'Harry Potter' Spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' Book to Become Three Movies
Great news, Harry Potter fans. A new movie trilogy based on the Hogwart's universe is happening.
Now You Can Wear Dobby the House Elf's Face on Your Butt
Because your robe and Gryffindor scarf are a little heavy for spring, whimsical clothier to the Internet Black Milk just debuted loads of new Harry Potter fashions. Yes, those are leggings decorated with washed-out polaroids of Dobby, the house elf.
J.K. Rowling Asked to Stop Writing, Taking Up Shelf Space
Lynn Shepherd must have known what she was getting herself into when she wrote a Huffington Post piece urging J.K. Rowling to get out of the adult literature market. Shepherd stated that other writers deserve a turn (this is how the world works, BTW) and although she has never read Rowling's work (ok..), Shepherd…
J.K. Rowling Is Writing Yet Another Mystery Novel Under a Pseudonym
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Ready your Amazon gift cards, nerds, because J.K. Rowling has a new novel due out in June. But unfortunately for the world's wizarding enthusiasts, The Silkworm is a sequel to The Cuckoo's Calling, written as Robert Galbraith. It'll follow the investigation into the disappearance of a loathed novelist.
For J.K. Rowling, an Alternate Ending for Ron and Hermione's Story
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling recently blew minds when, in an interview with Emma Watson, she revealed that she now wishes that Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger — the couple that formed the standout romance of the series — would not have ended up together and that maybe Hermione and Harry should have fallen in love…
All Hail This Newly Discovered Scrap of Jane Austen's Handwriting
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Brace yourselves, Jane Austen cultists: A scrap of writing from the author's very own hand has been discovered in the U.K., stuck in a first edition of her nephew's The Memoirs of Jane Austen. Meanwhile, I never find anything crammed into my books but Duane Reade receipts.
Breaking: J.K. Rowling Regrets Pairing Up Ron And Hermione
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J.K. Rowling was interviewed by Emma Watson for an upcoming issue of Wonderland magazine and she dropped a bombshell.
Peeved J.K. Rowling Slaps the Daily Mail with a Libel Suit
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When troubles arise in the world of Harry Potter, wizards cast charms. Rich celebrities, on the other hand, summon fleets of very well-paid lawyers. Hence J.K. Rowling has just sued the Daily Prophet Daily Mail for libel. Expelliarmus!
Accio Nerds! J.K. Rowling Is Developing a Harry Potter Stage Show
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Wait. Can you "accio" sentient beings? Or do I need to, like, levicorpus all the Harry Potter fans and then locomotor them over to the West End? Please advise. As I'm sure you can tell, I got a "T" in Charms. Oh, ANYHOO, there's going to be a Harry Potter stage show co-produced and overseen by J.K. Rowling within the next…
Which words turn up most in Hunger Games, Twilight, and Harry Potter?
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Certainly The Hunger Games and Twilight are very different media experiences, but how do the YA series differ in their actual vocabulary and sentence structure? Slate put together a textual analysis of Suzanne Collins and Stephenie Meyer's series, alongside J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
That Time J.K. Rowling Almost Snatched a Baby
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The elusive J.K. Rowling (elusive except for that 9,000-word profile in the New Yorker last year) bequeathed an interview to the Daily Mail, and talked about that one time she almost snatched a baby from a bleak, Dickensian orphanage in Eastern Europe.
.@jk_rowling, look familiar? Not Hogwarts but beautiful St Andrews! Thanks to grad student Claire for the grand tour pic.twitter.com/cuOxYry7yt
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton)
September 13, 2013
J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers are continuing the relationship that made them billions with the Harry Potter series, teaming up for a new franchise based off one of Harry's textbooks, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. According to Variety, Rowling says that the story is not a prequel or…
J.K. Rowling to Donate All Royalties From Her Secret Novel to Charity
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J.K. Rowling is no stranger to philanthropy. As of 2012, the Harry Potter author had reportedly donated upwards of $160 million to various charity organizations. Her charitable spirit has continued into 2013 with Rowling announcing this Wednesday that all royalties from “The Cuckoo’s Calling," her crime novel originally …
J.K. Rowling Secretly Publishing Under Male Pseudonym
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The author of the Harry Potter novels is using her known witchcraft to trick us muggles into not purchasing her latest book. Published under the name "Robert Galbraith", The Cuckoo's Calling is a detective novel about a troubled model who falls to her death — and the wily private dick who wants to get to the bottom of…
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J.K. Rowling was working some Beautiful Mind level realness when she mapped out the plot for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Put this handwritten chart in front of a muggle and they'll feel like they were hit with a Confundus charm.
Want to Be a Successful Writer? Be a Man.
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Well, this is depressing: female authors are still using male pseudonyms — or ambiguous initials in hopes that prospective buyers won't realize they're ladies — because studies show more people read books written by dudes. Can you blame them?
Guess What, Everyone? The Vatican Haaaated J.K. Rowling’s New Book
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I think we'd all like to believe that, sitting next to a reading lamp and swaddled in his Holy Snuggie somewhere deep inside the Vatican's intestinal labyrinths, Pope Benedict Palpatine Vader XVI read The Casual Vacancy with a mounting sense of disappointment that Harry Potter didn't make at least a cameo appearance.…
J.K. Rowling Will Now Be Making Her Long-Awaited Return to Children’s…
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Just like how Michael Jordan played baseball competently and then came back to play basketball superbly, J.K. Rowling will be re-entering the children's fiction racket...at least for one book. The Casual Vacancy may have coasted to a big debut, selling 124,603 copies or ten times the next-highest debut, but J.K.…
The Casual Perusal
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An employee looks at a copy of the "The Casual Vacancy" by author J.K. Rowling at a book store in London, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. British bookshops are opening their doors early as Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling launches her long anticipated first book for adults.