Ginny & Cats (was Snape and the Edinburgh Festival)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 111084

Potioncat:
Well, I cannot get the cut and paste to work to provide a link.  
Mugglenet.com has a report by a fan who asked a question while 
getting her book signed. I think the heading is "Two fans report 
from book festival."
 
The fan says JKR said that the cat-like descriptions of Ginny are 
not significant.  

But having thought about it, we are such a canon thumping site, and 
we take such care to quote carefully, I really wish I hadn't brought 
it up in the first place.

vmonte responds:

I posted the link below. 

Edinburgh Book Festival Reports

I was one of the lucky 500 people who saw J.K. Rowling at the 
Edinburgh Book Festival on Sunday. In fact, I was the one who asked 
if the barman at the Hog's Head was Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth.

I also took the opportunity to ask J.K. a few questions when she 
signed my book. Firstly, I asked if there was a reason why Ginny 
Weasley is always associated with cats (she is described by Percy in 
COS as being a cat lover, is often described as being curled up like 
a cat and once made a noise 'like an angry cat') but J.K. 
answered 'No, there's not, although you are obviously a very careful 
reader'. This to me sounded slightly hesitant as though there is 
something more to Ginny than we realize yet. She might of answered me 
further if I had not immediately asked her what would happen to 
Kreacher and 12 Grimmauld Place now that Sirius has gone. Although 
she dodged this question well she did say that we will find that out 
very early on, right at the start of the next book.

http://www.mugglenet.com/mediasp/2004/august/edinburghreports.shtml


Vivian