J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has been in the press on a very regular basis since her first book was published in 1997. Below you will find links to articles regarding Rowling’s projects, philanthropy, and upcoming works.
2017
- January 12 – J.K. Rowling revealed to have six books in USA Today’s top 100 books of 2016
- January 25 – J.K. Rowling wins Platinum Award from the first ever Specsavers Bestseller Awards
- February 13 – J.K. Rowling in attendance as Fantastic Beasts wins a BAFTA
- February 14 – J.K. Rowling gives permission and suggestions for Voldemort’s role in The LEGO Batman Movie
- March 2 – J.K. Rowling explains the history of her made-up word “choranaptyxic”
- April 5 – Reelz airs new J.K. Rowling documentary: Behind Closed Doors
- April 15 – J.K. Rowling confirms Salazar Slytherin’s namesake
- May 8 – J.K. Rowling honored with the Bookseller’s Association Outstanding Contribution Award
- May 12 – J.K. Rowling asks for help after handwritten Potter prequel stolen
- May 28 – J.K. Rowling announces that Fantastic Beasts 2 script is complete
- June 17 – J.K. Rowling named Companion of Honour in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
- June 17 – J.K. Rowling returns to Forbes’ Highest-Paid Celebrities list
- June 26 – J.K. Rowling and others celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
- July 10 – CNN interview with J.K. Rowling airs, revealing she has finally written her long-teased fairy tale
- August 4 – J.K. Rowling returns to the top of Forbes’ Highest-Paid Authors list
- August 30 – J.K. Rowling talks Strike in new BBC interview
- September 6 – J.K. Rowling speaks about the real-life inspiration behind Strike in BBC interview
- September 9 – J.K. Rowling writes forward for The Little Big Things
- September 25 – J.K. Rowling opens up about Cursed Child in new interview
- October 14 – Blue Peter to honor J.K. Rowling on new walkway
- October 27 – Bloomsbury publishes updated J.K. Rowling bibliography in paperback
- October 30 – J.K. Rowling documentary Harry Potter: A History of Magic airs
- November 27 – Strike DVD includes bonus featurette with Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, J.K. Rowling, and Michael Keillor
- December 12 – J.K. Rowling named Companion of Honour in Buckingham Palace ceremony
2016
- January 19 – J.K. Rowling nominated for Shorty Award
- January 25 – J.K. Rowling to be honored with PEN Award
- February 10 – Scholastic, Little Brown UK to publish Cursed Child script this summer
- February 11 – Cursed Child script tops bestseller charts
- March 6 – J.K. Rowling makes surprise appearance at Scottish book club gathering
- March 8 – J.K. Rowling answers fan questions about her magical North American history
- March 17 – J.K. Rowling among Time‘s Most Influential People on the Internet
- March 27 – J.K. Rowling recounts horrific circumstances leading to Lumos founding
- April 6 – J.K. Rowling’s writing chair sells for magical amount
- April 11 – J.K. Rowling tweets thoughts on the new Fantastic Beasts trailer
- April 20 – Career of Evil longlisted for Crime Novel of the Year
- April 26 – Fantastic Beasts screenplay to be published as a book
- May 12 – J.K. Rowling to attend special performance of Cursed Child to benefit Lumos
- May 16 – J.K. Rowling is awarded the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award (article 1) (article 2)
- May 31 – Career of Evil shortlisted for Crime Fiction Award
- June 5 – J.K. Rowling opens up about all things Cursed Child
- June 6 – J.K. Rowling criticizes those who disapprove of a black Hermione
- June 6 – Cursed Child creative team discusses the play’s origins
- June 11 – J.K. Rowling on Cursed Child fan expectations
- June 17 – J.K. Rowling to produce Cormoran Strike TV series
- June 21 – Bloomsbury, Scholastic to release updated Fantastic Beasts in 2017
- June 23 – Newt Scamander as introduced by J.K. Rowling and Eddie Redmayne
- June 27 – J.K. Rowling to attend special screening of Fantastic Beasts to benefit Lumos Foundation
- September 17 – J.K. Rowling participates in live chat to launch We Are Lumos worldwide
- September 19 – J.K. Rowling joins Cursed Child cast for special Lumos gala performance
- September 20 – Read J.K. Rowling’s full Lumos gala speech: “A Right to Families”
- September 29 – J.K. Rowling tops Hollywood Most Powerful Authors list
- November 7 – Handwritten copy of Beedle the Bard set to be auctioned
- November 7 – J.K. Rowling talks Fantastic Beasts in video interview
- November 15 – Cursed Child reaches final round of Goodreads Choice Awards
- November 26 – J.K. Rowling sends Harry Potter e-books to seven-year-old Syrian girl
- December 6 – Annotated first-edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to go on display in Scotland
