JK Rowling Recieves South Bank Award

(Source: The Leaky Cauldron) JK Rowling was presented "an outstanding achievement prize for her success with the Harry Potter books." The South Bank Awards Show, which recognizes British achievement in music, theater, television and the arts, will air February 3 on ITV1.

The author mentioned that finishing Harry Potter "has been the worst break-up of my life - far worse than splitting up with any man. But it has also been wonderful to stop and draw breath and think, 'My God, look what's happened with an idea I had 17 years ago on a train'."

Rowling went on to say she is done writing the Harry Potter series.

"I think I've definitely finished his story. I said seven books and there have been seven," she said. The author is already working on her next project, although she would not be drawn on its subject: "I am writing, it's a compulsion with me. I'm not in a mad hurry to publish because I've had 10 years of deadlines."

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JK Rowling Interviewed on PotterCast

(Source: The Leakey Cauldron.com) According to The Leaky Cauldron, J.K. Rowling will make her first ever appearance on a podcast on Tuesday December 18 when PotterCast #130 is released to the public. You can keep updated at TLC or at pottercast.com/jkrowling.

TLC is billing this as "the first in-depth fan interview since the TLC/Mugglenet interview in 2005, and Jo's repartee was everything we knew it would be: informative, warm, funny and chock-full of canon revelations as well as statements about the writing and publishing of the series. We had such a great time recording with her and hope that you all enjoy the output!"

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Amazon.com Purchaces 'Beedle the Bard' at Auction

(Source Veritaserum.com) Web giant Amazon.com purchased one of the seven copies in existence of JK Rowling's 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' at a Sotheby's auction last week. The winning bid was £1,950,000, or $3,984,77, significantly above the expected selling price of $100,000.

While Amazon can not republish the book as they do not own the rights, they have published detailed reviews of each of the five stories included in the book which you can find at this Link. Beautiful photos of the book can be found at this Link.

Following the auction, JK Rowling said, "I'm stunned and ecstatic. Christmas has come early for me."

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JKR wins Writer's Guild Award

Author J.K. Rowling received an Outstanding Contribution to Children's Literature Award at the 2007 Writer's Guild Awards ceremony that recently took place in London. Actress Joan Collins presented the award.

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JKR's Open Book Tour

JKR has been touring the US this week for her "Open Book Tour", making her first stop Monday 10/15 in Los Angeles. Over 1,600 students packed the Kodak Theater to hear JKR read from Chapter 3 of Deathly Hallows and answer questions from the audience.

The author is currently in New Orleans for an October 18th event, and will travel tomorrow for two events in New York, one at Carnegie Hall. JKR will end the book tour in Toronto, Canada where she will attend the International Festival of Authors on October 24th.

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Warner Brothers Confirms DVD Release Dates

Official release dates for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have been announced by Warner Brothers. The DVD will be released in standard format, Blu-ray, and HD DVD November 12 in the UK and December 11 in the US.

Also available will be a 12-disc giftset that includes two-disc editions of all the Harry Potter movies to date packed inside a collectible 'suitcase'.

Read more here.

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JKR's Chat Transcript Now Online

Bloomsbury.com just hosted a web chat with JKR where she answered over a 100 questions about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You can find the transcript for the Chat at The Leaky Cauldron.

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LIVE Webstream of JKR Midnight Reading on July 21st

Source: The Leaky Cauldron

UK publisher Bloomsbury has announced that the reading of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by author J. K. Rowling taking place at the Natural History Museum will be streamed LIVE online via the Bloomsbury website at midnight on July 21st.

Bloomsbury Publishing is delighted to announce that now everyone will be able to hear J K Rowling read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in a live webstream from the Natural History Museum in London at the precise moment it is published - 12.01am BST on Saturday 21st July 2007.

Ten years after publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone the publication of this, the final book in the series, returns to where it all began: with a book, the author and her readers.

The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows launch event is completely oversubscribed and no further tickets will be issued but Bloomsbury encourages fans to log on to the webstream to join in the experience. The streaming will be available for a further two weeks at Bloomsbury.com

The publisher also announced a live web chat with J. K. Rowling to be held the following week on July 30th from 2-3.00pm BST. Fans may submit their questions via the Bloomsbury site beginning one week before the event, or during the live webcast.

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Ultimately Secretive

There's a feature in Time Magazine about the efforts Scholastic are making to keep the final Harry Potter tome secret until midnight of July 21. This involves sitting on the manuscript on planes and tracking the truck that delivers it to the company headquarters. Also in the article is a very "scary" moment when the continuity editor has her bag searched at a security check - inside the bag, pages of the edited manuscript!!

Tidbits of the article can be found at The Leaky Cauldron.

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WOMBAT #3 Now Available

The 'Do not Disturb' sign has been removed at JKRowling.com revealing the third and final WOMBAT test.

Instructions on how to open the door can be found at The Leaky Cauldron.

Good Luck!

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