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Harry Potter twofer

From The Los Angeles Times: Warner Bros. Pictures and the producers behind the $4.5-billion film franchise featuring the beloved boy wizard will split the seventh and final novel in the J.K. Rowling series into two ... Read More »

March 13, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Rowling sees fan-written Potter lexicon as exploitation

By Nathan Whitlock

From Reuters: Billionaire Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling would feel "exploited" if a fan's unofficial encyclopedic companion to the boy wizard series was published, she said in court papers made public on Thursday. Steve Vander ... Read More »

February 29, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

The year in Quillblog

By Nathan Whitlock

We are officially on holiday as of yesterday, but we thought we should end the Quillblog year with a look back at our ten most popular posts of the year. They are: Secrets of the ... Read More »

December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Buyer of Rowling book revealed

By Scott MacDonald

A handwritten book of fairy tales by J.K. Rowling was auctioned off for more than $4-million (Cdn) yesterday, and U.K. newspapers were full of speculation this morning as to who the deep-pocketed buyer was. As ... Read More »

December 14, 2007 | Filed under: Libraries

Death of God good for books, bad for Hollywood

By Stuart Woods

New York magazine's culture blog points out how Phillip Pullman is distancing himself from his image as a God-despising, atheism-peddling iconoclast in the run-up to the release of Hollywood's mega-budget adaptation of The Golden Compass, ... Read More »

November 6, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Harry Potter for snobs

By Stuart Woods

Weighing in on the controversy over whether or not you-know-who is you-know-what, The New York Times cultural critic Edward Rothstein makes the reasonable assertion that "it is possible Ms. Rowling may be mistaken about her ... Read More »

October 30, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Rowling "pretty and nice" at Toronto reading

By Stuart Woods

A for-kids-only reading by J.K. Rowling at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre went off without a hitch, according to Quillblog's two exclusive sources, both of whom are nine years old. Rowling reportedly read her favourite passage ... Read More »

October 23, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Disgruntled writer offers literary agents a raise

By Stuart Woods

The Guardian's weekend edition features an opinion piece by writer and filmmaker Martin Wagner, who is obviously still stinging from the rejection letters he received from agents as a young novelist. The crux of the ... Read More »

September 25, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Rowling comes to Canada

By Nathan Whitlock

Toronto will just have time to catch its starstruck breath after film festival appearances by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney before a superstar of another order arrives. J.K. Rowling will ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

J.K. Rowling is big, but not that big

By Stuart Woods

You know you're big when not having accomplished something is considered news. Not that J.K. Rowling needs any reminder of her fame. Rowling is the focus of a story in The Guardian about the most ... Read More »

September 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter twofer

Rowling sees fan-written Potter lexicon as exploitation

The year in Quillblog

Buyer of Rowling book revealed

Death of God good for books, bad for Hollywood

Harry Potter for snobs

Rowling "pretty and nice" at Toronto reading

Disgruntled writer offers literary agents a raise

Rowling comes to Canada

J.K. Rowling is big, but not that big

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