- December 7 – Cursed Child wins Goodreads Choice Award 2016
- December 10 – Cursed Child officially Amazon’s Bestselling Book of 2016
- December 14 – J.K. Rowling reveals her Ilvermorny house
- December 18 – J.K. Rowling urges support for Lumos in Christmas message
- December 19 – J.K. Rowling contributes to Orlando tribute anthology “Love Is Love”
- December 20 – J.K. Rowling launches new website
- December 24 – J.K. Rowling sends Christmas messages through a series of tweets
2015
- February 6 – J.K. Rowling tweets new information about 12 Grimmauld Place
- February 20 – J.K. Rowling donates £5,000 to Wooden Spoon Rugby Charity
- March 10 – J.K. Rowling receives British Red Cross Humanitarian Award
- March 20 – J.K. Rowling visits British School in Nepal, gives radio interview
- March 23 – J.K. Rowling tweets about publishing experience
- April 8 – J.K. Rowling announces launch of Lumos USA
- April 10 – J.K. Rowling launches Lumos USA at Empire State Building
- April 10 – J.K. Rowling interviewed on the Today Show discussing Lumos USA
- April 14 – Very Good Lives released featuring Harvard speech
- April 24 – Title Career of Evil announced for third Cormoran Strike novel
- May 8 – J.K. Rowling reveals that Newt Scamander is a Hufflepuff on Twitter
- May 22 – J.K. Rowling tweets she is editing Career of Evil
- June 4 – J.K. Rowling tweets details regarding the sisters from Fantastic Beasts and hints about the US wizarding school
- June 7 – J.K. Rowling’s Twitter account is on a roll
- June 11 – Career of Evil release date, cover, plot overview announced
- June 18 – Lumos named overall winner of the 2015 Charity Awards and Katherine Waterston revealed to play Tina in Fantastic Beasts
- June 26 – J.K. Rowling confirms title of stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- July 2 – Lumos to support research on institutions by NUI Galway
- July 29 – US Premiere of J.K. Rowling’s Who Do You Think You Are? episode to air
- August 15 – J.K. Rowling reveals Tina and Queenie’s last name on Twitter
- August 21 – J.K. Rowling answers several questions on Twitter
- September 1 – James Sirius Potter heads to Hogwarts and is Sorted into Gryffindor
- September 4 – J.K. Rowling narrates film highlighting plight of children in orphanages
- September 8 – J.K. Rowling provides quote for upcoming illustrated edition
- September 9 – Hufflepuff wins final Pottermore House Cup and J.K. Rowling responds
- September 15 – Goldsboro Books, Waterstones offers chance for signed Career of Evil
- September 22 – New Pottermore is here along with a message from J.K. Rowling
- October 8 – Harry Potter now available as Apple iBook with annotations from J.K. Rowling
- October 9 – Career of Evil extract released
- October 11 – J.K. Rowling reveals Sirius Black’s birthday and Robert Galbraith organizes scavenger hunt
- October 21 – J.K. Rowling to be interviewed as Robert Galbraith
- November 2 – J.K. Rowling speaks about Career of Evil on BBC Radio 2 and NPR
- November 3 – Career of Evil nominated for opening round of Goodreads Choice Awards 2015
- November 3 – J.K. Rowling reveals her favorite fan art of young Sirius with his best friend
- November 10 – Robert Galbraith advances to Goodreads semi-finals and makes Impac longlist
- November 12 – Signed deluxe illustrated Philosopher’s Stone to be auctioned for Lumos
- November 17 – Career of Evil in final round of Goodreads 2015 Choice Awards
- November 30 – Lumos launches Indiegogo campaign to furnish special education unit in Moldova
- November 30 – J.K. Rowling to honor Peter Kay in BBC One special
- December 3 – J.K. Rowling visits the set of Fantastic Beasts
- December 8 – The Casual Vacancy nominated for Writers’ Guild Award
- December 14 – Philosopher’s Stone and Career of Evil shortlisted for Audible UK’s Audiobook of the Year
- December 22 – Signed illustrated Philosopher’s Stone sold at auction for Lumos
- December 22 – J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne address Cursed Child casting choices
- December 28 – J.K. Rowling appears in Peter Kay documentary
2014
- January 16 – Renaissance Learning ranks six Harry Potter books among favorites by UK children
- January 31 – J.K. Rowling sues Daily Mail for libel
- January 31 – J.K. Rowling listed as number 10 on Vanity Fair‘s list of best dressed female authors
- February 5 – J.K. Rowling listed among CNBC’s 200 most influential people in the world
- February 7 – Compiled information from the preview of J.K. Rowling’s interview with Wonderland magazine
- February 7 – Complete J.K. Rowling Wonderland interview released
- February 10 – J.K. Rowling discusses writing as a man with the Evening Standard
- February 13 – J.K. Rowling states Harry’s original name
- February 16 – Title of the second Cormoran Strike novel is revealed along with other information
