Sales of Harry Potter items are in the news as UK Amazon has released several lists today of top sellers over the past decade. The Telegraph reports that in the Top Selling DVDs and Blu-rays of the decade for the online retailer, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was number six on the list (number one was Mamma Mia followed by Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) The paper also reports that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is the best-selling... Read Full Story
The Times newspaper has an article now online listing what they call the "Top 50 People of the Decade." Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is among those listed in the top ten (US President Barack Obama holds the number one spot) Of our favorite author, the newspaper states:
6 J.K. ROWLING Author and philanthropist
Although the Boy Wizard first appeared in the late Nineties, it was in the
Noughties that J.K. Rowling became a Muggle of international renown, when
the first... Read Full Story
J.K. Rowling
Posted by: Sue
December 12, 2009, 08:01 PM
Thanks to TLC reader Andy who let us know that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling presented at the British Comedy Awards tonight in London. Update: The first photo of JKR at the event can be seen here at the BBC , thanks Roonwit! Andy writes she presented an award to her friend Peter Kay. Also, as announced earlier, actor Tom Felton (Draco) also presented an award, with photos of Tom at the event now online here at... Read Full Story
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Posted by: Sue
December 05, 2009, 09:58 AM
As we near the end of 2009, many publications and websites are releasing their "best of the decade" lists, many which include the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling. First Bookseller points out that our favorite author is the biggest selling author of the decade, saying "J K Rowling unsurprisingly holds the top spot with sales worth a
spellbinding £215.9 million, according to Nielsen BookScan. The
Bloomsbury author's... Read Full Story
You don't have to be wizard with money to know that 50% off the complete Harry Potter Boxed Set (Years 1-7) is a magical Deal of the Day. Grab this slipcased paperback edition of J. K. Rowling's acclaimed series for just $43.46 today! Limited Time Offer! Everyone receives the Member Price on books. See Details
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Looking for a last-minute gift for that Harry Potter fan on your list? This hardcover edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard -- J.K. Rowling's delightful coda to her phenomenal wizarding saga -- magically drops to 50% off today! Limited Time Offer! Everyone receives the Member Price on books. See Details
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Getty Images JK Rowling has been recognized with tons of awards since releasing her mammoth Harry Potter series (including the Order of the British Empire!) but there's one that she was denied: the Presidential medal of Freedom. According to PopEater , a new book by former President George W. Bush 's speech writer Matt Latimer claims she was dissed because the White House thought her books encouraged sorcery. Latimer's book Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor accuses US politicians... Read Full Story
It's a little-kid rite of passage: lugging Harry Potter to and fro, begging for toy wands and Hogwarts birthday parties. But the boy wizard is nearly grown, and the love of magic he inspires in the very young is now tinged with pure evil, dripping with teen hormones. Parents revel in their kindergartners and first-graders taking on the big books, their rousing playground games of Quidditch on improvised brooms and trick-or-treating with big round glasses and greasepaint thunderbolt scars... Read Full Story
J.K. Rowling
Posted by: Edward
November 12, 2009, 06:14 PM
The Scotsman has a report online regarding the special general meetings of the MS Society Scotland taking place and a representatives belief that the possible independence of the organization could bring back former patron J. K. Rowling. As readers will recall , last April Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling stepped down from her role as patron of the MS Society due to internal conflicts. Today, the paper is reporting... Read Full Story
