Harry Potter author JK Rowling has admitted in a leaked interview that she almost killed off the character of Ron Weasley half way through the book series, out of spite. Continue reading at 'The Sydney Morning Herald'
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Two more brands killed commenting functionality on their sites this week, joining a small but growing group of publishers that are instead leaning exclusively on social media for conversations with readers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Crime novels The Cuckoo’s Calling and The Silkworm, written under the author’s pseudonym, to form the basis of new dramaThe BBC will adapt the crime novels written by JK Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, its second collaboration with the Harry Potter author.The Cuckoo’s Calling, the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Dec. 12 to Dec. 23, Rowling is posting 12 new stories set in the 'Potter' universe on the website Pottermore. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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From Dec. 12 to Dec. 23, Rowling is posting 12 new stories set in the 'Potter' universe on the website Pottermore. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Pottermore is set to post a surprise each day between the 12th and the 23rd December, including new writing from J K Rowling. In a newsletter sent to Harry Potter fans, Pottermore said Rowling will write about Draco Malfoy, a pupil at Hogwarts and one of Harry Potter’s nemeses, as well as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling's 2008 speech will be adapted as a book titled 'Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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YouTube vlogger Zoella is "blown away" after Girl Online becomes the fastest-selling debut novel since records began. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown Book Group is to publish an illustrated edition of a speech J K Rowling gave to Harvard University. Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination uses the speech Rowling made to graduating students at Harvard in 2008. It will be illustrated by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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That didn't last long. Verizon Wireless has pulled the plug on its newest content marketing venture, a web publication called SugarString, a little over two months after it launched.The website was designed to rival tech-savvy magazines, like Wired, from Conde Nast, and Motherboard, from Vice.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown will release 'Very Good Lives,' a book version of J.K. Rowling's 2008 commencement speech at Harvard, on April 14, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Atkinson, Nathan Filer and J K Rowling are among the 19 British authors competing for the €100,000 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The longlist for the prize, now in its 20th year and given annually for a novel written in English or translated into English, features titles... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Lee was a key figure in Marja Mills's recent bestseller 'The Mockingbird Next Door.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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J K Rowling has revealed that Dolores Umbridge, a Hogwarts professor and enemy of Harry Potter, was based on a real person. In any essay posted on the Pottermore website, Rowling said she “disliked intensely on sight” the person she based Umbridge on, who was a teacher “in a certain skill or... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Dolores Umbridge is a sadistic teacher whom Harry encounters. Rowling posted a piece on the website Pottermore with new information about the character's past and revealed how she was inspired to give the cruel teacher a love of bows and kittens. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Josh Spero, author of Second Hand Stories and editor of Spear's Magazine, and the author Erica Wagner, a former literary editor of the Times mull the question of high tech and old books. Continue reading at BBC World
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The National Book Award-winning story of how a real-life incident inspired Herman Melville to write 'Moby-Dick' is being adapted as a movie by director Ron Howard. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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More brands are publishing video directly to Facebook instead of to YouTube and then using Facebook for distribution. The post Facebook video isn’t killing off YouTube — yet appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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With a series of cryptic updates on Twitter, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has prompted frenzied speculation among her fans about her next project. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Charles M. Blow, author of 'Fire Shut Up In My Bones' (HMH, 9780544228047) will appear on MSNBC-TV’s 'The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell' on Thursday, October 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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'Killing Patton,' the fourth installment in Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s Killing series, debuted on Apple’s bestseller list at #2 for the week ended September 28. T Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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