J.K. Rowling News

According to reports, a lawyer has been fined 1,000 pounds ($1,650) for blowing JK Rowling's cover when she wrote a detective novel under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. She also received a written warning from a British legal watchdog.

Today, check out part one of this year's curtain call highlights 2013, and catch up on anything that you might have missed within the last 12 months!

A play based on J.K. Rowling's worldwide phenomenon HARRY POTTER will soon be apparating into the West End, produced by the author herself.

Kathryn catches up with Steven Luke Walker, composer and vocal coach to the stars, to find out about his latest production and more.

Joe's Pub has announced performances for this week (Dec. 16-22,) including BASQUIAT, 5TH ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY CHRISTMAS: A CONCERT TO BENEFIT ASTEP, MIKE ERRICO HOLIDAY SHOW, ETHAN LIPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA, JACKIE HOFFMAN: HEBE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THE HOT SARDINES, THE ANNA COPA CABANNA SHOW, STARSKY + COX: YULE LIVE, LEA DELARIA: F*#K! IT'S CHRISTMAS!, REVEREND BILLY & THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR, and JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND AND FRIENDS: LET IT SHOW!.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its holiday highlights (Dec. 15 - 31), featuring performances by JOHN ROBERTS, 5TH ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY CHRISTMAS, MIKE ERRICO, JACKIE HOFFMAN, THE HOT SARDINES, STARSKY + COX, LEA DELARIA, JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND, BABY DEE & LITTLE ANNIE, and SANDRA BERNHARD.

Author Joshua C. Fuller's novel, 'Curse of the Holidays: Volume 1: Dead Snow' (published by iUniverse), which will be featured at the 2014 Florida Library Association Conference, explodes with excitement and adventure as one boy battles to save the world and family he loves from the all-consuming powers of darkness.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ The editors at Scholastic have been publishing, curating and distributing quality and award-winning books for children for decades, and have become experts at choosing the perfect books for every child on your holiday list. Today, David Allender, Editorial Director of Scholastic Reading Club, unveils the Give the Gift of Reading Guide, showcasing the top book trends for the 2013 holiday season from Scholastic Reading Club and Book Fairs.

The Guardian revealed yesterday that illustrator Jim Kay will be reimagining the whole of JK Rowling's beloved Harry Potter universe, with the launch of a new fully illustrated edition of the series, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in September 2015.

MTV and Sonar Entertainment have announced a development deal to adapt Terry Brooks' international best-selling fantasy novels SHANNARA for the small screen.

Timed to the hit release of THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE this weekend, Slate Magazine has done indepth textual analysis (who knew?) on the hit series by Suzanne Collins, and for good measure, ran the same analysis on Stephenie Meyer's TWILIGHT and J.K. Rowling's HARRY POTTER series.

Joe's Pub at The Public welcomes the faithful and the faithless this holiday season with a winter program that includes Yiddish lullabies, kvetching, yuletide cheer, anti-consumerist sermons, sports, jazz, storytelling and of course Sandra Bernhard's hilarious and entertaining end-of-year free for all.

Joe's Pub at The Public welcomes the faithful and the faithless this holiday season with a winter program that includes Yiddish lullabies, kvetching, yuletide cheer, anti-consumerist sermons, sports, jazz, storytelling and of course Sandra Bernhard's hilarious and entertaining end-of-year free for all.

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ USA TODAY celebrates the 20 th anniversary of the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list, crowning not one, but three No.1 books for three different eras that reflect the changes in publishing over the past two decades.

The shortlist has been announced for the only national literary award voted for entirely by kids - the Red House Children's Book Award.

Streetdogz Media is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Faria Beach, a new novel from best selling author Hudson Stewart. The psychological, crime and paranormal thriller is the first in a series by the author and his third published title. It is also the first time the novelist has written a book entirely on location in Los Angeles.

There are no wizards or mythical creatures in this mystery novel. Set in the urban sprawl of London, we meet private detective Cormoran Strike. You probably would have never heard of this book or this author until it came out earlier in the year that THE CUCKOO'S CALLING author, Robert Galbraith, is really the pseudonym for J.K. Rowling.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), one of the nation's largest booksellers and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the list of must-have books for the Fall and Holiday season, with Barnes & Noble booksellers across the country calling this the most exciting Fall book season in years. With new books from bestselling authors like John Grisham, Bill O'Reilly, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Mitch Albom, Amy Tan and many more coming this Fall, customers are already visiting their local Barnes & Noble stores, BN.com and NOOK.com to purchase and pre-order the latest print and digital titles from their favorite authors.

Serkis, whose Imaginarium Studios are currently in the process of adapting the book for the big screen, talks specifically about THE BONE SEASON - the first novel in this phenomenal new seven part fantasy series, which flung 22 year-old author Samantha Shannon into the spotlight when she was hailed as 'the next J K Rowling' by the international press.

Sue Grafton's latest thriller W IS FOR WASTED top the New York Times' fiction best seller list for the week ending Sept., 29. Lee Child's NEVER GO BACK held strong on the chart, slipping from the top spot to the second, with Lian Moriarty's NEVER GO BACK taking the number three spot.