UPDATED: J.K. Rowling Writes About Older Harry in Pottermore Update
With the Quidditch World Cup match reports being written by Ginny Potter, we have had a glimpse into the future of Harry and the wizarding world.
Category: J.K. Rowling
Quidditch World Cup semi-finals under way!
The Quidditch World Cup semi-finals began yesterday (July 4), with the first match, which is currently still taking place, between the US and Brazil. The second match sees Bulgaria take on Japan tomorrow! In the run-up to the semi-finals, Ludo Bagman rated each team’s chances of winning, highlighting the pros and cons of each team.
Donate and win: Annual birthday fundraiser for J.K. Rowling’s charity, Lumos, goes live!
Did you miss out on donating to J.K. Rowling’s Lumos foundation in honor of her birthday last year? Never fear! The fundraiser has become an annual event, and we need your help to put a smile on Jo’s face. Check out how you can win simply by donating to a charity near and dear to Jo’s heart!
UPDATED: Rumored location emerges for “The Casual Vacancy” filming
Filming for the television adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy” has been set to get underway this summer. Now, the “Stroud News and Journal” is reporting that a school in Gloucestershire may be used as a filming location!
MuggleNet Throwback: The announcement of Pottermore
There’s always room for more “Harry Potter”! Maybe that’s how they came up with the name. Take a look back at how Pottermore first got started in this week’s Throwback!
“The Silkworm” and “The Cuckoo’s Calling” among top-selling Apple iBooks
“The Silkworm”, J.K. Rowling’s new novel as Robert Galbraith, was just released last week, and now both it and “The Cuckoo’s Calling” are near the top of Apple’s iBook chart! Find out how they rank.
J.K. Rowling to receive International Writers Award
J.K. Rowling is set to be awarded with the International Writers Award for her contribution to children’s literature.
Book Review: “The Silkworm” by Robert Galbraith
If you read The Cuckoo’s Calling, then you already know that through her Robert Galbraith persona, J.K. Rowling is back with all of the storytelling prowess that readers loved in Harry Potter and a few (though not myself!) found to be lacking in The Casual Vacancy.
“The Silkworm” release celebrated by independent booksellers
“The Silkworm”, J.K. Rowling’s second novel as crime writer Robert Galbraith was released yesterday across the UK and as a soft release in the US. Even before this, the novel was highly rated, and Rowling fans across the world (including us here at MuggleNet) made sure that they got their hands on a copy as soon as it came out. In the weeks leading up to the book’s release, news emerged that the book would be affected by the current Hachette – Amazon debate in the US.
