Harry Potter
Press wants time to study 'contentious' media plan
Mar 19, 2013 05:20 EDT
Representatives of the British media have said the industry needs time to study a "deeply contentious" plan agreed by MPs for a tough new press regulator, warning the move threatened three centuries of press freedom.
UK press wants time to study 'contentious' media plan
Mar 18, 2013 23:55 EDT
Britain's media said it needed time to study a "deeply contentious" plan agreed by lawmakers for a tough new press regulator, warning the move threatened three centuries of press freedom.
MPs strike deal on new press watchdog
Mar 18, 2013 20:50 EDT
Newspapers vowed to scrutinise a deal struck by politicians on a tough new press regulator, which they warn threatens 318 years of press freedom.
British MPs strike deal on new press watchdog
Mar 18, 2013 20:48 EDT
Britain's newspapers vowed to scrutinise a deal struck by politicians on a tough new press regulator, which they warn threatens 318 years of press freedom.
British parties strike deal on new press watchdog
Mar 18, 2013 17:26 EDT
Britain's newspapers on Monday vowed to scrutinise a deal struck by politicians on a tough new press regulator, which they warn threatens 318 years of press freedom.
UK politicians reach deal on press regulation
Mar 18, 2013 14:31 EDT
British politicians said Monday they had reached a deal on a tough new press regulator, which they said would rein in misdeeds exposed by the News of the World phone-hacking scandal without curbing press freedom.
British actor Fry spars with anti-gay Russian lawmaker
Mar 14, 2013 11:55 EDT
British actor Stephen Fry on Thursday clashed with the Russian politician behind a controversial law in the second city of Saint Petersburg that activists see as violating the rights of gays.
Smithsonian's got a golden ticket, courtesy Warner Bros
Mar 08, 2013 19:15 EST
Willy Wonka's golden ticket and Batman's mask are among some 30 movie costumes and props given Friday to the National Museum of American History in the US capital.
Snubbed 'Argo' director Affleck to present at Oscars
Feb 14, 2013 16:33 EST
Ben Affleck will join the presenting cast for next week's Oscars, organizers said Thursday, despite the perceived snub that saw him miss the best director nominees' shortlist.
Blood-soaked gangster tale takes US stars to Bucharest
Feb 09, 2013 15:15 EST
A Tarantino-tinged love story plunging US up-and-coming actors Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood into the Bucharest underworld dazzled the Berlin film festival Saturday.
Suu Kyi enchanted by Harry Potter books
Feb 02, 2013 08:33 EST
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi revealed her love of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books as she waxed lyrical about her favourite reads at Myanmar's first international literary festival on Saturday.
'Filch' from Potter films to play first Doctor Who
Jan 30, 2013 07:18 EST
David Bradley, who played the cantankerous caretaker Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films, is to play the first ever Doctor Who in a TV drama about the origins of the 50-year-old sci-fi series.
Actress Miriam Margolyes becomes an Australian
Jan 26, 2013 13:48 EST
British actress Miriam Margolyes, best known for her work in the Harry Potter films, became an Australian citizen on Saturday, saying she felt that the rest of her life would be "joyous".
Britain celebrates 20 years of literary bad sex
Dec 04, 2012 16:30 EST
Canadian author Nancy Huston was on Tuesday awarded what has been dubbed Britain's "most dreaded literary prize" for penning the most cringeworthy erotic description of 2012.
JK Rowling's novel for adults to be adapted for TV
Dec 03, 2012 14:25 EST
The first book for "grown-ups" by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be adapted into a television series, the BBC announced Monday.
Author J.K. Rowling 'dismayed' by British PM on press
Dec 01, 2012 07:54 EST
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling accused British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday of betraying victims of press intrusion after he opposed calls by a major inquiry for laws to regulate newspapers.
Coalition divided over future of the press
Nov 30, 2012 22:09 EST
Work started Friday on a draft law to regulate newspapers, despite Prime Minister David Cameron's strong objection to legislation proposed by a major inquiry into press ethics.
British govt divided over new press law proposals
Nov 30, 2012 07:49 EST
British lawmakers started work Friday on a draft law to regulate the nation's unruly newspapers as proposed by a major press inquiry, despite Prime Minister David Cameron's strong objection to the legislation.
British coalition divided over future of the press
Nov 30, 2012 07:01 EST
MPs started work Friday on a draft law to regulate the nation's unruly newspapers as proposed by a major press inquiry, despite Prime Minister David Cameron's strong objection to the legislation.
Cameron resists laws to curb 'outrageous' press
Nov 30, 2012 01:29 EST
Prime Minister David Cameron indicated he would reject a senior judge's recommendations for new laws to control the country's press despite the publication of a damning report.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Harry Potter | |
|---|---|
 Complete set of the seven books of the "Harry Potter" series. | |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | |
| Author | J. K. Rowling |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, Thriller, Young-adult fiction |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Arthur A. Levine Books (US) Raincoast Books (CAN) |
| Published | 30 June 1997 – 21 July 2007 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) Audiobook |
