The Christmas Charm Bracelet of Strike 9 Clues (Part One)
About this episode
The episode discusses the significance of the Christmas Charm Bracelet and its clues related to J.K. Rowling's work.
On 23 December last year, Rowling changed her Twixter home page header and cameo with this tweeted explanation : The Charm Bracelet header features thirteen charms on nine links: Rowling tweeted an addendum about the Psalter and Jack in the Box charms: Nick Jeffery dropped an explanatory post two days later at the Hogwarts Professor weblog: J. K. Rowling Drops All the Strike 9 Clues for Christmas! It remains the only complete survey of the pieces and compendium of what Serious Strikers around the world have discovered about them. Beatrice Groves, author of Literary Allusion in Harry Potter , wrote up her charm bracelet thoughts at ‘The Strike Ellacott Files’ a month later. In ‘ Charms, Psalms & Golden Clues: A brace(let) of clues for Strike 9 ,’ Prof Groves discusses the magical quality of charms as talismans and even incantational song: Rowling points out in this 2013 piece the link between the name given to charm bracelets and the magical world: ‘Why do we call those little masterpieces “charms” if not in allusion to their talismanic properties?… they are personal amulets.’ To charm someone is also to slightly to bewitch them, something Rowling plays with when Riddle exerts his…
People in this episode
Host: John Granger
Topics covered
- J.K. Rowling
- charm bracelets
- Strike 9 clues
- literary analysis
- magical properties
- Harry Potter
Keywords
- charm bracelet
- Strike 9
- J.K. Rowling
- literary allusion
- magical charms
- Harry Potter
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Literary Allusion in Harry Potter, The Strike Ellacott Files, Charms, Psalms & Golden Clues: A brace(let) of clues for Strike 9
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