OotP: One Year Gone
Exactly one year ago, the first copies of Order of the Phoenix were being distributed in Britain, and ten minutes after that I sat with 13 friends, holding hands and squealing, as a friend read us the first few pages over speakerphone. He had been lucky enough to be at the bookshop in Edinburgh where J.K. Rowling had shown upContinued...
J.K. Rowing Ranks Sixth on Forbes Most Powerful Celebrity List
J.K. Rowling has moved up from fifteen last year to sixth place this year on U.S. magazine Forbes' most powerful celebrities list.
The number one position was given to Mel Gibson. Last year's number one, Jennifer Aniston, is now ranked seventeen.
Thanks to Sirius Kase for theContinued...
JK Rowling Site Wins Award
Lightmaker, the company behind JK Rowling's nifty new website has announced that the site was named "Favorite Websites Award" Site Of The Day (SOTD) for 8th June 2004.
FWA said the site was 'a very innovative, exciting and atmospheric website for JK Rowling, one that her personality shines through. RightContinued...
J.K. Rowling Updates Site
As she promised, J.K.Rowling has updated her site - we have a new wizard of the month, new fan site award, and more stuff I have not yet discovered...check it out! (The wizard of the month, Gwenog Jones, doesn't seem to be loading. Give it some time guys - she's probably updating as we speak, er, type.)
JK Rowling: "I'm updating soon"
I had the extreme pleasure of chatting briefly with J.K. Rowling last night, and her first question, asked as if she really honestly thought there was a chance we'd say no, was 'Do you like the site?' She then said "I'm updating soon," so there you have it. Keep an eye on J.K. Rowling.com!Continued...
Why We're Not Posting J.K.Rowling.com Easter Eggs
Please do continue to send the easter eggs you've found on JKRowling.com, but at least for a while, we're not going to be posting them - we don't want to ruin the fun so early on. The site is great and surprising, and we don't want to take away from that by spelling it out. So sendContinued...
J.K. Rowling Site: Canon Tidbits Straight From Rowling
J.K.Rowling.com has been intricately redesigned, by the company Lightmaker. Once a list of publishers, it is now a design of a cluttered desk strewn with gum wrappers, an empty teacup (points to the one who can divine the dregs), newspapers and of course a notebook - and the thing that'sContinued...
Daily Record's Title Erroneous
The Daily Record reported unflinchingly today, in an article about J.K. Rowling turning down a Dr. Who writing gig, that the title J.K. Rowling's "latest installment" is Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch.
It's unclear if the article is erroneously reporting the name of Harry Potter and the OrderContinued...
JK Rowling on "Most Influential" List
Time Magazine has released its list of the 100 "World's Most Influential " people. J.K. Rowling was listed in the category of "Artists and Entertainers". Calling the author of the Harry Potter series "Publishing's Gentle Pied Piper" the magazine says this : "Her influenceContinued...
JKR Speaks Out for Imprisoned Children
Glasgow's Herlad reports that J.K. Rowling has joined in the request that German authorities offer asylum to the four children of the Ay family who were held in a former Scots jail for more than a year.
The article writes:
The four Ay children, now aged between nine and 15, and their mother were kept inContinued...
OOtP Book Nomination
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, given out by the Horror Writers Association, in the category of "Work for Young Readers". Thanks Abigail!
Happy Birthday to J.K. Rowling's son, David Rowling Murray!
A very happy first birthday goes out today (March 23, GMT) to David Gordon Rowling Murray, the one-year-old with truly magical blood. Only 10 more years 'till Hogwarts!
How J.K. Rowling Got Her Start
From The Scotsman:
In a radio interview reported to be broadcast today (was this the BBC interview from earlier last week?), J.K. Rowling speaks about a monetary gift from a friend that allowed her to write the first Harry book:
The episode occurred when Rowling, now 37, was living on benefits in a rundown flat in EdinburghContinued...
J.K. Rowling's Shoes on Show
A pair of J.K. Rowling's shoes are part of an exhibit to showcase the number of women who die in the UK every year as a result of domestic violence. J.K. Rowling's black satin Jimmy Choo shoes that she wore to the Edinburgh premiere of the first Harry Potter film will later be up for auction, proceeds to benefitContinued...
J.K. Rowling Interview on BBC Radio 4
Today, J.K. Rowling was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 show "The Learning Curve". While the topic was not about the Harry Potter books, the interview gave greater insight to the struggle that J.K. Rowling went through as a single parent attending college for her teaching degree.