‘Harry Potter’ continues to weave literary magic 20 years on

Twenty years since the debut of JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ series, William A Gleason says it’s difficult to recall a day when audiences weren’t spellbound by the young wizard.

This summer, at literary festivals and bookstores around the world, readers celebrated the

20-year anniversary of the debut of the first book in JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ series — Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (re-titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States) — and with good reason.