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This sub is going to be a collection of all of Rowling's published side-material to the Harry Potter series. I'll try posting something new once a week. (If there turns out to be greater demand I could do it more often.)

I know that there already are similar subs, namely r/PottermoreWritings and r/PotterPlus, but both of those subs are now pretty dead with practically all the posts on them archived. Hopefully this sub could give people a change to interact with the writings and leave comments. Maybe think of it as a Read Along of all the HP auxiliary material. Also, I have strong differences of opinion in how this content should be categorized from those two subs.

So what types of stuff will you find here?

You'll find content from both incarnations of Pottermore, as well as from the old jkrowling.com. You'll also find content released in other places. I'll stay away from the ten books that have been physically published, but otherwise if it was made by Rowling, you'll likely find it here.

The content will be grouped by type rather than source.

• Short Stories

The types of writing I think people like the best. In-universe narrative writing whose purpose is to tell a story. Rowling wrote a few of these here and there, but unfortunately not so much. Rowling's most mainstream work in this style is The Tales of Beedle the Bard. (which, as said above, wont be posted here) Technically not everything here is a "story", but it's all stuff on the more creative side rather than the informative side.

• Encyclopedia Articles

These are still written in-universe, but their purpose is to describe the wizarding world rather than to tell new stories. Of course this is Rowling, and they more often than not do contain stories, but that isn't their focus. Rowling at one point was working on publishing an encyclopedia but then lost interest and so gave her existing material to the team behind the Pottermore website, where they have since gotten published. There's still a few of these writings hidden in Pottermore's vaults, but by now nearly all of them seem to have been published. This style is similar to Quidditch through the Ages and the introduction to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

• Essays

These are also about the wizarding world, but they are written out-of-universe, from Rowling's point of view. Rowling posted a bunch of these on her old website, and a lot of the encyclopedia articles had a section of this type of content appended to the end.

• Cut content

This category is for stuff that was cut from the Harry Potter books and discarded. Unlike everything else here, this category represents material which is strictly non-canon. It's Rowling saying things she didn't do. (The other stuff is just Rowling doing the stuff which she never got around to before.) Some of this content will be in the form of essays from Rowling describing what she had rejected and some of the content is actual manuscripts and drafts.

• Drawings

Rowling drew a lot of stuff. Most of her illustrations cover the first book (There's plenty enough to make a special illustrated edition.), but some is on other stuff as well. These illustrations help us understand how Rowling pictured the things she wrote.

Very often things blur the lines and I'll be using my better judgement when deciding how to categorize them.

There'll be a comment below each post with information about where and when the content was originally published, including screenshots, quotes, and links where I have them. I'll also try linking to relevant stuff if I know of anything.

When more content gets posted, I'll start making lists posts to facilitate navigation.

I'm open to all forms of feedback as to how to run this sub and what types of content to prioritize. I'm gonna start off by posting one from each category, but after that my plan is just one new post per week. Hopefully this shouldn't flood anyone's front page.