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TIME's headline makes me want to click that link fast!

J.K. Rowling Just Published a New ‘Harry Potter’ Story on Her Website - TIME

I hope JKR continues to update us with more tidbits on the site soon.

[baileycat]

Another great contribution today with her commentary (via Ginny Potter and Rita) at the final. Lots of great stuff added to the Potter canon.

http://www.pottermore.com/en-us/dail...-qwc2014-final

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I'm really enjoying these updates from JKR. Came about the right time I'm having HP withdrawals lately.

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Yes me too I am so happy we are getting that much

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It's wonderful. Like I always say, I'll take any updates we'll get these days.

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J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith appeared exclusively at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival tonight at 7.30pm (18 July) in Harrogate, in conversation with fellow crime writer, Val McDermid. The event marked J.K. Rowling’s first and only UK appearance this year as Robert Galbraith. It was the fastest selling event in Harrogate International Festival’s 50-year history with a sell-out 978-strong audience. Demand for tickets came from all over the world and sold out in just 90 minutes with some fans camping overnight for tickets. A live streaming room was created at the Festival’s hotel partner, the Old Swan Hotel, to accommodate the unprecedented demand. Rowling was on stage to talk about her second crime novel - The Silkworm - featuring the compelling detective, Cormoran Strike. Published last month, the book went straight to the top of the Sunday Times bestseller list and has received huge critical acclaim. Val McDermid previously said of the first book, before the true identity of Robert Galbraith was revealed, “The Cuckoo's Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place.” J.K. Rowling said: “I'm thrilled to have appeared at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival for many reasons, foremost of which is to have shared a stage with a true master of the genre, Val McDermid. It is a particularly fitting venue for Robert's first appearance because part of The Silkworm is set in Harrogate and its environs.” The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, which was established in 2003 by Val McDermid and Harrogate International Festivals, has grown into the world’s biggest celebration of the crime genre. It is ranked as one of the top three literary festivals in the UK by The Guardian, and featured in The Independent’s ‘The 50 Best Festivals’. Val McDermid said: “It's always been part of our aim at the festival to bring new writers to the attention of the reading public -- even when they turn out to be not quite as new as we thought! It was a real treat to share the stage with Jo and I think the audience enjoyed the experience as much as I did.” Simon Theakston, Executive Director of T&R Theakston, said: “It is a mark of the dedication and hard work of the Harrogate International Festivals and the constant support of several world renowned authors including Val McDermid and Mark Billingham that our crime writing festival has reached the status sufficient to attract world renowned authors such as J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith. We remain delighted to be the headline sponsor of the festival and to be associated with its growing success.” Other Special Guests at the Festival include Lynda La Plante, Ann Cleeves, Mark Billingham, Sophie Hannah, SJ Watson, Belinda Bauer, Laura Lippman, John Harvey, Peter May and Denise Mina.

Photos: J.K. Rowling attends Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival for The Silkworm - SnitchSeeker.com

And also pictures of her from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter courtesy of Warner Bros. and Universal Studios Japan.

[baileycat]

Just finished The Silkworm! So good. Anybody want to discuss it? I actually want to read it again right away because I want to see all the clues about

Spoiler:

Liz being the killer!

She crafted the characters quite skillfully I must say. Love Robin and Strike as partners. There was one thing I didn't care for but I'd like someone else's opinion about it. Hint Nina.

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Of course I'm going to buy them all!

J.K. Rowling: Cormoran Strike Novels Will Outnumber Harry Potter Books - TIME
J.K. Rowling plans to write more about Cormoran Strike than Harry Potter | Shelf Life | EW.com

[OutoftheWoods]

I love watching her "Year in the Life" video on youtube. She's so inspiring.

[baileycat]

I loved that too! I watch that vid every now and again. She has a blessed life.

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I get emotional every time I watch that, Chris. I think it's about time I watch it again. Thanks for bringing over here.

[baileycat]

Anyone else think it sort of out of character that an introvert like Strike would have easy girls like Nina and that supermodel? That might have been the only thing I didn't care for in the series. Casual sex didn't seem to fit his mojo.

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“My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one sees a book in the same way, no one sees the characters the same way. As a reader you imagine them in your own mind. So, together, as author and reader, we have both created the story.” (x)

[baileycat]

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She is wealthier than the Queen and has more instant appeal than virtually any of her subjects but fame and fortune has not dimmed the torrent of creativity from author JK Rowling. The seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series was finished in 2007 but, as she approaches her 50th birthday, Rowling is unleashing another literary firestorm that will light up cinema screens, TV screens, bookshelves and the stage. We may not be seeing another Potter volume but a new film based on the spin-off book Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is about to go into production, followed a stage play about the wizard’s early years, then a new set of detective mysteries under Rowling’s pen name Robert Galbraith. There’s also a TV adaptation of her novel The Casual Vacancy in the pipeline. Hollywood stars are already jostling for roles in Fantastic Beasts which will be made at Warner Bros Studios in Hertfordshire, with Rowling and Emma Watson, who played Hermione Grainger in all the Potter films, joking that she and her co-stars will appear as heavily made-up extras. Daniel Radcliffe has ruled himself out of a cameo role in the film but the global exposure of a Rowling film will be a magnet to A-listers on both sides of the Atlantic. Fantastic Beasts, written in 2001 about the magical creatures found in the Potter books, purports to be one of Harry’s Hogwarts textbooks, written by Newt Scamander who will the central character in the new film, and set in 1920s New York.

A Harry Potter spin-off, Robert Galbraith thrillers and theatre: What drives JK Rowling? | Books | Entertainment | Daily Express