@Saandy_]

Hello, thank you for your comment. She would be talking about "The Casual Vacancy", which was the first book JK wrote after finishing Harry Potter.

[@angelinahunter182]

@@Saandy_ Thank you -- I've already ordered it and it's arriving tomorrow.

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

This was a first for me. I've not heard an author read a passage from his or her own work. That was amazing.

[@maihuyeninh8405]

Thank you so much for sharing this interview.

[@carolinetomkinson760]

I love this interview. To hear the story read by J K Rowling herself was magical. When you immerse yourself in a book you love and that world there are always questions you have things you just want to understand and this interview answered some of those questions it really was lovely thank you. 🥰xx

[@rumanaashraf4406]

Was it always your dream to write? J.K Rowling: Always Now thats what you call Harry Potter and thats how u understand she's the ultimate writer! Piss off haters

[@baldmonbald5736]

So, you are saying that JK Rowling is "The Ultimate" writer when J.R.R Tolkien made an entire language in the trenches of war, wrote 30.000 Years of History, made several detailed Maps, has made an entire cosmology and mythology, defined the Fantasy Genre new, and founded the High Fantasy Genre, was a Professor at Oxford, and most importantly, he had the balls of steel to insult Nazis, while still being polite to them. Give me a fucking break, dude.

[@ro9715]

@@baldmonbald5736 youre absolutely correct

[@baldmonbald5736]

@@ro9715 Finally, a man (or woman?) of culture.

[@ro9715]

@@baldmonbald5736 thanks and you’re right to say j.r.r tolkien is the superior writer not only that but we should be praising him over a transphobe

[@baldmonbald5736]

@@ro9715 I do not know if you want to say that Tolkien was transphobic, if your statement about him being the better writer was ironic, or if you meant that he was transphobic, which is good. Could you explain further, please^^?

[@ghoulunathics]

I absolutely love how when she was reading you can see from the happy excited smile on the interviewers face that he could just listen to her read for 12 hours on one sitting:D the 11 year old boy that lives inside of all of us ^^ no words to describe how much i love her. thank you for being here with us

[@AS-pn5zl]

I could listen to her read all day. Such a addictive writing.

[@nicholasforrester8587]

We are with you j.k. Rowling continue to speak the truth!😍

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

A few days ago I watched Stephen Fry chatting about fantastic beasts with J K Rowling; she looked fabulous and was easily on his intellectual par - she is amazing.

[@lalalanding234]

Wish I could request JK Rowling,the best author in the UNIVERSE for the EIGHTH book PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEE

[@afsaaasiazaira3723]

I'm crying, fat tears falling down my cheeks red along with the tip of my nose. I don't know why I became so emotional. I didn't grow up with the Potter-Books, I didn't wait for the next one to be released but I'm so connected with the books with the characters, with the world itself is just...amazing. Thank You Jo, it means a lot me, your work is amazing and will always be. I've recently read The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm and I loved both of them. (yes, I didn't know who Robert Galbraith was when I read the books. It was actually the name of the writer that made me buy the books and read them and love them) Thank you, you are a fabulous woman.

[@swordablaze9259]

Good to dive back down memory lane. :)

[@kingdom_of_rain]

Thank you so much for this interview!

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

When I was a kid, the movie that took us all away was The Wizzard of Ozz. Harry Potter is just as powerful.

[@megancantley2949]

Fab interview- great interviewer and interviewee! ❤

[@indiadanielle7792]

Congratulations to JK Rowling for creating a masterpiece. She's loved by millions. 🍰🎂🍰

[@Cottage-Reader]

I love when she explains her writing process. If only she would open up a school to teach in or create an online class to inspire people who have just started their writing:) personal bookmark 21:50 -give characters room to evolve/grow in series.

[@funkycowie]

I love how she easily and subtly changed her voice for the characters when doing the reading.

[@bright_horizon]

The interviews with this amazing woman is even more interesting than her books.

[@Red_Rebel]

If there’s any book you can read over and over again...Harry Potter!

[@sethcrockett9061]

Ok but why are we given a whole historical lesson on Edinburgh at the start

[@catstrawford]

They must be considering that as the introduction to the geographical and historical context of the interview...

[@arvindhmani06]

Why not? I loved it.

