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Jo Rowling joined comedian Jon Stewart this month on “The Daily Show”, for a conversation that covered everything from Star Wars to American politics. Jo also drew upon her days of living off government assistance to explain the basis of her themes for her first adult book.
Earlier this month, Jo Rowling sat down on the Charlie Rose show for a whole hour of book and movie discussions. Jo and Charlie Rose delved into Casual Vacancy character development, but also spoke a lot on the casting of roles in the Harry Potter films. See the full interview, with a thanks to SnitchSeeker for finding it, here:
JK Rowling will be continuing her promotion of The Casual Vacancy in New York City with an appearance on ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’. A date has been set for Monday October 15, where Jo will be sitting down on the comedy show for the first time. ‘The Daily Show’ airs at 11:00 pm EST on Comedy Central – we’ll hopefully have a video of what’s bound to be a hilarious episode as soon as it’s released online!
Earlier in the day, Jo will also be talking with ‘CBS This Morning’ for another live interview to talk more on the challenges of The Casual Vacancy and the “pressure and pitfalls of publishing a new work”. The two-hour interview will broadcast at 7:00 am EST.
As you already know, Jo is doing a reading from “The Causal Vacancy” in New York on October 16th. For those of you who couldn’t manage to get your hands on tickets, heres an opportunity to go! I (Michaella) unfortunately can’t make it to this event since I am scheduled to be in the hospital
Hypable is giving away a pair of tickets to the October 16th event being held at the David H. Koch Theater in New York City! Not only will you be able to see your favorite author face-to-face, you’ll also get a signed copy of “The Casual Vacancy” and watch as Jo hosts a Q&A with fans.
You can enter the contest by first registering within the widget below using your Facebook or e-mail address, then following the instructions. You can enter in multiple ways using Twitter and Facebook to increase your chances of winning!
The contest is open now through October 7th for United States residents only. The winner will be selected October 8th and the tickets will be mailed to you the following day. This prize includes only tickets. It does not include hotel, airfare, or any other accommodations.
Note: You can enter once per day via Twitter to increase your chances.
Both in the states and Britain “The Causal Vacancy” tops the fiction charts! No shocker there!
J.K. Rowling went easily to the top of the fiction charts on Tuesday with “The Casual Vacancy” notching up first week sales of 124,603.
To put that in context, the figure is ten times bigger than the number two book, Bernard Cornwell’s 1356, which sold 12,231, according to data supplied by Nielsen Book Scan, and more than 20 times bigger than the next new entry, Jackie Collins’ The Power Trip. It also makes Rowling’s book number 25 in the year to date’s fiction tables and number one in the year to date hardback fiction table.
The book, Rowling’s first foray into adult fiction, is the fastest selling hardback novel since Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol”, which sold more than 550,000 in its first week of sale in 2009. -Via The Guardian
The gallery has been updated with over 60 photos of Jo at “The Casual Vacancy” reading & signing and a gorgeous brand new outtake of Jo! Enjoy and remember to keeping checking back for new pics!
Would you like to own a signed copy of Jo’s new book? Who wouldn’t! That was sort of a silly question :p Well if you live in Australia your in luck! The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is giving away three signed copies!
J.K. Rowling signed three copies of her book, “The Casual Vacancy”, for us to give away to three viewers.
To be in the running, you need to send us the first paragraph of your own story called ‘The Casual Vacancy’. Entries are to be fewer than 250 words.
Email your entry to switched.on@abc.net.au.
Competition closes at 5pm on Wednesday, 3 October 2012. You can read the terms and conditions here.
In another clip from Good Morning America’s exclusive interview with Jo, Jo confesses that she went to her eldest daughter, Jessicia for the FYIs on internet slang!
“There are loads of them that I got wrong. Loads of them. And to the extent, I don’t wanna tell you what — how badly I got one of them wrong that I had to go and get– to get a crash course with Jessica,” Rowling said, adding that some of today’s abbreviated slang is “quite ugly.”
“I remember the first time I heard a teenager say ‘LOL.’ Just what? But it means ‘laugh.’ Why don’t you just laugh? What are you doing?” Rowling says.
“It’s not really for me. I’m a middle-aged woman. So as a writer, I find it very interesting, but it would be embarrassing if I started trying to use it too fluently. Sometimes you’ve got to accept you don’t belong in that gang.”
If you live in the states you might have caught GMA’s exclusive interview with Jo about “The Casual Vacancy”. The video of part one of the interview was just put online so now everyone can view the interview! Jo also opens up about her personal life and how she suffered from OCD as a teenager. This is a must-watch video!