- February 17 – J.K. Rowling to make appearance as Robert Galbraith and cover of The Silkworm revealed
- February 19 – The Cuckoo’s Calling named a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in the Mystery/Thriller category
- February 23 – J.K. Rowling states further details of Cormoran Strike series including possible TV adaptation
- March 4 – J.K. Rowling listed as one of most read authors in UK schools in “What Kids are Reading” report
- March 5 – J.K. Rowling signs open letter to British Government to protect women and children from sexual violence
- March 7 – J.K. Rowling voted Most Inspirational Businesswoman by Woman’s World
- March 18 – J.K. Rowling backs British press regulation, Hacked Off campaign
- March 25 – J.K. Rowling endorses Euan’s Guide
- April 3 – Bloomsbury to publish J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography in December 2014
- April 4 – J.K. Rowling attends “Scotland, Please Don’t Go” to benefit Better Together campaign
- April 11 – The Cuckoo’s Calling wins LA Times Book Prize in Mystery/Thriller category
- April 25 – J.K. Rowling reveals type of gems in Hufflepuff hourglass on Twitter
- April 28 – J.K. Rowling appears and acts as guest editor on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour
- April 30 – Harry Potter books among top ten favorite books by Harris
- May 17 – The Cuckoo’s Calling wins Audible’s Sound of Crime Award at Crimefest
- May 18 – Harry Potter books ranked among best-selling products of all time by USA Today
- June 17 – J.K. Rowling awarded International Writer’s Award for contribution to children’s literature
- June 19 – The Silkworm is released
- July 15 – J.K. Rowling visits the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studio’s Japan
- July 18 – J.K. Rowling appears at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
- July 29 – Harry Potter novels ranked among 20 inspirational novels by women by the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
- August 1 – The Silkworm placed on Top 10 Independent Books by Sydney Morning Herald
- August 24 – J.K. Rowling introduces Malala Yousafzai at Edinburgh Book Festival
- September 7 – J.K. Rowling hints at Pottermore Patronus test on Twitter
- September 10 – J.K. Rowling reveals her Patronus on Twitter
- October 7 – J.K. Rowling tweets anagram about Fantastic Beasts movie
- October 10 – J.K. Rowling places on the Sunday Times Giving List
- November 7 – Harry Potter books among Groiler Club’s list of 100 Books Famous in Children’s Literature
- November 9 – J.K. Rowling’s charity, Lumos, releases video, Behind the Walls
- November 15 – The Cuckoo’s Calling wins award at Bouchercon 2014: Murder at the Beach
- November 19 – J.K. Rowling receives a spot on Scottish version of Monopoly
- November 25 – The Cuckoo’s Calling nominated for International IMPAC Dublin Award
- November 26 – J.K. Rowling hosts charity conference featuring those helped by Lumos
- December 2 – Little, Brown Book Group to publish Very Good Lives in 2015
- December 10 – J.K. Rowling announces BBC TV adaption of The Cuckoo’s Calling
- December 17 – J.K. Rowling pens article for The Guardian on goals with Lumos
2013
- January 4 – J.K. Rowling’s Twitter account is nominated for the 5th annual Shorty Awards
- January 8 – J.K. Rowling featured in Napier University’s (Edinburgh) photography exhibit
- January 16 – The Casual Vacancy makes the Top 100 Best-Selling Books list of 2012
- February 4 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ranks in The Guardian‘s English Literature’s 50 Key Moments
- February 7 – J.K. Rowling receives philanthropy honors at Beacon Awards
- February 12 – J.K. Rowling lands in top 20 on BBC Radio 4’s women’s power list
- February 18 – J.K. Rowling comes out on top in a Manchester poll of inspiring women
- March 3 – Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story is nominated for several awards and wins Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie at the Canadian Screen Awards
- March 7 – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages are released in ebook format, with 40% of the proceeds being donated to charity
- March 8 – J.K. Rowling speaks about The Casual Vacancy at Bath Literature Festival
- March 9 – British director Danny Boyle says J.K. Rowling would make a good head of state
- March 17 – J.K. Rowling urges government action against invasive journalism
- April 26 – J.K. Rowling attends the royal inauguration of Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
- April 30 – The Cuckoo’s Calling published under pseudonym Robert Galbraith
- May 8 – J.K. Rowling expresses her support for Universal Florida’s Diagon Alley expansion, saying that she’s sure that the attention to detail “will make this [the Wizarding World of Harry Potter] an even better experience.”
