COMMENCE FREAK-OUT NOW: J.K. Rowling has posted a new addition to the Harry Potter series on her website Pottermore. It takes the form of a gossip column written in the voice of Rita Skeeter. » 7/08/14 9:50am Tuesday 9:50am

The Daily Mail is a publication that regularly produces stories. Some of these stories are fact, some of them are based in fact and some of them are not even close to fact. But when they've published stories in that last category, they have to apologize and they usually do so in a big way. Enter: J.K. Rowling's… » 5/08/14 12:20pm 5/08/14 12:20pm

So an incredibly condescending man corrects JK Rowling's grammar on twitter, she subtweets him, and then an army of French teenagers descend on the poor man. That's basically the story, right? » 5/07/14 6:50pm 5/07/14 6:50pm

Great news, Harry Potter fans. A new movie trilogy based on the Hogwart's universe is happening. » 3/30/14 9:30pm 3/30/14 9:30pm

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. » 3/26/14 4:30pm 3/26/14 4:30pm

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… » 3/01/14 4:30pm 3/01/14 4:30pm

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. » 2/17/14 4:00pm 2/17/14 4:00pm

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… » 2/05/14 5:45pm 2/05/14 5:45pm

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. » 2/03/14 5:20pm 2/03/14 5:20pm

J.K. Rowling was interviewed by Emma Watson for an upcoming issue of Wonderland magazine and she dropped a bombshell. » 2/01/14 7:08pm 2/01/14 7:08pm

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! » 1/31/14 12:00pm 1/31/14 12:00pm

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… » 12/19/13 8:15pm 12/19/13 8:15pm

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. » 11/23/13 1:37pm 11/23/13 1:37pm

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. » 10/27/13 9:45pm 10/27/13 9:45pm

.@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

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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… » 9/12/13 11:40am 9/12/13 11:40am

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… » 7/31/13 7:00pm 7/31/13 7:00pm

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… » 7/15/13 9:30am 7/15/13 9:30am

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. » 5/14/13 6:00pm 5/14/13 6:00pm