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Entertainment 26 Mar 2024 | 08:00 AM

J.K. Rowling threatens lawsuit against ‘Harry Potter’ fansite over lies about her daughter

Rowling is warning social media site Wizarding News that she’s prepared to take legal action if they continue spreading false information about her family.

Arts 2 Aug 2024 | 10:44 AM

Edinburgh Fringe theatre play reimagines JK Rowling trans row

A new play taking on Harry Potter author JK Rowling's controversial views on transgender issues opens at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Entertainment 5 Dec 2022 | 02:00 AM

Helena Bonham Carter supports Johnny Depp, J.K. Rowling amid controversies

Bonham Carter voiced her support for Rowling being 'allowed her opinion, particularly if she’s suffered abuse'.

Books 5 Jan 2022 | 03:00 PM

TV host calls out author J.K. Rowling for anti-semitic goblins in 'Harry Potter' series

Jon Stewart condemns the perceived anti-Semitic caricatures in Harry Potter - namely the goblins that work at Gringotts

Books 14 Apr 2021 | 02:00 AM

New J.K. Rowling children's book coming in October

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will release a new children's book entitled The Christmas Pig this autumn, her publishers announced on Tuesday.

World 23 June 2020 | 01:38 PM

Authors quit J. K. Rowling's agency over trans rights

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Three authors who left J. K. Rowling's literary agency over her views on transgender issues said on Tuesday they were disappointed that it had not taken up their offer to discuss trans rights or made a statement in support of the community.

Entertainment 7 July 2020 | 09:00 AM

J.K. Rowling compares hormone treatment to gay conversion therapy

The 'Harry Potter' author's comment sparked a furious reaction from trans rights campaigners.

Books 26 May 2020 | 01:55 PM

J.K. Rowling to publish free fairy tale for children in lockdown

J.K. Rowling brings out free online fairy tale so children can dream in lockdown.

Culture 8 Apr 2020 | 02:05 AM

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling 'had symptoms' of Covid-19, but has recovered

The British writer has revealed a two-week battle, now over, with a probable case of coronavirus, she said.

Video Games 30 June 2020 | 02:00 AM

Some Harry Potter game developers rattled by J.K. Rowling backlash

One of the most anticipated video games is one whose existence has yet to be acknowledged by its publisher, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. It’s a big-budget Harry Potter game that will let players role-play as wizards and roam a vast, open-world re-creation of Hogwarts and its surrounding areas.

Family 8 Nov 2024 | 10:00 AM

Starchild: Why Malaysian kids dream of meeting their favourite book characters

Here are the drawings by Starchild readers on the topic, My Book Character.

Focus 10 Aug 2024 | 11:00 PM

Editorial: Don’t foist transgender anxiety on these Olympic boxers. They are women

In her final boxing battle at the Paris Olympics on Friday, Imane Khelif had beaten China’s Yang Liu to win gold.

Arts 27 June 2024 | 02:28 AM

Original 'Harry Potter' book cover art fetches RM9mil at auction

The artwork becomes 'the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold at auction, auction house Sotheby's said in a statement

Arts 27 Mar 2022 | 02:00 AM

JK Rowling slams Putin on Twitter after he defends her against 'cancel culture'

Rowling reacted to Putin's name drop by posting an article on Twitter about how a critic of Putin is currently being imprisoned in Russia

Arts 22 June 2024 | 08:12 AM

Original Harry Potter cover art heads to New York's auction block

Wizarding world nostalgia hits the auction block as original Harry Potter cover art heads to Sotheby's in New York

Books 26 Sept 2022 | 01:06 PM

Writing as Robert Galbraith, JK Rowling has spun out an epic mystery

Rowling has published a new novel, a 1,024-page-long mystery. The author's transphobia isn't the problem with 'The Ink Black Heart'

Boxing 2 Aug 2024 | 09:18 AM

Taiwan leaders back boxer in Olympic gender row

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's presidential office and former president on Friday expressed support for Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting who has been embroiled in a row over gender at the Paris Olympic Games ahead of her opening bout.

Internet 2 Apr 2020 | 01:00 AM

Harry Pottering around at home? Rowling to rescue bored kids in lockdown

British author J. K. Rowling is hoping her much-loved Harry Potter series will work its magic on bored children stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown.

Arts 24 Feb 2023 | 03:00 AM

‘Hogwarts Legacy’ boycott questions meaning of Harry Potter fandom

Two decades after the first book’s release, not every reader who grew up envisioning the halls of Hogwarts still consider the world of Harry Potter a safe space

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