- May 18 – J.K. Rowling shares handwritten annotations in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
- May 22 – A copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, with original illustrations by J.K. Rowling, sells at Sotheby’s for record price
- June 27 – Harry Potter series on Entertainment Weekly‘s 10 All-Time Greatest Books
- July 13 – J.K. Rowling’s Robert Galbraith pseudonym is outed
- July 15 – J.K. Rowling releases official statement on The Cuckoo’s Calling
- July 15 – 300,000-copy reprint of The Cuckoo’s Calling announced (The Wall Street Journal)
- July 16 – The Cuckoo’s Calling‘s sales increase 507,000%, moving from #98, 424 to #1 on the Amazon bestseller list (CNN)
- July 17 – Details regarding the outing of Robert Galbraith pseudonym are uncovered (The London Evening Standard)
- July 19 – Signed, first edition copy of The Cuckoo’s Calling sells for £3,000 (The Telegraph)
- July 26 – The Guardian reports that J.K. Rowling has recived several offers to turn The Cuckoo’s Calling into a film
- August 27 – J.K. Rowling reveals which Harry Potter character she misses most
- September 9 – Signed first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sells for $10,602
- September 12 – Warner Bros. announces expanded creative partnership with J.K. Rowling, including a film series based off of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, to be written by the author herself
- September 18 – J.K. Rowling writes about single parenting for Gingerbread, a UK charity for single-parent families, saying, “I am prouder of my years as a single mother than any other part of my life”
- September 18 – The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film has been in the works for over a year
- October 5 – J.K. Rowling nominated in Writing category for Spirit of Scotland Awards
- October 8 – Robert Galbraith nominated for Ask Men’s Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2013
- October 8 – J.K. Rowling’s MS clinic is officially opened at Edinburgh University
- October 18 – J.K. Rowling gifts Dobby statue and signed placard to Aberdeen hotel (The Herald)
- October 26 – J.K. Rowling gives an interview to Daily Mail about the work Lumos is doing
- November 6 – Harper’s Bazaar names J.K. Rowling Inspiration of the Year
- November 6 – The Cuckoo’s Calling nominated for Best Mystery & Thriller of 2013
- November 9 – J.K. Rowling talks Lumos and Fantastic Beasts at Lumos charity event at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
- November 25 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is determined to be the nation’s favorite children’s book in Booktrust poll
- December 4 – J.K. Rowling named as on one Britain’s top ten “Literacy Heroes” (BBC News)
- December 10 – Lumos Maxima bracelet sells at Sotheby’s for £20,000, with the proceeds going toward Lumos
- December 12 – The Cuckoo’s Calling wins Audible UK’s Audiobook of the Year
- December 16 – The Cuckoo’s Calling makes Amazon’s Best-Selling Books of 2013 list
- December 20 – J.K. Rowling confirms Harry Potter stage play, which she will co-produce
- December 31 – Lawyer who outed Robert Galbraith pseudonym fined £1,000, which was donated to The Soldier’s Charity (The Guardian)
2012
- January 12 – J.K. Rowling tweets: still writing, tells fans to follow Pottermore
- February 23 – J.K. Rowling announces a new novel for adults to be released (National Post)
- April 12 – Title of adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, and release date of September 27, 2012, along with new website revealed for J.K. Rowling’s latest projects
- April 12 – Facebook page for J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy is published
- April 13 – Rowling confirms work on Potter encyclopedia, royalties will go to charity
- April 24 – J.K. Rowling receives “Freeman of the City of London” honor
- May 22 – Bloomsbury says it’s counting on a new three-book set relating to Harry Potter penned by J.K. Rowling (Reuters)
- May 22 – J.K. Rowling updates her website, “has no firm plans” to publish Potter encyclopedia due to Pottermore
- July 3 – Cover art and page count for J.K. Rowling’s new book The Casual Vacancy revealed
- July 24 – J.K. Rowling plans Hogwarts-like treehouses for her children in own back garden
- July 27 – J.K. Rowling reads Peter Pan at the 2012 Summer Olympic Opening Ceremonies
- August 2 – J.K. Rowling first public book signing event announced for The Casual Vacancy
- August 26 – Pottermore News announces J.K. Rowling to be interviewed for Australian TV Special “Life after Potter”
- September 21 – The Guardian interviews J.K. Rowling, where she discusses The Casual Vacancy and much more
- September 25 – J.K. Rowling discusses The Casual Vacancy, its potential for film adaptation, and more (USA Today)
- September 26 – J.K. Rowling alludes to possibility of a future Harry Potter book (MTV)
- September 26 – National Public Radio releases extended interview with J.K. Rowling
- September 26 – J.K. Rowling discusses The Casual Vacancy and reveals personal secret during televised interview (Good Morning America)
- September 26 – J.K. Rowling reads a passage from The Casual Vacancy (BBC)
- September 27 – J.K. Rowling: Life After Potter
- September 27 – J.K. Rowling reads from The Casual Vacancy live from Southbank Centre
- September 28 – J.K. Rowling talks religion, theme of death, and swearing in The Casual Vacancy
- September 29 – Newsletter from J.K. Rowling on The Casual Vacancy – “I needed to write this book.”
- October 1 – New article/interview with J.K. Rowling from The New Yorker reveals more details about The Casual Vacancy (The New Yorker)
- October 6 – J.K. Rowling attends Cheltenham Lit Festival and reveals next book will be for children (The Telegraph)
- October 11 – J.K. Rowling interviewed – reveals literary favorites (The New York Times)
- October 11 – J.K. Rowling surprises fans with answers to questions on live global webcast hosted by Scholastic
- October 15 – J.K. Rowling is interviewed on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Part 1) (Part 2)
- October 15 – J.K. Rowling discusses The Casual Vacancy with Charlie Rose and Gayle King (CBS This Morning)
- October 17 – J.K. Rowling appears at the David H. Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center in NYC, answers fan questions
- October 17 – Female Force: J.K. Rowling, a comic book biography, is published
- October 19 – J.K. Rowling interviewed on Charlie Rose
- November 4 – Vatican slams J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy
- November 8 – J.K. Rowling included in 18th edition of Barlett’s Familiar Quotations (Entertainment Weekly)
- November 13 – J.K. Rowling short-listed for UK Author of the Year
- November 13 – J.K. Rowling announces proceeds for Pottermore’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard e-book to go to Lumos
- November 18 – Lumos releases “This Is Lumos,” narrated by J.K. Rowling
- November 28 – J.K. Rowling listed as one of Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors
- November 30 – J.K. Rowling speaks out against invasive journalism (The Guardian)
- December 3 – BBC announces plans to turn The Casual Vacancy into a TV series (The Independent)
- December 4 – The Casual Vacancy makes Time‘s Top 10 Fiction Books list
2011
- January 7 – Jacobs’s estate pursues lawsuit in British court
- January 8 – Rowling Cleared in Plagiarism Suit
- February 13 – J.K. Rowling and David Heyman acceptance speech for Award for Outstanding British Contribution in Cinema
- February 13 – Pre-BAFTA interview (BBC video)
- February 14 – “Rowling ‘would love UK Harry Potter park'” (Digital Spy)
- April 19 – “J.K. Rowling Reveals How Harry Potter Screenwriter Steve Kloves Set Her at Ease” (Movieline)
- June 15 – Pottermore is announced to be J.K. Rowling’s next Harry Potter project
- June 23 – Pottermore announcement video
- July 5 – J.K. Rowling talks Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 filming
- July 7 – Speech from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 premiere
- August 2 – “J.K. Rowling discovers her family history of single mothers” (The Telegraph)
- August 8 – Interview with J.K. Rowling reveals wand selection process
- August 17 – J.K. Rowling appears on Who Do You Think You Are?
