Rowlings latest big announcement may test the limits of fanss devotion. The new stories are set to explore the wizarding world of the boy who lived, over 20 years after the first novel was published. Jk rowling announces 5 fantastic beasts movies youtube. K rowling and her team have already announced a special, open licence for teachers to read the seven harry potter books aloud to their. Welcome to harry potter for seekers, a web site for seekers who want to explore the deep spiritual foundation of harry potter the aim here is to help you discover the many layers of spiritual symbolism hidden beneath the excitement, mystery and fascination of harry potter. The series of short ebooks will explore the traditional folklore and magic at the heart of the harry potter series, the announcement says.
Rowling just announced a new hub titled harry potter at home, it seems only fitting in a time where many students, teachers, and parents are all cooped up in their homes. Oct, 2016 rowling announced the news at a fantastic beasts fan event. Jul 19, 2014 jk rowling s crime novels written under the pseudonym robert galbraith will eventually outnumber her harry potter books, she reveals. Oct 29, 2007 the daily mail in the uk reports on the usa bible belt backlash to rowling s announcement that shed always thought of dumbledore as gay. Rowling s new ebook editions to the mythical tome will be available in june through pottermore rowling s ecommerce and digital publishing website for all things in. K rowling announces release date for next harry potter book. Rowling s announcement already has almost 40,000 likes on facebook. When jk rowling makes a new announcement regarding the. Jk rowlings latest announcement has sent harry potter fans int a fullblown frenzy.
Rowling, author of the harry potter series, today launched a new. Meanwhile, the online english edition of the peoples daily reports that the official chinese version of the final harry potter book is now on sale in china with a first print run of 1 million. Harry potter at home launches in response to covid19 emergency j. The author posted a cryptic tweet that has fans thinking a new story involving the boy wizard is on the way. Jk rowling launches new harry potter website to help kids. Rowling tells fans that there are two harry potters. The books title, publication date, and further details are being stored up for an announcement later this year. Jk rowling announces new book, career of evil, under. Rowling announces pottermore sony corporation of america. The daily mail in the uk reports on the usa bible belt backlash to rowlings announcement that shed always thought of dumbledore as gay. Rowling announces five total fantastic beasts movies. Rowling took to twitter to announce the launch of harry potter at home, a digital hub on with crafts, quizzes, puzzles, and articles for new fans and longtime. As maura judkis reported harry potter has grown up, and so have j.
Jun 12, 2015 a new novel from jk rowling, writing under her pseudonym of robert galbraith, has shot up amazons presales charts in the hours since it was announced out on 22 october, career of evil will. She made her revelation to a packed house in new yorks carnegie hall on friday, as part of her us book tour. A new novel from jk rowling, writing under her pseudonym of robert galbraith, has shot up amazons presales charts in the hours since it was announced out on 22 october, career of. Wednesdays announcement comes after rowling recently announced teachers were free to read all seven harry potter books to their students. Obviously, she didnt share any more details about the project, but at least we. The bestselling british author made the announcement on her website on. Harry potter author jk rowling has revealed that one of her characters, hogwarts school headmaster albus dumbledore, is gay. Rowling s musings and releases on fan website pottermore are. Rowling has written four nonpotter books three under a.
Rowling and her wizarding world team are making it easier for everyone to experience all things harry potter in the lessthanmagical reality we currently face. Rowling grants open licence for teachers during covid19. Mar 18, 2019 the announcement was largely wellreceived by many fans at the time, who applauded the writer for making such an important character in the franchise canonically queer. Jk rowling latest news, breaking stories and comment. Get here harry potter jk rowling announcement harry potter has no idea how famous he is. Jk rowling launches new harry potter website to help kids learn. Rowling has teased details of a mysterious new harry potter project. Jk rowling announces release of four new harry potter. Feb 27, 2020 the only thing that determinates canon is popular consensus. Jk rowling confirms that harry potter is bisexual ahead of. Harry potter readers think jk rowling just teased a new sequel. Rowlings new ebook editions to the mythical tome will be available in june through pottermore rowlings ecommerce and.
