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Edinburgh author JK Rowling slams Nicola Sturgeon over 'trans rights' bill

JK Rowling voiced support for protesters in Edinburgh today and swiped at First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon on Twitter Thursday morning.

Edinburgh Live

JK Rowling wears T-shirt calling Nicola Sturgeon ‘destroyer of women’s rights’

The author was giving her backing to a protest outside the Scottish Parliament over controversial gender recognition legislation.

The Independent UK

JK Rowling accuses Nicola Sturgeon of being a 'destroyer' of women's rights

The bestselling children's author shared a picture of herself making the claim as MSPs debate plans to make it easier for people to change gender

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Alan Rickman's diary reveals what he thought of Harry Potter co-stars and secret detail shared by JK Rowling

The diary’s excerpts, which were published by the Guardian, reveal that the actor was actually similar to his well-known Harry Potter character, Professor Snape

Irish Mirror

How Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons brought 'satanic panic' into the suburbs

Alissa Wilkinson grew up in a conservative evangelical family — a family so conservative she wasn't allowed to read Harry Potter. But JK Rowling's universe was far from the first pop culture phenomenon to fall victim to a "satanic panic".

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Turn To Page 394: Here Are 6 Bombshells About The HP Flicks From Alan Rickman’s Diaries

His diaries are set to be posthumously published in October.

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JK Rowling 'Twitter threat' faces no further action, Police Scotland confirm

The incident occurred on Friday August 12 after she reacted to the news of fellow author Salman Rushdie being stabbed in New York.

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Alan Rickman’s ‘secret journals’ reveal actor’s thoughts on Harry Potter, Snape and his career

The late actor's diaries shed light on why he continued to play Severus Snape

Evening Standard

Police drop investigation into ‘online threat’ made to JK Rowling over support for Sir Salman Rushdie

The threat was made from outside the UK, a spokesperson for Police Scotland said

Manchester Evening News

Police drop investigation into 'online threat' made to JK Rowling after Salman Rushdie support

A police investigation into an 'online threat' made to Harry Potter author JK Rowling after she supported Salman Rushdie in the wake of his stabbing, has been dropped

Daily Mirror

JK Rowling: Police drop investigation into ‘online threat’ made to Harry Potter author

Author shared screenshots of a message from a user who had written ‘don’t worry you are next’ in response to her tweet about Salman Rushdie

The Independent UK

Police drop investigation into ‘online threat’ made to JK Rowling

The author shared screenshots of a message from a user who had written ‘don’t worry you are next’ in response to her tweet about Sir Salman Rushdie.

The Independent UK

Fingal libraries' Twitter account suspended after concerns raised over following transphobic accounts

J.K. Rowling has weighed in on the Fingal County Council matter

Dublin Live

‘We’ve lost a genius’: authors and politicians pay tribute to Hilary Mantel

From JK Rowling to Nicola Sturgeon, world laments death of Booker prize-winning author

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Evening Standard

Tributes paid to Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel who has died aged 70

Tributes have been paid to the novelist Dame Hilary Mantel who has died aged 70.

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: The new J.K. Rowling book is not great, but it has nothing to do with transphobia

There are loads of legitimate reasons a reader might dislike "The Ink Black Heart," the sixth book in the Cormoran Strike series. Writing as Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling has spun out a 1,024-page-long mystery, which is long even by, say, Elizabeth George standards and at least 500 pages longer than…

The Times of India

She's earned her rest: Sir Elton John, Mick Jagger, Helen Mirren, J.K. Rowling pay homage to Queen

The loss of Queen Elizabeth II was felt across the entertainment and literary industries as well, with Sir Elton John, Sir Michael 'Mick' Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney and Dame Helen Mirren leading the celebrities who mourned the loss, reports 'Variety'.

The Independent UK

JK Rowling honours Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy: ‘She’s earned her rest’

Celebrities such as Daniel Craig and Sir Elton John have also paid tribute to Britain’s longest-serving monarch

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Edinburgh Live

Robert Galbraith: Why JK Rowling chose her pen name

The Harry Potter author chose to go undercover to release her crime series, the Cormoran Strike novels

Evening Standard

Why JK Rowling uses Robert Galbraith pseudonym for Cormoran Strike series

As the sixth instalment of the book series is released, JK Rowling explains why she used a pen name

The Times of India

JK Rowling says her new novel that features a woman who is accused of transphobia and killed is 'genuinely' not inspired by real life

In June 2020, the 'Harry Potter' fame author JK Rowling stirred up a controversy on the internet with her views on gender and since then she has been criticized for being transphobic. But the author has repeatedly refused such accusations and has said that she is not “transphobic”. In fact,…

The Independent UK

JK Rowling says new novel ‘genuinely wasn’t’ inspired by backlash to her comments on the trans community

‘The first draft of the book was finished at the point certain things happened’

WEKU

J.K. Rowling's new book, about a transphobe who faces wrath online, raises eyebrows

In The Ink Black Heart, a popular cartoonist is harassed and killed after her work is criticized as transphobic. Observers say the plot mirrors Rowling's experience, though she calls it a coincidence.

Mic

Did J.K. Rowling write a 1,000+ page book because Twitter hurt her feelings?

The egregiously long book is about a transphobic animator who gets murdered after creating a story about a hermaphroditic worm.

The Independent UK

JK Rowling’s new book features woman who is killed after being accused of transphobia

Author said novel ‘genuinely wasn’t’ a response to the backlash she has received for her comments about transgender rights

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