- August 24 – J.K. Rowling one of Forbes’s 100 Most Powerful Women (Huffington Post)
- September 13 – J.K. Rowling named “First Billionaire Author” in Guinness Book of World Records (Reuters)
- September 23 – J.K. Rowling listed as No. 2 top influencer of Britain’s reading habits
- October 17 – J.K. Rowling honored by University of Edinburgh with a multiple sclerosis research clinic named after her mother
- October 18 – A&E’s “Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story” becomes available for online purchase
- November 7 – J.K. Rowling buries time capsule to mark start of work on MS clinic (video)
2010
- February 19 – J.K. Rowling accused of stealing plot from Adrian Jacobs’s book (Telegraph) (key passages)
- October 1 – Interview with Oprah Winfrey
- October 14 – “British Judge Refuses to Throw Out Suit Accusing Rowling of Plagiarism” (New York Times)
- October 20 – Hans Christian Andersen literature award (The Guardian)
2009
- April 8 – J.K. Rowling steps down as patron of the MS Society Scotland
- April 30 – Article for Time 100 on Gordon Brown
- September 25 – J.K. Rowling creates Twitter account
- November 5 – J.K. Rowling in France with President Nicolas Sarkozy receiving the Legion d’honneur award (video) (English transcript)
2008
- January 29 – South Bank Show Awards (BBC)
- February 8 – El País interview
- February 12 – James Joyce Award
- March 12 – Interview with Edinburgh University newspaper
- April 9 – J.K. Rowling wins Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2008 Galaxy British Book Awards
- April 11 – “J.K. Rowling Takes a Stand for the Children of Darfur!” (The Harry Potter Alliance)
- April 14 – J.K. Rowling vs. Lexicon trial (The Guardian)
- June 22 – “Living life with multiple sclerosis” (BBC News)
- July 5 – J.K. Rowling’s Harvard commencement speech
- July 11 – Potter prequel
- November 13 – “J.K. Rowling on Harry Potter’s last, long walk” (J.K. Rowling writes for The Guardian)
- December 4 – The Tales of Beedle the Bard launch
2007
- June 22 – “Kids should know family love” (The Sun article written by J.K. Rowling)
- July 6 – Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC One (Part 1) (Part 2)
- July 13 – “Some people will absolutely loathe it” (The Scotsman)
- July 19 – “Rowling bids her boy wizard goodbye” (USA Today)
- July 20 – “Harry Potter: A Blue Peter Special” on Blue Peter (cBBC)
- July 20 – “J.K. Rowling honoured with gold Blue Peter Badge” (BBC Press Release)
- July 21 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows published
- July 21 – Reading at the Natural History Museum in London
- July 25 – “J.K. Rowling’s fond look back at Harry Potter” (USA Today)
- July 26 – “J.K. Rowling One-on-One: Part 1” (Today Show)
- July 27 – “J.K. Rowling One-on-One: Part 2” (Today Show)
- July 29 – Harry Potter: The Final Chapter on Dateline NBC
- July 30 – “The Deathly Hallows Web Chat”
- September 9 – “Open Book Tour” at Ernest N. Memorial Convention Centre Auditorium in New Orleans
- October 9 – Emma Watson presents J.K. Rowling with special recognition for charity at the Pride of Britain Awards
- October 15 – “J.K. Rowling launches US book tour with mass signing” (Reuters)
- October 15 – “Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling Meets with L.A. Students, Plots her Next Move” (MTV)
- October 17 – “Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling Opens up about Books’ Christian Imagery” (MTV)
- October 18 – “New Orleans students give Rowling a rousing welcome” (Times-Picayune)
- October 19 – J.K. Rowling speaks at Carnegie Hall
- October 20 – “Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling Enchants Readers on Her US Book Tour”
- October 22 – Toronto Press Conference (CBC)
- October 23 – Order of the Forest Award
- November 1 – “Rowling completes Potter spin-off” (BBC report) (radio transcript) (video transcript)
- November 17 – Interview with The Volkskrant (in Dutch)
- December 6 – Barbara Walters’ Most Fascinating People of 2007
- December 13 – The Tales of Beedle the Bard (handmade) sells at auction (USA Today)
- December 17 – Your Total Health
- December 17 – PotterCast interview Pt. 1
- December 19 – “Runners-up: J.K. Rowling” (Time)
- December 19 – “Rowling Answers 10 Questions About Harry” (Time)
- December 24 – PotterCast interview Pt. 2
- December 30 – J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
2006
- January 10 – “There would be so much to tell her…” (Tatler Magazine)
- January 26 – “Rowling getting involved with child welfare” (Associated Press)