[@madisonary9240]

With the horrible pronunciation, like nails on a chalkboard

[@Gustyrd1]

She seems very sweet. It's sad everything that's happening with her and some fans of HP now.

[@viviennedunbar3374]

I’m not sure what you are referring to but if you are talking about the claims that she is so-called “transphobic” you need to read her own words in her own writing on her own website. What she is fact doing is defending women’s rights. Older women understand a lot more than younger people may appreciate, we have lived decades and lived through biological changes including giving pregnancy, birth and raising children as well as puberty and menopause. We ARE our bodies; brain, mind and body cannot be separated and our physical reality of our sexed female body profoundly affects our experience in the world . To be a woman is a biological reality. That doesn’t mean that she is saying trans people can’t live as they wish but that women have fought for decades to have spaces separated by sex (not gender) for very good, biological reasons. It’s very important you read what she actually SAYS not what you are told she has said. Joanne has given millions over the decades to children and parents in dire need, including those imprisoned. I would suggest you look at her work holistically and have the humility to acknowledge that older women may have knowledge and experience you don’t, just like Professor McGonagall. To refuse to listen and judge others without understanding what they are saying is foolish. She is an incredibly intelligent, compassionate person; she hasn’t suddenly changed. What has changed is WHO is reporting and interpreting what she is saying. Make sure you read her original words and not what the equivalent of Rita Skeeter has decided she has written. So many people are angry at Joanne who haven’t read what she actually wrote. Don’t be naive.

[@ОльгаБуравко-з4к]

The Best J.K Rowling))!!!!!! Beautiful roses and beautiful JK Rowling))!) Oh...my soul!!)))

[@flugsven]

This was a nice surprise to pop up an ordernary sunday! Have seen a clip of this, but not all of it.

[@AnjeannetteMarie-Swifie4Ever]

I think we should all WANT to be Hufflepuffs - that is profound. I’m Ravenclaw but I respect and admire Hufflepuffs ❤

[@jdromero6902]

He is having a treat, everyone is just wishing they will have. Having JK read hp in person 🦉

[@Carolina-mm]

Whenever there's a dementor in my room I read the books over n over again..works like chocolate all the time..

[@nick9254]

Thank you J.K. Rowling for the adventures❤🎉

[@emilymarie291]

Did anyone else notice the guy at 14:21 peeking in the reflection top right corner 😂

[@deathswitch2404]

JKs Hagrid voice is brilliant, i love her

[@soulfoodie1]

Thank you for uploading!

[@NaamNamaN]

Just Rowling mimickin' Hagrid while reading him is ❤️. Also this is a PRICELESS video!

[@sat0sh139]

I love listening to her. She is very attractive in so many ways.

[@lilysiagian]

Wow! I just found this! I just can't believe I've missed this video! Thanl you so much for @Saandy for the upload!

[@LdawgHughes]

This was special ❤

[@sarcooper9874]

Hope she does more. My favorite author and feminist.

[@jaydnjones2837]

my favourite author and facist*

[@josieton3689]

@@jaydnjones2837 You have no clue what fascist means. Why do you stalk this woman all the time if you don't like her. Go get a job and a life for that matter. Its just sad at this point.

[@labambinacolmantellorosso]

I miss pottermore so much. I'm so grateful I got to experience it 💙

[@paulsilcox4210]

Thank you for mentioning Wales. We often get overlooked when our US cousins talk of the UK.

[@nadiareads6359]

I was a little kid when the first few books came out, but I was 17-18 when the 7th book was released. And only now at 34 I am reading them for the very first time.

[@tanishalavri3278]

What do you think of them?

[@maguffintop2596]

The Jim Dale audio of these is the best reading of the best books ever. Long live Harry Potter!

[@cassandra2968]

I absolutely loved this interview! Honestly I was a bit bummed out that I was sorted to Hufflepuff. I thought I was more of a Ravenclaw. I literally used all my emails to take the sorting hat test over and over and each time I got Hufflepuff XD I re-read the books and looked into the morals and true characteristics of the house besides being "kind", "average" and "weak" and I've been super proud to be a Hufflepuff ^_^ sadly the house is always overlooked and misunderstood.

