BOOK NEWS
SOME RANDOM NEWS ON BOOK 5
Apart from the title, JK. Rowling has mentioned in some interviews that some characters of the previous volumes will reappear, for instance Professor Lupin.
But the biggest secret is when the fifth book will be published. Originally it seemed that the book would be released along with the film "Harry Potter and the philosopher's / sorcerer's stone" in November 2001. Apparently the publication of volume 5 has been postponed until 2003!
In a recent Interview Joanne Rowling revealed a little more of the contents of book 5: "Harry visits a few places that have been mentioned in the books, but we've never got inside before. He visits places other than Diagon Alley and Hogwarts. People will be able to guess where, I'm sure."
Updates: JK. Rowling is currently working on "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the fifth book in a series that is planned to reach its conclusion with the seventh instalment. Sex and death will be the next challenges for Harry Potter, she says. The fifth book will see "more boy-girl stuff, inevitably. They are 15 now, hormones working overtime." Rowling adds: "Harry has to ask some questions that I hope the reader will think, ‘Well why hasn’t he asked this before?’ Harry finds out a lot more about his past. You get into locations you have never been before, but they’ve been mentioned already. So people could guess rightly where we are going in book five. Harry gets to go to places in the magical world we haven’t yet visited."
"And more people are going to die. And there’s at least one death that’s going to be horrible to write."
Readers should be prepared to see a popular character meet a grisly end. She says: "I’m puzzled by the fact that people say, ‘Oh you’re going to kill people?’ I really don’t think you need too much insight to guess that death and murder are always a possibility in the world."
In a rare interview Rowling admitted that she wrote the final chapter of the schoolboy wizard’s escapades before she had written the first novel. The last book: “This is really where I’ll wrap everything, it’s the epilogue and I basically say what happens to everyone after they leave school — those who survive, because there are deaths, more deaths coming.”
She says: "I’m not going to say I’ll never write anything to do with the world of Hogwarts (the school for wizards) ever again. Because I have often thought that (if I wrote) book eight, I think it would be right and proper that it should be a book whose royalties go to charity entirely." She says that such a book would most likely be an encyclopaedia of the world of Harry Potter, not a novel. "Then I could rid myself of every last, lurking detail," she says. "But no, not a novel." More news to come, so keep your eyes open!!!
BOOK 5 MIGHT BE OUT LATER THAN FEARED
David Heyman, the producer of the movies, was speaking to the American magazine Entertainment Weekly. He said: "With the first two books there was no pressure. By the third book there was a little pressure. And with the fourth book, she faced huge pressure. "Right now, Jo is just taking the time to write the best book that she can." Part of the problem is the time it will take to get the book ready and printed - probably five months once JK has finished the book. So, even though publishers Bloomsbury said in May that it might be out by the end of 2002, it's now almost impossible we'll get our hands on it this year.
THE LATEST BOOK 5 RELEASE
WAIT PROBLEM: For Potter fans, it's a torture worthy of the dungeons of Azkaban. Two full years have passed since the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and now there are rumblings the J.K. Rowling's next book might not be out until well into 2003. "With the first two books there was no pressure. By the third book there was a little pressure. And with the fourth book, she faced huge pressure. Right now, Jo is just taking the time to write the best book that she can," says David Heyman, a producer on the Warner Bros. Potter films who is in regular contact with Rowling. "My sense is that the book won't come out until next fall." Indeed, Scholastic Books chief exec Dick Robinson recently told Bloomberd News that the fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, may not be published until the middle of next year. "We don't have it yet," says a spokesperson for te imprint. "But she's writing happily, and once we have it, it will take about five months to get it out." Sorry, Potter-ites: Your Dementors torture looks likely to continue for a while.
LOOKING BACK AT J.K. ROWLINGS JOURNEY
Centuries after the death of the era of witches and wizards, magic and sorcery have once again conquered the world of the ordinary muggle. Wondering what the muggle is or, for that matter, how this sea-change came about? Well, one doesn't need a wand or acrystal ball to get an answer. Just type 'Harry Potter' on any search engine on the Internet and the popularity of J.K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling's four-book series hits you right between the eyes. Fan clubs, home pages, research material and chat rooms onthe author and her books scream for attention. And for the uninitiated, the muggles are the non-magical people in Rowling's world of fantasy.
So who is J.K.Rowling anyway? More importantly who is Harry Potter - besides being a character that Rowling created and one, that whipped up a storm in the world of publishing, akin to Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and The Wizard of Oz? Nobody knew of J.K.Rowling before 1996. She was a struggling Scottish writer who had never published a book. Like many other struggling authors, this single mother living on a State security pension in Edinburgh dreamt of writing a fantasy book for children. Life had not been kind to Rowling. A university graduate, she took up a teaching assignment in Portugal, where she married a journalist and had a daughter. But the two were divorced in a couple of years and Rowling had to move back to Edinburgh, pennilessand with a daughter in tow.
