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J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling “Working on Something”

by Travis Prinzi 10.05.2009

In case you missed it, J.K. Rowling joined Twitter recently, and her third tweet was exciting: she said she wouldn’t be on Twitter much because “pen and paper is my priority at the moment.”
If you’re a Twitterer, don’t get too excited about Rowling’s joining Twitter; it’s unlikely she’ll be spending as much time on there [...]

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J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life Documentary

by Travis Prinzi 07.12.2009

At the beginning of last year, the James Runcie documentary on J.K. Rowling, “A Year in the Life,” was available in the UK and for a very limited time online. Hog’s Head writers saw it at the time, and Johnny wrote up a review.
This Thursday, July 16 at 8pm Eastern time, ABC will air the [...]

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Rowling and Bloomsbury Accused of Plagiarism

by Dave the Longwinded 06.15.2009

A Yahoo! article indicates that a legal action filed in England is claiming that J.K. Rowling copied significant portions of Goblet of Fire from a 1987 children’s book written by Adrian Jacobs, called Willy the Wizard.
It named the estate’s trustee as Paul Allen, and said that Rowling had copied “substantial parts” of “The Adventures of [...]

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Ginny Weasley

by Dave the Longwinded 01.18.2009

I’ve always found Ginny Weasley fascinating, given her ever evolving role in the story and the lives of other characters.  In 2004, Rowling hedged her bets on Ginny in an online chat session:
Field: Do you plan for Ginny to take on a major character role in [...]

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Happy Birthday, Harry Potter & J.K. Rowling!

by Travis Prinzi 07.31.2008

Today is the birthday of our favorite author and her story’s hero.  Happy Birthday to J.K. Rowling and to Harry Potter! 
Exciting news: Amazon is selling copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, available for pre-order!  (If you decide to order a copy, please do so by clicking to it from this site; that way, [...]

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Failure & Imagination: J.K. Rowling’s Harvard Commencement Speech

by Travis Prinzi 06.05.2008

Update: Be sure to read John Granger’s excellent thoughts on the speech, which are far more insightful than my own.  While my favorite quote was Seneca, his was Plutarch.  Thanks for the great work, John.
Yes, there was a gay Dumbledore reference.  
I think it’s also safe to say that, for the most part, John Granger’s [...]

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HP “Prequel”: What Do You Think?

by Dave the Longwinded 05.29.2008

by Dave
Check out this news article from the Chicago Sun-Times. For a charity event, several major UK authors were asked to write something on a card to be auctioned to raise money to help those with dyslexia:
Rowling used both sides of her card to hand-write a prequel to her seven-book Harry Potter saga.
Rowling’s “prequel” [...]

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Rowling Wins Court Case

by Travis Prinzi 05.07.2008

No, not that court case.  This one:
Harry Potter author JK Rowling won a landmark privacy ruling in her battle to ban publication of covert long lens pictures taken of her son when he was 18 months old.

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