[@tsouk9903]

Well to be honest, you can delete your account and make a new one, take the test over

[@stef2090]

I wanted Gryffindor but kept getting Slytherin, just went with it in the end

[@spareaccount1445]

As someone in the UK, hearing him pronounce Edinburgh as Endinburrow is quit funny hehe. Great video!

[@trishushandilya]

Oh god!! Thank you soo much!!

[@jacovandervyver2783]

Thanks for this ,it helped in my school project

[@levimacdonald5188]

Jk Rowling Is inspiring ❤📖📚✒✅✔💞💐 And so natural very down to earth

[@piahoznour8975]

Just so gutted after they closed Pottermore down back in 2015 :( It was a great place. But still, thanks for making it real for a few years, it created a real community, that has PM meetups in real life. Friends.

[@iagorincon]

Almost a decade ago I remember reading a book reviewer who said, and I quote “she’ll be in the dustbins in ten years.” Hhahahha Hhahahhahahahhahhahahhha hhahhahahhha Hhahahhahahahhahhahahhha ahahahhahhahahh Hhahahhahahahhahhahahhha ha Hhahahhahahahhahhahahhha!!!

[@tahsintabassums]

2011? At that time she was flourishing

[@jaydnjones2837]

She never left

[@TheYaq]

yes thank you for harry potter, great time, its so great the atmosphere the magical thing great 2000´s

[@slythmoon]

Have we been pronouncing Hagrid's first name wrong all these years?

[@fehyndana7725]

I miss reading Harry Potter! :( I wish she would publish more stories from that universe, maybe a backstory of a character.

[@carterneisz8585]

Then read the book.

[@anniefinch6843]

I remember this book and it's a long book but I read it with my program VPCI.

[@carolinelee103]

Wait so your telling me that’s we have all been saying rubeus wrong the whole time?!

[@vivienneflick2403]

Mostly cuz I am ✨American✨ and not ✨British✨

[@MrParkerman6]

I've been Pronouncing it as "Pez".

[@jacksonmcnuggets7488]

Yaaaa 😂

[@asdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiop199]

when I read Harry Potter it got me writing my own books and whenever I am stuck I just remember you never gave up on Harry Potter so I am still makeing my own story but i just dont see myself being an author reading Harry Potter inspierd me to still make a story and mabey that will get me to be one but I do make gacha stories and I fell like that helped me not give up

[@mariapaulasanchezorozco]

I'd like to see the Malfoy Manor in the first part of the last movie but how is described in the last book with the gates moving and the terryfing face appearing between them and talking with the claning and echoing voice

[@SolomonSage]

Thats it after i acomplish m life goals im a retire to edenburough then

[@rosaartemis]

So cosy💕

[@leolare]

Danial Radcliffe was born to play Harry Potter. Couldn't imagine anyone else playing him.

[@dantee77]

Now someone will :D

[@kayflynn2523]

I wish you were my mom. And I could listen to you read to me.

[@aravinthphone]

Thank you

[@simonahrendt9069]

That was beautiful

[@amdapanda8169]

not the writing or depression being the end of this! IT IS THE TRUTH THAT EVERY WRITER FACES!!! xDD

[@piuloillustration5837]

Great interviewer

[@ghost_fueled_scarecrow]

Joane's scottish accent for Hagrid is hilarious 🤣

[@MarkHogan994]

It's not a Scottish accent at all. It's a West Country accent.

[@hilmalottarantala3314]

Lol I just realised this is the first interview of J.K Rowling I ever watch and this is the first time I hear her voice

[@buhboni7324]

Legend!

[@stephanieschuurmans121]

The interviewer and JK would actually be a really good couple. He looks at her like he absolutely adores her! Gosh, she is a phenomenal woman and such an inspiration.

[@dewdneygold]

There is some resemblance in a perceived younger version of JK and Luna Lovegood as she mentioned her emotions about writing her character.

[@nikolamihaylov94]

On the point of Gryffindors being show ofs and foolhardy I'll just quote my grandad who once said to me "Pretending to be brave is still bravery".

[@slowlynow9]

Pleeeaassse JO read the whole series

[@jaydnjones2837]

whos Jo

[@sheronsee]

@@jaydnjones2837 "J" of J K Rowling is Joanne, or Jo for short

[@zooqanpawar1902]

2024 decided to reread the books again