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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | JK Rowling denied top US honour
Source: BBC News

Author J.K. Rowling, a British author was denied the Presidential Medal of Freedom, because some in the Bush administration felt her books promoted witchcraft.

Harry Potter and the Pint of Liquid Courage
Source: The New York Times

Does Hogwarts have a drinking problem?

J.K. Rowling: 'I've made enough money'
Source: msnbc.com

The "Harry Potter" author testified before a packed courtroom in a lawsuit to block publication of a Harry Potter lexicon, telling a judge that the book amounts to a "wholesale theft" of nearly 20 years of her hard work.

Harry Potter's Five Steps to Courage
Source: The Huffington Post

I was most amazed to find that the Harry Potter stories are not really about magic at all. They're about wisdom and virtue. It didn't take me long to discover that the famous author of the Potter stories, the former classics major J. K.

Deathly Hallows stuntman seriously hurt
Source: BBC News

A man is in hospital with serious back injuries after being injured on the set of the latest Harry Potter film. Paramedics were called to Leavesden Studios near Watford, where Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is understood to be in production.

Rowling Charity Book Fastest Selling Title Of 2008
Source: The New York Times

British author J.K. Rowling's new charity book has become the fastest selling title of the year, with more than 2.6 million copies sold worldwide in less than two weeks.

J.K. Rowling Back In Stores With Charity Book
Source: The New York Times

A new book by British author J.K. Rowling, her unofficial farewell to the adventures of boy wizard Harry Potter which made her the world's wealthiest writer, goes on sale on Thursday.

10 best books for treating Harry Potter withdrawal
Source: Examiner

Is there life after book 7? Believe it or not, there is. Here are 10 books guaranteed to get you out of your post-Potter rut and back into a great reading experience.

Hari Puttar: Delhi court dismisses Warner Bros' plea
Source: indianexpress.com

Delhi High Court says Harry Potter and Hari Puttar are like chalk and cheese. "To put it differently," said the court, "the possibility of an unlettered audience viewing a Harry Potter movie is remote, to say the least.

JK Rowling gives Labour £1m donation
Source: Guardian Unlimited

JK Rowling has given a £1m donation to Labour, the party announced on the first day of its annual conference.

'Harry Potter' Author Wins Suit Over 'Lexicon' Book
Source: NPR

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled against publication of the book The Harry Potter Lexicon, written by Steven Vander Ark and based on his Web site of the same name. The judge said its publication would cause harm to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

Rowling wins book copyright claim
Source: BBC News

Author JK Rowling has won her legal battle in a New York court to get an unofficial Harry Potter encyclopaedia banned from publication.

J.K. Rowling wins copyright infringement lawsuit
Source: msnbc.com

A U.S. judge ruled Monday in favor of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling in her copyright infringement lawsuit against a Web site operator who was set to publish a Potter encyclopedia. Publication of "Harry Potter Lexicon" was permanently blocked.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie - The release date disaster

Im a Harry Potter fan, Im not afraid to admit it. I've read the books and I've seen all of the current films. When I heard that the latest installment was to be release in the UK this November I was really excited.

JK Rowling tops Forbes list of world's billionaires
Source: Telegraph

Harry Potter continues to work his magic for JK Rowling, propelling the author to the top of the US-based Forbes magazine's list of world billionaires.

JK Rowling writes Harry Potter prequel
Source: metro.co.uk

A prequel to the Harry Potter series has been written by JK Rowling to be sold exclusively at a charity auction next month.

J.K. Rowling pens Harry Potter prequel
Source: CNN

Life before Harry Potter was apparently short but sweet. J.K. Rowling, the author of the blockbuster book series about the boy wizard, is writing an 800-word prequel to be auctioned off for charity, event organizers said Thursday.

JK Rowling pens Potter 'prequel'
Source: BBC News

JK Rowling has written a short prequel to her popular Harry Potter books. But the 800-word tale will not be published - instead it will go under the hammer at a charity auction in London next month.

J.K. Rowling `Storycard' to Be Auctioned for Charity in London
Source: Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg reports: J.K. Rowling is one of 13 authors producing a ``storycard'' written on a blank A5 sheet as part of a charity auction in London.

Orson Scott Card Calls J.K. Rowling A Coward and a Plagiarizer
Source: linearpublishing.com

Can you believe that J.K. Rowling is suing a small publisher because she claims their 10,000-copy edition of The Harry Potter Lexicon, a book about Rowling's hugely successful novel series, is just a "rearrangement" of her own material.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The last few years have seen me reading fewer and fewer books. There are only so many hours in the day and my reduced book-reading activity seems to have been replaced with an increased internet-browsing addiction. I've also been watching less television too.

J.K. Rowling casts a spell
Source: Toronto Star

"I think it must be quite odd to be J.K. Rowling. Half her life seems almost normal while the other half seems completely mad."

JK Rowling hints at eighth Potter
Source: BBC News

JK Rowling says she has not ruled out an eighth Harry Potter novel, although she is unlikely to consider writing it for another 10 years.

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Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

While most TV characters remain boxed inside the frames of our sets, Stephen Colbert has routinely injected his on-screen persona into everything from the US presidential race to ice cream.

JK Rowling Returns To Harry Potter's Birthplace
Source: Sky.com

JK Rowling has made a tearful return to the flat where Harry Potter came to life. The author was a struggling single mother on benefits when she began writing her first book, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.

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