Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

Making a mark

Hermione Granger was always my favourite character in the Harry Potter books, and not just because she was a girl. I sensed a kindred spirit in her pre-teen bookworm habits; when I was her age, I befriended our school librarian to get advance access to the acquisitions list so I could take first pick of any promising titles on order.

The English actress who played Hermione, Emma Watson, is also a bookworm. She once confessed that there was no point asking her what

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