J.K. Rowling

Rowling's gift to orphans

breakingnews.ie
21 hrs ago
        

Harry Potter author JK Rowling hopes to make $30m (€23.7m) for orphaned children with the profits from her new book. The writer will hand the proceeds from the Potter spin-off novel 'The Tales Of Beedle The Bard' to the...

add comment
                   

Simply divine

theage.com.au
21 hrs ago
        

Sister Anastazja's religious instructions from the kitchen have garnered almost a million converts. THE aroma wafting out of Sister Anastazja's kitchen is divine. "Many of my recipes come to me in dreams," she says, citing...

add comment
                   

The Fs in my past stand for first-rate life lessons

theglobeandmail.com
yesterday
        

ROY MacGREGOR From Monday's Globe and Mail Just my luck. No, if this bright young lad were headed for Nutana Collegiate, there wouldn't be much fear, as the “F” letter may soon be banned there. “Incomplete” or “no mark” would...

add comment
                   

'Twilight' seeks blockbuster bite

canoe.ca
yesterday 15 related
        

LOS ANGELES -- No one questions Stephenie Meyer has created a monster. At stake is the fate of a fledging studio and a potential franchise based on the literary phenomenon that has vaulted Meyer, a 34-year-old Mormon mother of...

add comment
                   

Our duty of care

scotsman.com
16-Nov-2008 436 related
        

Published Date: 16 November 2008 For much of last week we were assailed by the detail of this poor little boy's death. Thus far, "Baby P" is even denied his name – his identity kept secret until the adults involved in the...

comments (1)
suite101.com: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) & Emma Watson (Hermione), Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. suite101.com

The Cast of Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince

suite101.com
16-Nov-2008 20 related
        

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint Return to the Cast When the sixth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is released in 2009, the film's cast will feature a few new actors. The sixth Harry...

add comment
                   

A treasure in disguise

thestar.com.my
16-Nov-2008 1 related
        

X-TREME CREATIVE WRITING By James Abela Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 104 pages ONCE in a while I like to pick up books for reviewing that I would never touch in a bookstore. Now, having finished that rant, I have to...

add comment
                   

Holiday Movie Preview

canoe.ca
16-Nov-2008
        

What holiday movies will jingle your bells . . . or simply be ho ho ho-hum? That’s what Hollywood hopes audiences will be thinking for the next six weeks as it unwraps 2008’s yuletide offerings. Presumably fewer competitors...

add comment
                   

Fretful booksellers count on name authors to prop up holiday sales

tennessean.com
16-Nov-2008 1 related
        

By Bob Minzesheimer • USA TODAY • November 16, 2008 Booksellers and publishers are hoping a post-election flood of titles by brand-name authors can rescue their holiday season, which arrives amid the worst economy in 50 years....

add comment

"Muggle" Scouts conjure world of Harry Potter

app.com
16-Nov-2008
        

FARMINGDALE — For Michelle Masarik, the works of J.K. Rowling have contributed much more to society than an intricately woven world of fantasy and a half-dozen blockbuster movies. "The Harry Potter books are a constant source...

add comment
1 2 3 4 5 next »