Rowlings annotated edition up for auction

It marked the spellbinding start to the Harry Potter series of best-selling books which took the world by storm. And now bestselling writer JK Rowling's own copy of the first edition of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone is to go under the ...

_ This might have been a serious event, but photos taken during the ceremony show that the Royal Family were having a whole lot of fun romping around the studio where all eight "Harry Potter" movies were filmed. As for the Batmobile in the final ...

Celebrities including JK Rowling and Hugh Grant accused the British government on Sunday of letting down the victims of media intrusion and urged tough new measures to rein in Britain's unruly press.Lawmakers are to vote Monday on rival plans for ...

(CNN) -- Here is a look at the life of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series. Personal: -- Birth place: Gloucestershire, England Birth name: Joanne Rowling Father: Peter Rowling, aircraft factory manager Mother: Anne (Volant) Rowling, ...

Like many writers, I worry about the decline of reading in an era of digital devices that whittle away our attention span. But statistics released this month by the American Association of Publishers offered some encouraging news about the American ...

In his recent April 1st column on Hogwarts School of Software Engineering, Jack Ganssle has some fun with author J.K. Rowlings fictional school of magicians. In it, after the evil wizard Voldemort abandons spells and incantations and learns how to ...

They say motherhood is the hardest job in the world, and judging by a child's perception of the perfect mum, it's easy to see why. According to Britain's children, the perfect mother is one third Davina McCall, a quarter JK Rowling and a quarter ...

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Hugh Grant has urged MPs to back the Liberal Democrat and Labour plan for press regulation as he accused David Cameron of "sucking up" to press barons. The Notting Hill actor, who is leading the Hacked Off campaign for stringent press controls in ...