Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...aces, during which we could pay to go and look at the public rooms of Blair’s house in Connaught Square, or JK Rowling’s in Edinburgh, then we would be satisfied. When we see a place where a great figure felt at home, ho...
Published on May,20 2012 - by Forbes
...g your novel to an agent. No one wants to be a struggling writer. It?s suicide, as Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling once admitted. If you drew two overlapping rings and called one ?what you would like to get? and the ...
Published on May,18 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
..., at the newly renovated King’s Cross station – a good outing for your grandsons, perhaps. Although many of JK Rowling’s fans may not agree, there is life after Harry Potter. In fact, the range of other books for boys of...
Published on May,18 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...ack begins. Clips of celebrity witnesses include Charlotte Church, Hugh Grant, Sienna Miller, Steve Coogan, JK Rowling and Max Mosley. Miller's voice is synthesised to make it seem that she is plaintively singing: "For a...
Published on May,18 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
..., Rupert Murdoch, Sienna Miller, Sir Brian Leveson, Steve Coogan, Andy Coulson, Ian Hislop, Rebecca Brooks, JK Rowling and Max Mosley. An auto-tuned hip-hop extravaganza starring Alistair Campbell, Charlotte Church, Hugh...
Published on May,18 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...J K Rowling’s former agent Christopher Little on The Sunday Times Rich List (worth an estimated £55 million to Rowling’s £560 million) offers a hint of how well those around an author can do, too. Jones of The Bookseller...
Published on May,18 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
... As the first Potter literary conference draws to a close, let’s hope the delegates have learnt something: J K Rowling may be a great storyteller, but she’s no Shakespeare. Her books, though enthralling, weren’t written ...
Published on May,17 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
... a visiting assistant professor in television studies at the University of Amsterdam, claims in her paper that Rowling overtly alludes to the Second World War by “borrowing real tragedies’ pathos to underwrite her villai...
Published on May,14 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...ry Potter title, you’ll be redirected to Pottermore, a site owned and branded by the author. Through this site Rowling effectively controls all the ebook sales of her own books. (Not personally, obviously, although that ...
Published on May,14 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...dults as young children. “Our hope is to make a film that appeals across all ages,” said Heyman, who turned JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books into the most successful movie franchise of all time. “If you read the books, th...