Rowling is the author of the muchloved series of seven harry potter novels, originally published between 1997 and 2007. When jk rowling makes a new announcement regarding the harry. Jk rowling has finished writing her highlyanticipated book from her popular crime series cormoran strike. Harry potter will come out as bisexual and have a love affair with ron weasley in a new spinoff book series, jk rowling has confirmed. Jk rowling is releasing four new harry potter books online thrillist.
The reason why the harry potter universe is discussed and taken seriously at all is because there is a large group of people who want to take it seriously and discuss it. May 30, 2019 jk rowling s latest announcement has sent harry potter fans int a fullblown frenzy. Rowling lets dumbledore out of the closet abc news. Back in 2019, there was an announcement that four more ebooks.
After a fiveyear break from publishing, shes signed a deal with publishing house little, brown. Last month, the author revealed that the fan favourite headmaster had a sexual. Rowlings hogwarts library book the tales of beedle the bard. Wide pan from photographer to authors john irving, j. Harry potter fans are shocked by jk rowlings announcement that ron and hermione divorce in the new book. These new harry potter at home initiatives follow the announcement that j. In fact i think variety is the key idea that unifies the novel. Jk rowlings announcement comes soon after a lord voldemort twitter account told her to stay safe. Sep 11, 2019 harry potter readers think jk rowling just teased a new sequel. Rowling and her wizarding world partners have launched harry potter at home today to help children, parents, carers and teachers confined at home during the covid19 outbreak. Rowling is planning to expand her wizarding world with four new books set in the harry potter universe though maybe not exactly.
The official sequel, harry potter and the cursed child, focuses on potters child, albus severus. Despite seven books, eight films, a spinoff book and movie, harry potter fans remain desperate for more from the magical world. The only thing that determinates canon is popular consensus. Rowling made the announcement during an interview on bbc radio 2 on monday. Rowling makes the announcement around the 50minute mark. Rowling just confirmed four new harry potter adjacent books are coming out. But if rowling is entering a new phase of her writing life, grateful booksellers. Rowling has 239 books on goodreads with 18799753 ratings. Jk rowling gets fans excited as she announces completion. Rowling would be making her screenwriting debut with fantastic beasts and where to find them, the first in a new film series which is part of their expanded creative partnership with j. The announcement comes a few months after rowling tweeted support for. Jk rowling just confirmed a fan theory about hermione granger in harry potter and the goblet of fire, and it actually makes a lot of sense now. Rowling is making a career of evil with her new book.
Feb 23, 2012 the book s title, publication date, and further details are being stored up for an announcement later this year. They were presented in vividly contrasting ways, whether between married couples or teenagers and from a gamut of contrasting social backgrounds. Sep 05, 2019 just hours after we heard that harry potter and the cursed child may be adapted into a movie, j. Rowling is releasing 4 new harry potter books online. Jk rowling announces 5 movies for the fantastic beasts and where to find them franchise. Browse the independent s complete collection of articles and commentary on jk rowling. Rowling knows the rumors that are out there and where they come.
Author jk rowling announced that shes penning a new childrens book. Rowling has more books on the way so there is hope. Pottermore presents is a series of bitesized ebooks that dig deep into the harry potter stories, with titbits taken from pottermores archives and original writing from j. Jk rowling to release new harry potter ebooks bbc news.
Teachers can now post videos of themselves reading aloud from the harry potter books to children prevented from attending school because of. The series offers harry potter fans added insights into the stories, settings and characters and were all. As expected, rowling is always working on a novel, but she is literally in the midst of writing a book right now. Rowling is the author of the harry potter series of books, published between 1997 and 2007, and the casual vacancy, published in 2012. Thats because hes being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified harry will learn that hes really a wizard, just as his parents were. Although ive enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the harry potter series the freedom to explore new territory is a. News of the bisexual plot twist follows recent backlash to jk rowling s announcement that dumbledore is gay. Jk rowling announces new novel for adults books the.
