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Plagiarism charges continue to dog J.K. Rowling

Those pesky plagiarism charges facing J.K. Rowling just won't go away. In 2004, the Harry Potter author was accused of lifting from a little-known 1987 book, The Adventures of Willy the Wizard, by U.K. author ... Read More »

October 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

No to dead-parent narration?

By Alina Seagal

Generations of pre-J.K. Rowling books described kids acting (mostly) without adult supervision. Among other KidLit classics, characters from Peter Pan, Pippi Longstocking, and The Chronicles of Narnia often had at least one missing parent. But ... Read More »

September 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 7

By Scott MacDonald

Here's the day's links: J.K. Rowling may possibly one day if she feels like it write another Harry Potter book Visual artists grab torches, join authors in storming the Google fortress Breaking down the iPad's ... Read More »

April 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling tweets, Dr. Seuss raps, and Charles Dickens fights pirates

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from around the Web: Douglas Coupland really wants you to name his new Toronto park, and Scott Feschuk wants you to name his dog J.K. Rowling is now on Twitter, The Huffington Post reports, ... Read More »

September 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

It’s witchcraft! Bush White House said no to J.K. Rowling

By Nathan Whitlock

ThinkProgress has been excerpting juicy bits from Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor, a memoir by former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer. The most recent concerns the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which, though always political ... Read More »

September 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Frank McCourt, Yann Martel, Tom Wolfe, Harry Potter, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Frank McCourt dies at 78. Yann Martel's new novel gets a U.S. deal. Tom Wolfe says, "To the moon, America, to the moon..." Harry Potter books "very Talmudic." What's wrong with the ... Read More »

July 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Harry Potter and the … Adventures of Willy the Wizard?

By Suzanne Gardner

When you're richer than the Queen, you're bound to attract some money-hunting crazies. J.K. Rowling and her publisher Bloomsbury are rejecting "unfounded, unsubstantiated, and untrue" plagiarism claims from the estate of author Adrian Jacobs, which ... Read More »

June 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Tintin, The Hobbit and Goosebumps: coming soon to a theatre near you: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

The imminent end of the Harry Potter film franchise “ the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II is scheduled for release in 2011 “ has Hollywood types scurrying to secure other ... Read More »

May 25, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

By Steven W. Beattie

Two of the planet's bestselling authors, J.K. "I'll kick Stephenie Meyer's ass" Rowling and John Grisham, are among several authors whose books have apparently been illegally uploaded to a San Francisco-based website that promotes itself ... Read More »

March 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Take that, Stephenie Meyer!

By Steven W. Beattie

It may not star the young wizard from Hogwarts, but J.K. Rowling's latest book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, has become the fastest-selling title of 2008. According to Reuters (by way of the National ... Read More »

December 17, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

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Search Results by tag: J.K. Rowling

Plagiarism charges continue to dog J.K. Rowling

No to dead-parent narration?

Daily book biz round-up, April 7

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling tweets, Dr. Seuss raps, and Charles Dickens fights pirates

It’s witchcraft! Bush White House said no to J.K. Rowling

Bookmarks: Frank McCourt, Yann Martel, Tom Wolfe, Harry Potter, and more

Harry Potter and the … Adventures of Willy the Wizard?

Tintin, The Hobbit and Goosebumps: coming soon to a theatre near you: UPDATED

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

Take that, Stephenie Meyer!

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