JK Rowling + Books | Books (2024)

The Guardian view on audiobooks: a growing market that asks existential questions

Published: 10 May 2024

Daniel Radcliffe says rupture with JK Rowling over trans rights is ‘really sad’

Published: 1 May 2024

Audible to turn all seven of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books into full-cast audiobooks

The books will be released sequentially, starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, with a full cast of yet-to-be-named actors and a ‘groundbreaking new soundscape’

Published: 25 Apr 2024

Bloomsbury’s fantasy list helps it to record £17.7m first-half profits

Publisher to double dividend after demand grows for books by Sarah J Maas and Samantha Shannon

Published: 26 Oct 2023

The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith review – a riveting race against time

JK Rowling’s will they/won’t they detective duo return in a hefty but immersive tale of an attempted rescue from a cult

Published: 22 Sep 2023

Uncorrected Harry Potter proof found at primary school sold in ‘fairytale’ auction

Rare copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone featuring ‘JA Rowling’ typo sold to local museum in Oxfordshire

Published: 8 Sep 2023

The G2 interview ‘I wanted to be No 1. But a certain JK Rowling came along’: Jacqueline Wilson on rivalry, censorship – and love

Raised by a ‘scary’ father and a ‘terrible snob’ of a mother, the Tracy Beaker author has always understood the loneliness that marks so many young lives. But at 77, she’s never been happier

Published: 7 Aug 2023

Rare Harry Potter bought for 30p may fetch up to £5,000

First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought by UK book collector goes up for auction next week

Published: 30 Jun 2023

Dilemma for UK authors as Russia offers huge sums for escapist fiction

Writers are receiving enticing bids for foreign rights to their books this spring, but many feel they cannot accept the money while the war continues

Published: 11 Jun 2023

Top 10s Top 10 aunts in fiction

So often defying the conventions of their age, these inspiring figures are also dependable boons for nephews and nieces in books by authors from Jane Austen to JK Rowling

Published: 26 Apr 2023

Harry Potter TV series announced, with JK Rowling executive-producing

Published: 12 Apr 2023

‘All the details that were missing’: Harry Potter fans on their hopes for TV series

Published: 9 Apr 2023

JK Rowling says she knew her views on transgender issues would make ‘many folks deeply unhappy’

The Harry Potter author, who says she has been scared for her family’s safety, believes ‘time will tell whether I’ve got this wrong’

Published: 15 Mar 2023

Julia Donaldson ends James Patterson’s reign as UK libraries’ most borrowed author

Data shows that Patterson’s 14-year run as readers’ overall favourite has given way to the Gruffalo author

Published: 22 Feb 2023

JK Rowling tells of fear former husband would burn Harry Potter manuscript

Author tells podcast she had to sneak pages of first novel out of house to keep them safe

Published: 22 Feb 2023

Royal Mint adds Dumbledore coin to Harry Potter-themed collection

Coin available to buy as part of 25th anniversary collection is first in series to feature King Charles

Published: 16 Feb 2023

Pushing Buttons newsletter Pushing Buttons: ‘We can survive without it’ – the gamers boycotting Hogwarts Legacy

In this week’s newsletter: The big-budget Harry Potter spinoff should be an instant play for fans of the series, but for some author JK Rowling’s statements on sex and gender have made that decision complicated

Published: 8 Feb 2023

Joanne Harris sees off vote to oust her from Society of Authors role

Novelist said ‘rationality has prevailed’ after resolution to unseat her as chair was comprehensively defeated

Published: 17 Nov 2022

Ralph Fiennes defends JK Rowling saying abuse she receives is ‘disgusting’

Actor condemns attacks directed at the Harry Potter author since she spoke out about gender identity and trans rights

Published: 25 Oct 2022

Poison pens: leading writers call for overhaul of UK’s Society of Authors

Literary world riven by conflict as trade union is accused of inappropriately taking sides in culture war

Published: 21 Aug 2022