Rowling is set to release three more harry potter books. The harry potter author shared the finished draft to her fans on twitter and it looks. Oct 14, 2016 jk rowling announces 5 movies for the fantastic beasts and where to find them franchise. Apr 01, 2019 harry potter will come out as bisexual and have a love affair with ron weasley in a new spinoff book series, jk rowling has confirmed. Feb 10, 2016 when diehard harry potter fans first heard that j. Whether you are a fan of the classic book franchise, or a watcher of the films, the mysterious, and magical world of harry potter is going to be made into a digital hub. The casual vacancy j k rowling, i thoroughly enjoyed the casual vacancy mainly because of the vivid characters and their great variety. Rowling, bestselling author of the harry potter series, has announced she has a new adult novel coming. It will be released as both a play and a book on july 31st. Harry potter for seekers spirituality in harry potter.
While the story is fun and hilarious, it cant compete with the mixture of. The new stories are set to explore the wizarding world of the boy. Jk rowling launches new harry potter website to help. May 29, 2016 harry potter fans are shocked by jk rowlings announcement that ron and hermione divorce in the new book.
The user commented stay safe jo and to the delight of the harry potter fans, rowling responded to the tweet and said, you too, voldy. Jk rowling teases mystery harry potter announcement. Jun 23, 2017 despite seven books, eight films, a spinoff book and movie, harry potter fans remain desperate for more from the magical world. At the same time, even back then, some people questioned if rowling would ever actually address dumbledores sexuality explicitly in a wizarding world book andor film.
The announcement was largely wellreceived by many fans at the time, who applauded the writer for making such an important character in the franchise canonically queer. Rowling faces backlash after misleading harry potter. Rowling by donating money from her book sales to a transgender charity. Rowlings musings and releases on fan website pottermore are. Rowlings online home base pottermore in an announcement on the site. Rowling s announcement on youtube and today revealed that pottermore along with the pottermore shop will be open to all users in october 2011.
Rowling announces ebook series, pottermore presents. The hub also gives access to the first harry potter book for free. Stars from the wizarding world including jude law, warwick davis, noma dumezweni, jason isaacs, evanna lynch, sally mortemore and bonnie wright have joined forces to record individual stories from j. The author posted a cryptic tweet that has fans thinking a new story involving.
From today, 23rd june, fans can submit their email addresses on in order to be contacted by the site following the opening of registration on 31st july, harrys birthday. Rowling and her wizarding world team launched a harry potter at home hub. Rowlings harry potter at home, a new digital hub for. Oct 20, 2007 harry potter author jk rowling has revealed that one of her characters, hogwarts school headmaster albus dumbledore, is gay. Jk rowlings crime novels written under the pseudonym robert galbraith will eventually outnumber her harry potter books, she reveals. Nov 04, 2015 metro manila cnn philippines fans, rejoice. Rowlings last potter book, harry potter and the deathly hallows, made history when it was released in july. Is this a sequel to harry potter and the cursed child, a liveaction adaptation for the silver screen, or something completely different. Written by jack thorne and rowling, harry potter and the cursed child was released as a stage play and script in 2016. The new trilogy of novels will take place 19 years after the.
The series offers harry potter fans added insights into the stories, settings and characters and were all lovingly curated by pottermore. Just hours after we heard that harry potter and the cursed child may be adapted into a movie, j. Jk rowling confirms harry potter theory about hermione granger. She took audience questions and was asked if dumbledore found true love. Bbc news entertainment jk rowling outs dumbledore as gay. Rowling wants to make it a little easier for kids, parents and teachers stuck at home due to covid19 to enjoy harry potter, with the author on wednesday launching a website featuring a. Jul, 2017 it could still be argued, however, that its not the best thing j. Rowling, author of the harry potter series, today launched a new harry potter at home hub via, bringing new resources to readers in collaboration with partners at audible. Rowling made the announcement during an interview on bbc radio 2. Rowling launches harry potter at home to banish boredom. The real stories behind that alleged harry potter book and other. Jul 21, 2015 shotlist file ap entertainment new york.
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