Will JK Rowling be able to ignore the epilogue in 2017?

Let’s get it out of the way before I dig into this; I am a crazy Harry Potter fan. I can’t get enough. I search JK Rowling on google every once in a blue moon and pray she has made an announcement that she will write fifty more books. That being said, there has been a piece of me that BELIEVES there is still more to come.

We know (thanks to the Deathly Hallows) that the famous battle of Hogwarts occurred some time in the late spring of 1998. The epilogue occurs nineteen years after the conclusion of the story. If we use or simple skills of addition (or if that is too confusing just get your iPhone and use the calculator) the epilogue happens the first of September in 2017.

Now, I know she has said time and time again that Harry’s story is over, the story of Harry has been concluded, there is no more story to tell of Harry Potter. I get that. What about the kids though?

In a BBC documentary released sometime in 2007, JK Rowling draws out a family tree of the surviving characters. As she draws out Harry and Ginny’s family she mentioned Albus Severus and how out of all the children he is the one that she is most interested in. Funny enough, we know that the epilogue takes place on the day Albus Severus is supposed to head off to Hogwarts.

When JK Rowling is asked about the Harry Potter series, yes she says the story of Harry is over, but she also says she’ll “never say never” to the world. For all those fans logged in to Pottermore (Ravenclaw Represent) we know that there are eleven wizarding schools. Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Mahoutokoro, and an unnamed school in Brazil are the ones we know of. The upcoming film Fantastical Beasts and Where to Find Them is based in 1920s New York and will give us a glimpse into the wizarding life in the United States. Clearly, the wizarding world expands far from the reaches of the Ministry of Magic in London.



We are three years away from the day Albus Severus in real-time is supposed to head off to school. Will JK Rowling take that time to reveal that she will be following another young wizard through the halls of Hogwarts? Will she even expand on the Wizarding World farther than what we have seen? If we are not mistaken, Ron and Harry became Aurors. A line of work that can send them on many different adventures passed the regions of Europe. Nothing of course is for sure, but one thing is true. With The tales of Beetle the Bard, Pottermore, and the upcoming films, it is safe to say JK Rowling has done anything but let go of the magic.