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J.K. Rowling has been honored for her services to the Scottish city in which she dreamed up adventures for Harry Potter, her world-famous boy wizard.
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France paid homage to the author behind fiction’s most famous boy magician by inducting Harry Potter series author J.K. Rowling into the country’s...
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France paid homage to the author behind fiction’s most famous boy magician by inducting Harry Potter series author J.K. Rowling into the country’s...
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The latest magical tome by J.K. Rowling has started to fly off bookstore shelves.
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Recession-hit booksellers are hoping for a magical boost from a new book by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
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News alert for Harry Potter fans: A book of wizard fairy tales written and illustrated by J.K. Rowling is to be published for charity.
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A book of fairy tales written and illustrated by Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is being published for charity.
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British writer J.K. Rowling delivers a speech after she was awarded with the medal of Knight in the Legion of Honor order by French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. France paid homage to...
