JK Rowling unnerved by girls who fall for Malfoy

Girls are quick to romanticise anti-heroes, says Harry Potter author, as she shares her vision for the future of the boy wizard’s school enemyJK Rowling says that “girls are very apt to romanticise” the antihero, and reveals that she had been forced to pour “cold common sense” on the startling number of readers who fall for the arrogant, unscrupulous bully Draco Malfoy in her Harry Potter books.Rowling has been providing new snippets about the world of Harry Potter on her website Pottermore for the past 10 days, giving fans insights into everything from a “ghost” storyline that she didn’t include in the final story, to the history of the Leaky Cauldron pub. She has now unveiled her lengthiest piece of writing yet, offering a glimpse into the future of Harry Potter’s arch enemy Draco, and her own thoughts on the character. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chefs Cook at Home: Fall Cookbooks 2014

Here’s a twist on the familiar genre of the chef cookbook: rather than recreating restaurant dishes, chefs are sharing their secrets for cooking at home. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling pens a new 'Harry Potter' story and a new 'Potter' theme park opens

J.K. Rowling recently released a short story about the futures of such characters as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, while the new section of Universal Studios titled The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley just opened to the public. J.K. Rowling also recently... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling writes story about 30-plus Harry Potter

J K Rowling has written a new piece about a thirty-something Harry Potter and his friends at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion Update Fall 2014: The Good, the Alien, the Secular

Fall religion, in not so many words: still too many pastors; religion is still bad for you and the world (Christopher Hitchens has even come back from the dead, via previously unpublished essays, to remind us of this); Pope Francis still looks promising. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pages on Livernois to Open in Detroit This Fall

Pages on Livernois will open in Detroit this fall, thus doubling the number of general independent bookstores in the Motor City selling new books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling's Silkworm tackles publishing old and new

The world of publishing is explored in J K Rowling’s second Robert Galbraith novel The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales Up at EDC, Earnings Fall

Revenues at Educational Development Corp. rose 2% in the fiscal year ended February 28, 2014, hitting $26.1 million, although accounting items dropped net earnings to $357,600 from $802,900 in fiscal 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. falls in first day of trading

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[ Crains New York | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Decline and Fall of IBM

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[ Betanews | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Girls of Atomic City': a bestselling WWII tale

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Big Names and Big Flavors for Fall Cookbooks

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Jacqueline Woodson: Remembering a Brown Girl’s Childhood

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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