- January 31 – “From Beatrix Potter to Ulysses… what the top writers say every child should read” (The Guardian)
- February 5 – “My Fight” (article by J.K. Rowling) (The Sunday Times)
- March 30 – “British Book Awards” (The Guardian)
- April 5 – “For Girls Only, Probably…”
- April 13 – Asteroid named after J.K. Rowling
- April 17 – Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female (J.K. Rowling writes excerpt)
- April 29 – Girlguilding Scotland interview
- June 25 – “Queen puts on huge party for kids” (cBBC Newsround)
- June 26 – Richard and Judy Interview (audio pt. 1) (audio pt.2)
- June 26 – Rowling sad about Harry (Reuters)
- July 6 – “Honorary degree for J.K. Rowling” (The Guardian)
- August 1 – J.K. Rowling press conference in New York City
- August 1 – An Evening with Harry, Carrie, and Garp: Half-Blood Prince reading and Q&A (Part 1) (Part 2) (Q&A)
- September 4 – J.K. Rowling’s response to news that “Voldemort Voted Top Villain in the Bigbadread”
- September 25 – J.K. Rowling discusses Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid
2005
- Co-founded Children’s High Level Group (now Lumos)
- January 2 – Introduction to One City (essay by J.K. Rowling)
- July 16 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince published
- July 16 – Emerson and Melissa’s interview
- July 16 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince reading at Edinburgh book launch
- July 17 – “J.K. Rowling, the author with the magic touch: ‘It’s going to be really emotional to say goodbye,’ says Rowling as she writes the last book in the Harry Potter saga” (Dateline NBC)
- July 17 – “J.K. Rowling Hogwarts and all” (Time)
- July 17 – Interview with Owen Jones (ITV Network)
- July 17 – “One-on-one interview with J.K. Rowling” (ITV)
- July 18 – BBC Radio Scotland
- October 3 – “Authors on the spot: J.K. Rowling” (cBBC)
- December 3 – “The bullet-proof barrier between city’s rich and poor” (The Scotsman)
- December 10 – “Living with Harry Potter” (BBC Radio 4) (audio)
2004
- March 4 – World Book Day Chat
- March 4 – “J.K. Rowling: full webchat interview” (cBBC)
- March 21 – “Rowling’s house of secrets” (Scotland on Sunday)
- March 22 – “Loan helped Rowling create Potter” (BBC News)
- May 15 – Official website launched (old site partial view) (new site)
- May 27 – “New ‘Potter’ movie sneaks in spoilers for upcoming books” (USA Today)
- August 15 – Edinburgh International Book Festival
- November 23 – Interview with David Heyman, Steve Kloves, Mark Radcliffe, Alfonso Cuarón, and J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD Extras)
2003
- February – J.K. Rowling becomes a patron of the MS Society of Scotland
- February 6 – “J.K. Rowling’s fame spoils her café culture” (The Scotsman)
- April 11 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets DVD Interview: J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves
- June 16-18 – “The J.K. Rowling Story” (The Scotsman)
- June 19 – “There are books, and there is Harry Potter” (BBC Newsnight) (video)
- June 20 – “I’m not writing for the money: It’s for me and out of loyalty to fans” (The Times)
- June 20 – Dateline NBC
- June 21 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix published
- June 23 – “The Shy Sorceress” (Time)
- June 26 – J.K. Rowling at the Royal Albert Hall
- June 29 – Her Magic Moment (Newsweek)
- September 10 – J.K. Rowling wins Príncipe de Asturias Award (video) (transcript)
- November 23 – J.K. Rowling on The Simpsons
2002
- June 3 – Foreword. Magic: New Stories
- September 19 – “Newsround talk exclusively to J.K. Rowling” (cBBC Newsround)
- October 3 – “The Magic Behind Harry Potter” (60 Minutes)
- November – “Trick & Treat: J.K. Rowling turns Stirling Castle into Hogwarts for Halloween fundraiser” (The Sunday Mail)
- November 9 – “Harry Potter – Harry and me” (The Scotsman)
- November 13 – “Harry Potter and Me” (A&E Biography)
- November 13 – “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Audio Interview: J.K. Rowling”
- December 4 – “Rowling finds a meaning in fame” (Herald Scotland)
- December 22 – “Famous author corresponds with ailing child” (Albany Times Union)
2001
- January – “J.K. Rowling’s Books That Made a Difference”
- January – “Everyone’s just wild about Harry”
- March 1 – Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them are published
- March 2 – “Potter Creator receives OBE”
- March 12 – Blue Peter
- March 12 – “Red Nose Day”
- March 12 – Raincoast Books interview
- March 16 – Comic Relief live chat
- March 19 – Interview
- March 22 – “Queen’s spell-binding book day”
- April – “Giving Voice to Harry & Co.”
