JK Rowling:
It is hard to think of a more powerful female figure to have emerged from Scotland in the past decade than JK Rowling. In 2000, Rowling was cementing her position as the world’s most popular children’s author with her fourth Harry Potter book, which broke all literary sales records in both the US and the UK. By 2007, Forbes magazine had ranked her the 48th most powerful celebrity in the world – not just for her enormous impact on child literacy but for her philanthropic work. Her Volant Charitable Trust funds disadvantaged children and MS research. She is a vocal president of One Parent Families, and successfully campaigned for a law change in Romania concerning caged beds for orphans. Whatever she turns her hand to, Rowling has proved she is capable of effecting real change on a global scale.

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So, a little while back, on the 12th, Jo presented an award at The British Comedy Awards Show held in London. We now have photos and a video from this event. We will keep our eyes out for more!

[02x] – The British Comedy Awards Show
[04x] – The British Comedy Awards Show – Stage

Amazon.co.uk has put together a list of their 10 best-selling books and authors of the decade and Harry Potter and Jo are included!

Top 10 best-selling books of the decade:

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – JK Rowling
3. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
6. The Tales of Beedle the Bard – JK Rowling
7. New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
8. The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
9. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
10. A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini

Top 10 best-selling authors of the decade:

1. JK Rowling
2. Stephenie Meyer
3. Julia Donaldson
4. Terry Pratchett
5. Jamie Oliver
6. Dan Brown
7. Enid Blyton
8. Bernard Cornwell
9. Alexander McCall Smith
10. William Shakespeare

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Hey, guys. Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been extremely ill and in and out of hospitals. I will try my best to post the latest news on Jo, but I can’t promise you anything.

~Michaella

Last Saturday, the Harry Potter fans from all over the United States came together in Maine and on the internet try to persuade the voters in Maine to vote against the Propostition 1.

While we waited to call there was a wizard rock concert going on as well. Featuring  Draco and the Malfoys and Harry and the Potters.

The Wrock 4 Equality was an amazing thing to be apart of by me having called Maine a bunch of times. Being apart of the whole experience gave a great adrenaline rush and it was completely amazing.

To find out more about the Harry Potter Alliance go to www.theharrypotteralliance.org

For other articles on the Wrock 4 Equality you can vist

The Leaky Cauldron

or

The Wall Street Journal

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE

Emilie~

I would love to take this moment to wish Happy Birthday to one of my best friends Michealla!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
<3
Emilie~

Hey J.K. Rowling fans. This is a fandom update on how the nerds connect with Harry Potter.

This one video blogger Hank Green from the Vlogbrothers who does a video blog with his brother John Green wrote a song about how badly he wanted the last book of Harry Potter. This project is called, Brotherhood 2.0 is a year-long project in which brothers Hank and John Green have abandoned textual communication in favor of daily videoblogs. (Hank does a song every Wednesday!)

Here is the video in which Hank sings about Harry Potter called Accio Deathly Hallows:

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J.K. Rowling has contributed to a celebrity hand display which will help raise funds for Tilly Lockey, a young girl who needs prosthetic limbs that will need replacing every year until she is 18.  The pictures and casts will go on display at Newcastle’sLife centre for one day and then will be put up for auction at an event on September 5th. The exhibit is free of charge.

Sarah Lockey said: “We have all of these wonderful quirky and unique drawings and hand casts created by celebrities to help us raise funds for Tilly. These will be auctioned at a dinner in September but we wanted to share them with as many people as possible before they become part of someone’s private collection.”

Thanks SS!

JKRowling.com has been updated to wish Percy Ignatius Weasley a very happy birthday. Percy celebrates his 33rd birthday today. Happy 33, Percy!

I found this amazingly funny Half-Blood Prince spoof on the web that I wanted to share with you all. Isn’t it soooo laugh out loud funny?