Happy birthday, Lion Cub. May you have a day and year as amazing as you are.

Come and celebrate the end of this term and start of the next with us on Sunday January 31st! We'll be in #gamesroom between 6 and 8 PM HOL-time Last session was a deduction special. We started off with Codenames, where both teams (this time Cody Lewis and Prof. Sindor Aloyarc on Orange and Prof. Sc...

Gryffindors house newspaper is open for submissions for our latest issue! Each issue, we’ll announce a theme for you to have fun interpreting. This could be through a factual article, an opinion piece, a recipe or something entirely different. If you have an idea that doesn’t fit the theme though, w...

This month in the Book Club, we’re focusing on ‘New Beginnings’. That got me thinking about what part beginnings (both physical and emotional fresh starts) can play in a story. They can easily form the opening but equally, they might occur mid-way through as a way for the plot to change direction or...

Remember we'll be in #gamesroom between 6 PM and 8 PM HOL-time tomorrow!

This month in the Book Club, we’re thinking about holidays, festivities and celebrations of all descriptions. It’s little wonder: they can make for some of the most evocative scenes in literature. Who could forget the drama and glamour of the Yule Ball or the romance of Bill and Fleur’s wedding? Whi...

We’re delighted to invite you back to the #gamesroom on Sunday the 13th of December, 6 PM to 8 PM HOL-time! Come join us for some fun and relaxation to stave off the winter chill. Last month’s session had a great turnout. We kicked things off by playing Werewords, an exciting mixture of 20 Questions...

The happiest of birthdays to our resident yogi and ray of sunshine, Prof. Sindor Aloyarc! I hope you have a splendid day, Sin.

Happy, happy birthday, Gail! I hope you have an amazing day and an equally amazing year to come.

Happy, happy birthday, Lo! <3

Remember we'll be in #gamesroom between 6 and 8 PM HOL-time tomorrow! If anyone has any particular requests for a game they'd like to play, please do drop me a message.

It’s getting chilly in the Book Club this month. Temperature is a very useful tool in the writer’s arsenal as it’s one of the best ways to force your reader to put themselves in the characters shoes. Though none of us (I hope) has ever encountered a dementor, it’s incredibly easy to relate to the fe...

Happy, happy birthday! I hope it's been a wonderful day full of kitties and cookies.

Happy birthday, Sirius! I hope it's been a truly amazing day.

The last starter quote for October is from The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett With little clicks and flapping noises... Finished with a quote from The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy... the girls marched up in single file to receive their kittens. It becomes With little clicks and flapping noises, the g...

For our last discussion, we’re going very meta! It’s time to discuss interactive experiences based on books. This is anything you can think of that seeks to bring a book to life so that people can physically experience it. It could be a replica of a fictional building that you can spend a night in, ...

https://i.imgur.com/uSigslA.jpg Announcing Gathering and Games! This is the perfect opportunity to kick back, relax and have fun with other HOLers. G and G sessions are an informal weekend get-together on IRC where we’ll play games and chat. The idea is for everyone to enjoy some time with other HO...

This weeks starter quote is from If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot He devoted a considerable amount of his acute intelligence to the cause of... Were I to finish it with a quote from A Bear called Paddington by Michael Bond: ...a small, furry object in the shadows. It would become he devoted ...

Food glorious food! This week we’re focusing on all things culinary. I don’t know about you, but mouth-watering descriptions of food and drink are one of my favourite parts of a good book. It can be so frustrating when you want to just order directly off the page as though it were a menu. Whether yo...

This weeks starter quote is from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as... For example, if I finished with a quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: ...hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library. I...