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Dickens Anniversary Argues For A "Slow"There's no denying that Dickens's embroidered, involved sentences make increasing demands on the modern reader. The enormous success of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books and Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy shows that we still have an appetite for long, complicated stories.
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 3:23 pm
The Carpetbagger: ‘Harry Potter’ and the"Harry Potter's" production designer talks about the challenges of art direction over all eight films. (Hint: Hogwarts isn't exactly the same in every feature.)
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 2:53 pm
RADCLIFFE STEPS OUT OF HARRY POTTER’SDaniel Radcliffe spent the bulk of his childhood playing young wizard-in-training Harry Potter in the film adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s beloved books. With the eight-part franchise wrapped up and having finished a 10-month stint on Broadway in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” the 22-year-old Radcliffe is ready to launch his post-“Potter” film career with “The Woman in Black ...
Posted on 3 February 2012 | 12:53 am
The sad truth about invisibility cloaksHurray! Awesome! Way to go! J.K. Rowling has totally predicted the future! We have invisibility cloaks now! Well... sort of.
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 12:48 pm
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling settlesChristopher Little, who spotted the potential of her first manuscript, was dumped by Miss Rowling (pictured) seven months ago.
Posted on 29 January 2012 | 2:56 am

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Harry Potter’ and the Continuity QuestionHe has been with the adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s series since the beginning, a relative rarity in a crew with four directors over eight films. Now that it’s over, some of the sets – which were built in haste for the first film ...
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 2:08 pm
Local athletic apparel company Quiyk bringsThere are few fictional characters as loved around the world as Harry Potter and his friends from Hogwarts. J.K. Rowling’s famous book series has spawned movies, theme parks, clothing lines, and even a Muggle adaptation of the wizard sport ...
Posted on 4 February 2012 | 1:50 pm
Whatever happened to Pottermore -The website announced by J.K. Rowling back in July has yet to come out of beta.  That means that only a select group of Harry Potter fans has been able to access Pottermore.  When will it ever open to the rest of the public? Who knows. Back in June ...
Posted on 4 February 2012 | 1:22 pm
Five Great Movies: Harry Potter Alumni -but Jane Austen was pretty much the J.K. Rowling of the 1990s. The English author’s novels, about 200 years old now, were feverishly snatched up by studios seeking to capture the costume drama zeitgeist and a couple of technical Oscars in the process.
Posted on 31 January 2012 | 11:56 pm
Let's Get Mortified - Huffington PostThese letters were written by a really random variety of famous people (everyone from J.K. Rowling to Hugh Jackman to Suze Orman to Stan Lee) to their teenage selves. At first, when I read some of the names on the paper, I thought the letters would just be ...
Posted on 31 January 2012 | 2:35 am

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