Tuesday, June 10, 2008

J K Rowling’s Commencement Address at Harvard

It is the season for graduation or commencement and Harvard University was fortunate enough to have novelist J K Rowling as one of their Commencement Service speakers.

On 5 June 2008 Rowling spoke on the theme, ‘The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination’.

The transcript and the video recording may be found at this link.

Dr. Geoff Pound

Image: J K Rowling (photo courtesy of Harvard University).