--- title: JK Rowling Harry Potter James S. Potter Hogwarts description: The eldest Potter boy is off to his first day of school canonical: https://time.com/4018500/jk-rowling-hogwarts-james-potter/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-01T13:56:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:03.887Z og:title: J.K. Rowling's Latest Harry Potter News Will Make You Feel Insanely Old og:description: Back to school og:url: https://time.com/4018500/jk-rowling-hogwarts-james-potter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte300a5507066ba65/69885d40e53abab0de4ded9b/aged-harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1800 og:image:height: 1013 og:image:alt: jk rowling lessons harry potter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. 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DO NOT USE PRIOR TO PUBLICATION \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* (L-r) RYAN TURNER as Hugo Weasley (19 years later), RUPERT GRINT as Ron Weasley, EMMA WATSON as Hermione Granger, DANIEL RADCLIFFE as Harry Potter, DAPHNE DE BEISTEGUI as Lily Potter (19 years later) and BONNIE WRIGHT as Ginny Weasley in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure movie "HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 2," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures SUNDAY CALENDAR AUGUST 7, 2011\. DO NOT USE PRIOR TO PUBLICATION \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* (L-r) RYAN TURNER as Hugo Weasley (19 years later), RUPERT GRINT as Ron Weasley, EMMA WATSON as Hermione Granger, DANIEL RADCLIFFE as Harry Potter, DAPHNE DE BEISTEGUI as Lily Potter (19 years later) and BONNIE WRIGHT as Ginny Weasley in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure movie "HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 2," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Sep 1, 2015 1:56 PM UTC Hold on to your broom, Potter fans, because J.K. Rowling’s recent Twitter storm is going to make you wish you had a Time Turner. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/638641255094853632) That’s right. Potter’s oldest son is off to his first day at Hogwarts. James Sirius Potter is already well-adjusted to Hogwarts when we meet him in the epilogue of _Deathly Hallows_. It’s his younger brother, Albus Severus Potter, who gets the spotlight. But not today, as Rowling’s followers supposedly wished James luck for Rowling. The author, as always, continued to play along with the fun. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/638658646805749760) Mischief managed. ### Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Illustrations  Harry Potter Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Hermione Granger Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  Ron Weasley Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  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