April 12, 2012
LONDON, U.K.
She may not be ableto match the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter series, but J.K. Rowling has high hopes for “The Casual Vacancy,” her first novel for adults. The title was announced Thursday by Little, Brown&Co. along with a brief plot synopsis for the book.
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March 08, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y.
J.K. Rowling’s long-awaited website for all things Harry Potter will be open for business in early April.
The Pottermore site was announced last year, with a scheduled launch in October. But a statement posted on the site this week says testing was extended after feedback from early users made it “clear that our original platform wouldn’t be suitable when millions more users came on to the site.”
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February 23, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Adult fans of J.K. Rowling can rejoice: She has a new novel coming, for grownups.
The kids will have to wait and see.
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November 24, 2011
LONDON, U.K.
Author J.K. Rowling told a U.K. media ethics inquiry Thursday how she felt “under siege” from intrusive journalists, who staked out her house and even went so far as to slip a note into her 5-year-old daughter’s school bag.
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July 08, 2011
LONDON, UK
Daniel Radcliffe has taken his final turn as Harry Potter, but now, with the film series’ final installment — “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” — in theaters next Friday, the British actor has revealed he took some of the props home.
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June 23, 2011
LONDON, U.K.
Harry Potter’s wild wizard adventures are going digital.
Author J.K. Rowling announced Thursday that her seven Potter novels will be sold as e-books starting in October — ending theboy wizard’s status as one of the highest-profile holdouts against digital publishing.
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