- April 18 – “Matt Seaton Meets J.K. Rowling”
- August 10 – “Rowling Denies Writer’s Block Rumours”
- September 5 – “J.K. Rowling praises film company as it works its magic of Harry Potter”
- September 11 – Conversations with J.K. Rowling published
- October 28 – “The story behind the Potter legend: J.K. Rowling talks about how she created the Harry Potter books and the magic of Harry Potter’s world”
- November 2 – “J.K. Rowling: ‘Fans will be happy'”
- November 3 – “Exclusive: Writer J.K. Rowling Answers Her Readers’ Questions”
- November 12 – Interview
- November 18 – “Harry Potter: Everyone’s Wild About Harry”
- December – “Wizards and Ogres and Monsters, Oh My!”
- December 24 – “Potter author knows how it will all end”
- December 26 – J.K. Rowling weds Dr. Neil Murray
- December 28 – “J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and Me Special”
2000
- February – “J.K. Rowling: On Setting Priorities”
- February 3 – Scholastic online chat
- March 27 – “Brace yourself, readers: Harry Potter will discover girls”
- May 4 – J.K. Rowling Chat
- May 21 – “From Mr. Darcy to Harry Potter by way of Lolita”
- June 30 – “J.K. Rowling, the interview”
- July 1 – “Harry Potter and the source of inspiration”
- July 6 – “Harry Potter and the Magic Key of J.K. Rowling”
- July 8 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire published
- July 8 – “J.K. Rowling Talks about Book Four”
- July 8 – “Harry, Jessica and me”
- July 8 – “The hype surrounding the fourth Harry Potter book belies the fact that Joanne Rowling had some of her blackest moments writing it – and that the pressure was self-imposed; a kind of magic”
- July 8 – “Tough Times Ahead for Harry Potter”
- July 8 – “Harry Potter ‘madness’ stuns author Rowling”
- July 8 – “World Exclusive Interview with J.K. Rowling” (South West News Service)
- July 8 – “Launch Day interview aboard the Hogwarts Express” (video) (transcript)
- July 9 – “English crowds give author star treatment at launching”
- July 10 – “Harry’s on fire again, casting a spell his creator can no longer ignore”
- July 10 – “All Aboard the Potter Express”
- July 10 – “The Return of Harry Potter!”
- July 10 – “Publishing Wizardry: A look at the magical power of a children’s book”
- July 11 – “I almost lost the plot over Harry hit No. 4”
- July 11 – “JK’s Vanishing Act”
- July 11 – “All Aboard the Hogwarts Express”
- July 13 – “J.K. Rowling Interview”
- July 13 – “Mother of all Muggles”
- July 15 – “JK Rowling given honorary degree at her alma mater”
- July 17 – “The Woman Who Invented Harry”
- July 19 – “Harry Potter and the mystery of JK’s lost initial”
- July 21 – “Writer gives hint of grim fate for Potter in last book”
- August 4 & 11 – “Rowling Thunder” (parts 1&2) Entertainment Weekly
- August 14 – “Author’s favourites are chosen for Potter film”
- September 7 – “Fire Storm”
- September 29 – “Potter author’s content warning”
- October 5 – J.K. Rowling donates £500,000 to the National Council for One Parent Families (now Gingerbread) and launches website
- October 16 – Scholastic online chat
- October 18 – Rosie O’Donnell Show interview
- October 19 – “America Online Chat”
- October 20 – “Barnes & Noble & Yahoo! chat with J.K. Rowling”
- October 20 – J.K. Rowling discusses the surprising success of Harry Potter on Larry King
- October 20 – “Katie Couric interview of J.K. Rowling”
- October 20 – “J.K. Rowling has the future mapped out for Harry Potter”
- October 22 – “Harry Potter: Need she say more?”
- October 23 – “Interview: J.K. Rowling”
- October 23 – “Out of adversity, Harry was born”
- October 23 – “Interview J.K. Rowling”
- October 23 – “20,000 fans making Rowling a bit nervous”
- October 23 – “Harry’s Creator: J.K. Rowling at Toronto press conference yesterday”
- October 23 – “Terrified of SkyDome date”
- October 23 – “A Conversation with J.K. Rowling; A Good Scare”
- October 25 – “Harry Potter author fields questions from junior journalists in Vancouver”
- October 26 – “Teens play journalist with Rowling”
- October 26 – “You can lead a fool to a book but you can’t make them think: Author has frank words for the religious right”
- October 27 – “Harry Potter”
- November 5 – J.K. Rowling records interview with BBC Radio 4 for the show Desert Island Discs
- November 6 – “The Rowling Connection: How a young Toronto girl’s story touched an author’s heart”
- November 12 – “Next Harry Potter slow in coming, but J.K. Rowling says she’s already written the last chapter of the series’ last book”
- November 14 – J.K. Rowling sets up the Volant Charitable Trust
- November 16 – “Harry Pottermania in Vancouver”
- December – “J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter”
- December 6 – “Lone parents are poorer than OAPs, says J.K. Rowling”
1999
- January 17 – “Harry’s Fame”
- January 26 – “We are wild about Harry”
- February – “The Magical World of J K Rowling : Author of Harry Potter”
- February 16 – “Who hasn’t met Harry?”
