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Rowling endorses new Potter fan history

Unlike the Harry Potter lexicon, which she went to court to prevent, J K Rowling will endorse a 'history' of Harry Potter written by 'superfan' Melissa Anelli, who runs the Potter fan web site Le...

UK supermarket sells HP7 for £1

The UK supermarket chain ASDA has taken discounting to a new low, selling the freshly released paperback of the last Harry POtter book for £1.

Harry Potter encyclopedia case about to reach court

On March 24 a New York court will begin to consider an injunction taken out by J K Rowling and Warner Brothers against a small, Michigan-based publisher, RDR Books, to prevent publ...

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HP7 to be split into two films

The final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be split into two films by Warner Bros, with the first half due for release in 2010.

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Global bestsellers

A number of different year-end bestseller lists from around the world published recently demonstrate the wide variety of titles that become successful in different markets. Zusak ranks in E...

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Fanfic writers call for copyright shake-up

Following recent challenges to a proposed Harry Potter encylopedia by J K Rowling and her publishers, a group of 'fanfic' (fan fiction) writers know as the Organization for Transformative Works i...

HP8 rumours

There is speculation that J K Rowling might publish an eighth Harry Potter book, possibly a prequel.

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Rowling named 'entertainter of the year'

US magazine Entertainment Weekly has named Harry Potter author J K Rowling as its 'entertainer of the year.'

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J K Rowling ended her US tour with a revelation about the sexuality of one of the main characters in the Harry Potter series: 'I always saw Dumbledore as gay,' she told an audience at New York's Carne...

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