J K Rowling

Each season of the series will be based on one of JK Rowling's seven books

J.K. Rowling, who is known for the 'Harry Potter' series, recently received a public threat from an Iran-backing extremist, following her denunciation of the attack on fellow author Salman Rushdie

Putin earlier compared recent Western criticism of Russia with efforts to cancel Rowling over her views on transgender issues

Hogwarts Legacy, developed by Utah-based Avalanche Software, is a prequel to the iconic fantasy book series by J K Rowling

The march for the equality of the sexes seems to fall apart at the family hearth

'And once you've done it,' Rowling went on, 'you'll know you can do it again'

Celebrated author J K Rowling has never been one to mince words, especially when it comes to Donald Trump, and the Harry Potter creator once again trained her witty guns on the President over his infamous 'awkward' photo-op with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Rowling took to Twitter to post a picture of the meeting, where Trump can be seen staring at the floor with his lands locked between his knees, while Merkel looks at him with an undecipherable expression.'Mommy was mean to me and I don't wanna hold her hand no more.' pic.twitter.com/UksDzt0MOX- J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 18, 2017Rowling has previously defended her right to criticise the Trump regime, despite not being an American citizen, arguing, "When a man this ignorant & easy to manipulate gets within sniffing distance of the nuclear codes, it's everyone's business."In a photo op after their Oval Office meeting yesterday, the two leaders sat next to each other in separate chairs. Merkel could be seen leaning ...

Rowling is famously private, especially about her financial and business affairs

Rowling is famously private, especially about her financial and business affairs

On Wednesday Rowling's publishing platform, Pottermore, announced a coming e-book series set in the wizarding world

J K Rowling always said that the seventh Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, would be the last in the series, and so far she has kept to her word. But though she's written many new things in the intervening nine years, including four adult novels, she's never been able to put Harry to rest, or to leave him alone.What's an author to do when she once seemed to be done? Taking an approach that some fans love and others do not, Rowling has never made a secret of her continued immersion in Potter-world. Over the years, she has regularly interjected new elements into the old stories, sometimes through sudden Twitter pronouncements, sometimes by other means. She also regularly produces fresh ancillary material - new stories, new elaborations - on her Pottermore website, most recently a series of fictional essays about the history of magic in North America.And now comes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a play in two full-length parts that begins previews in London on Tue