- March 13 – “Of magic and single motherhood”
- March 19 – Barnes & Noble interview
- Spring – “Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem: An Interview with J.K. Rowling”
- April 12 – “The Wizard of Hogwarts”
- June 2 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets published in US
- June 3 – eToys interview
- June 21 – The Rosie O’Donnell Show
- June 28 – “J.K. Rowling Discusses the Adventures of Harry Potter”
- July – “Talking With… J.K. Rowling”
- July 3 – “Wizard with Words”
- July 8 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban published in UK
- July 12 – “Harry Potter’s real life model was no sluggard of tricks”
- July 12 – “Spell Binder”
- August 1 – “James Naughtie talks to JK Rowling”
- August 23 – “Magic for Millions”
- August 27 – “Oh, to hide behind a cloak of secrecy”
- September – “Harry Potter Author Works Her Magic”
- September – “The Truth about Harry”
- September 8 – Barnes & Noble chat
- September 9 – “Phenom Harry Potter casts a spell over his author, too”
- September 12 – “Harry Potter Book Sales Skyrocket Around the World”
- September 20 – “Wild about Harry”
- October 4 – “Maggie’s is Magic, says creator of Harry”
- October 12 – “J.K. Rowling interview”
- October 13 – “J.K. Rowling interview”
- October 13 – J.K. Rowling on the Rosie O’Donnell Show
- October 14 – “Students Meet the Real Wizard Behind the Harry Potter Craze”
- October 14 – “A wizard of words puts a spell on kids: ‘Potter’ author visits school in Montclair”
- October 16 – “Harry Potter’s creator meets her public: Author J.K. Rowling answers questions from students at a school in Montclair”
- October 17 – “Pottermania-Focus-Profile-J.K. Rowling”
- October 18 – “All about Harry Potter from Quidditch to the future of the Sorting Hat”
- October 19 – “The Magic of Harry Potter: Series Bewitches and Bothers”
- October 19 – “Harry Potter casts a spell over Washington”
- October 20 – “National Press Club author’s luncheon”
- October 20 – “Charmed, I’m Sure”
- October 20 – “J.K. Rowling on the Diane Rehm Show”
- October 21 – “Harry Potter goes to Washington”
- October 21 – “3 Stories Done, 4 To Go”
- October 21 – “Writer’s wizardry with words welcomed: Young fans mob British author at signings”
- October 22 – “Just wild about Harry: Dedicated fans of a young wizard have Scottish scribe J.K. Rowling to thank”
- October 22 – “America’s just wild about Harry’s charming creator”
- October 26 – “Enchanted with Potter Literature: Fans line up for hours to get their books signed”
- October 28 – “A Fantastic Success for J.K. Rowling”
- October 30 – “Harry Potter Fans Delight in Seeing Author”
- October 30 – “Harry Potter’s Wizard: Creator of children’s book series tours Bay Area”
- November 1 – “Keeping Up With Harry”
- November 3 – “Harry Potter’s Author is Just a Kid at Heart”
- November 9 – Donny & Marie Show (ABC) (video) (transcript)
- November 14 – “Joanne Kathleen Rowling, creator of Harry Potter”
- December 7 – “As Happy as Harry in the Café Society”
- December 31 – “J.K. Rowling: The 25 Most Intriguing People of ’99”
- December 31 – “On the Road Again”
1998
- “The Not Especially Fascinating Life So Far of J.K. Rowling
- July 2 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets published in UK
- July 9 – “Writer tops best-selling lists with children’s novel”
- July 10 – “From café girl to hit writer”
- July 25 – “Harry Potter Charms a Nation”
- July 26 – “J.K. Rowling’s Diary”
- September 1 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone published in US
- September 12 – “Wiz Kid – Joanne Rowling”
- October – First US book tour
- October 29 – “Edinburgh Author is Elated as America goes Potty over Potter”
- November 7 – “The Golden Fairytale”
- November 23 – “British author rides up the charts on a wizard’s tale”
- December 3 – “Harry Potter”
- December 6 – “Boy wizard frees trapped mother”
- December 7 – “Face to Face with JK Rowling: Casting a spell over young minds”
- December 21 – “Flying Starts: Seven first-time children’s authors and illustrators talk about their fall debuts: J.K. Rowling”
1997
- June 24 – “Happy ending, and that’s for beginners.”
- June 26 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone released
- June 29 – “Tales from a single mother.”
- July 7 – “100,000 Success Story for Penniless Mother.”
- July 8 – “Debut author and single mother sells children’s book for £10,000.”
- July 8 – “First Attempt at Fantasy becomes a $100,000 reality.”
- July 8 – “Book written in Edinburgh café sells for $100,000.”
- July 8 – “£60,000 for novel written in café”
- August 2 – “From the Dole to Hollywood”
- November 19 – “Children Pick Winner of £2,500 Literary Prize.”
- November 20 – “Coffee in One Hand, Baby in Another – A Recipe for Success.”
- November 21 – “Joanne Rowling’s Secret is Out.”
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