JK Rowling
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JK Rowling says her ex-husband hit her. Why are people trying to silence her?
- Health & Family
- June 12, 2020, 15:40
A few years ago a male friend and his girlfriend came to stay in my home. She was not an easy guest, but I tolerated her company, more for my friend’s(...)

JK Rowling under fire by LGBTQ groups over ‘anti-transgender’ tweets
- Books
- June 8, 2020, 12:50
JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has come under fire from LGBTQ groups after she took aim at an article that referred to “people who menstruate”. (...)

A gift from JK Rowling: A 34-part fairy tale, free online for children in lockdown
- Books
- May 27, 2020, 11:59
JK Rowling has begun to publish a new children’s book, a fairy tale “about truth and the abuse of power” that she has kept in her attic for years, for(...)

The first full-length trailer for the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has been released. Subtitled The Crimes of Grindelwald, it see(...)

Harry Potter turns 20, 450 million copies later
- Books
- June 26, 2017, 09:54
Harry Potter fans around the world on Monday celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first book about The Boy Who Lived. Harry Potter And The Philosophe(...)

Celebrity rich list 2017: Conor McGregor, Rory McIlroy in top 100
- People
- June 14, 2017, 11:00
Golfer Rory McIlroy and MMA and UFC star Cornor McGregor are among the world’s top 100 earning “celebrities”. Four-time Major winner McIlroy earned $5(...)

‘Harry Potter’ prequel stolen in burglary
- Books
- May 12, 2017, 19:03
A rare Harry Potter prequel handwritten by author JK Rowling on a postcard was stolen during a burglary in central England, British police said on Fri(...)

JK Rowling assists Dublin man in his search for missing PhD
- Offbeat
- May 11, 2017, 11:52
A Dublin man who lost valuable notes for a PhD during a night out has received help from an unlikely source- Harry Potter author JK Rowling. In a Fa(...)

Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins makes world's richest writers list
- Books
- August 3, 2016, 22:24
Former financial journalist Paula Hawkins has become one of the world’s highest-paid authors, leap-frogging Game of Thrones bestseller George RR Mart(...)

BBC to screen JK Rowling crime novels
- UK
- December 11, 2014, 00:01
The BBC has unveiled plans for a TV series based on the crime novels written by JK Rowling under the name Robert Galbraith. ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ bec(...)