Three new Harry Potter books to be released this September

Who would have through it, but 2016 is proving to be one of the biggest years in wizarding history.

In between arrival of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London's Palace Theatre this June and the appearance of Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them on the silver screen in November, J.K Rowling is releasing a collection of three short stories to keep us entertained throughout September.

Set to be released as e-books that explore the "dark side" of the Harry Potter wizarding world, the collection of "Short Stories from Hogwarts" are called: Of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists; Of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies; and Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide.

Most of the stories are about 10,000 words long and have already been published on Pottermore: the interactive website set up my J.K Rowling for Harry Potter fans. So she isn't backtracking on her previous statement that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script was the last instalment in the Potter story.

What should you expect?

Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists gives an account of the "ruthless roots" of Professor Dolores Umbridge and the relationship between Professor Horace Slughorn and Voldemort when the Dark Lord was a student at Hogwarts. It also sheds light on the history of the Azkaban prison.

Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies profiles two of the most influential people in Harry Potter's life: Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupin. It also takes a look "behind the closed curtains of Sybill Trelawney's life".

Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide explores the secrets behind the walls of the wizarding school.

The stories, which are available to preorder now on amazon, follow the release of the script behind Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which has already proved to be the fastest-selling UK book this decade. Get more from the Potter universe on amazon here.