Her first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone revolved around - you guessed it - Harry Potter and his sidekicks, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger as also his rival Draco Malfoy and his evil nemesis Lord Voldemort. Potter is an orphan raised byhis evil aunt and uncle. He is actually the son of a wizard who was killed by the evil sorcerer, Voldemort. Potter doesn't know that he is a descendent of wizards till a gentle giant admits him to Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. At thisunusual school Harry learns not just magic but also the fact that God has sent him on a mission - to rid the world of evil. Ever since that first book was released, Rowling's world changed dramatically. She became a celebrity overnight. Garnering ravereviews world-wide, the book managed to cross cultural and geographical barriers, becoming a sell-out in most countries - from England to Sweden to India.
Rowling states however, that she will never forget her days of pain and misery. Penniless and single, she wrote the book on scraps of paper at a local café - because her flat was 'cold and miserable', - while her three month old daughter, Jessica, slept by her side blissfully unaware of the bewitching potion her mother was brewing.
Too poor to even afford a xerox copy of her manuscript, Rowling had to type it twice over till she could take it to any publisher. A grant from the Scottish Arts Council enabled her to finish the book. She said in an interview, "That was probably thelowest point in my life. I was divorced, jobless and had a tiny baby to look after. My self-esteem was shattered." Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1996) of course changed all that. Such was the response to the book that Rowling went on to win the British Book Award, the Children's Book of the Year Prize and the Triple Smarties Gold Award, netting a cool US$100,000 advance from Scholastic Books for the American edition. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone also hit the cover of Time magazine and spent an unprecedented 42 weeks on the New York Times' Best-seller List. Five million copies were published inhardback and 3.5 million in paperback. Written primarily for kids between the age group of eight and 12, the book cut across age barriers and became a best seller in adult reading as well. But how did it feel to become such an instant success? SaysRowling, "It sounds a bit twee, but nothing since has matched the moment when I actually realised that 'Harry' was going to be published. That was the realisation of my life's ambition - to be a published author - and the culmination of so much effort onmy part. The mere fact that I would see my book on a bookshelf in a bookshop made me happier than I can say."
...One might wonder what inspired Rowling to write so brilliantly. Said the author in an interview, "It's simple enough. I didn't want Jessica to grow up this way. I wanted her to have all the comfort life has to offer. She became my inspiration and Harry and Hogwarts became a safe haven, someplace that I could always turn to. I knew that I didn't have the luxury of getting writer's block, so I wrote as if driven by the devil himself and vowed that I would finish the book before 1996 was out."
The result, as we know, was a brilliant piece of literature that had all the makings of a classic. With a flair for wit and originality, that surprised most, Rowling has delivered not just a children's series but all-time favourites.
WOULD HAVE BEEN OLD ENOUGH TO GRADUATE COLLEGE
WHILE there's no disputing today is Harry's birthday, the year he was born has been the subject of heated debate among internet fans of the fictional character.
In the Philosopher's Stone, it reads, `tomorrow, Tuesday, was Harry's eleventh birthday.'
July 31 doesn't fall on a Tuesday very often and most readers assumed that, because the book was published in 1997, Harry attended Hogwarts during the 1990's - and 1990 is the only year July 31 falls on a Tuesday. That means Harry was born in 1979 and would turn 23 today.
But in the Chamber of Secrets, Harry was said to be 12 when he helped Nearly Headless Nick celebrate his deathday anniversary on October 31, 1992, meaning he'd been born in 1980 and would be 22 today.
JK Rowling chose July 31, her own birthday, for Harry as a private joke when writing the first book.
"I'd always felt that July 31st was a bit thin on Big Name Birthdays," she told the `harrypotterfans' website. "It was a sort of very private joke with myself, giving this totally unknown, fictional boy my birthday.
"The fans all remember. I've never received so many cards in my life. I wanted Harry to have a birthday during the summer holidays so he could be with the horrible Dursleys when his eleventh birthday rolled around ."
Spookily, actor Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry in the blockbuster movies of the books, also shares his birthday with his character and Rowling.
Dan wasn't born on July 31—he was born on the 23rd for crying out loud he isnt REALLY Harry Potter!!
LOOKING AT THE ASTROLOGY IN HARRY'S HOROSCOPE
ONCE one starts delving into the realms of the magical, age and things like birthdates become rather fuzzy, as magic can take us back and forth through time.
So you must forgive the fact that, while Harry's birthday remains fixed as being on July 31 every year - making him a proud and clever Leo - his actual age must, for the sake of the magic, remain something of a mystery.
But is it coincidence, or magical plan then that the boy wizard's real life persona, Daniel Radcliffe, was also born on July 31? And that creator JK Rowling celebrates her own birthday on that day?
Leo is all about childhood, about playtime, glamour, imagination and of love's power. Leo is about magical creativity and sunshine and directness, and it's the only sign of the zodiac that's not ruled by a mere orbiter planet or satellite, but by the very Sun itself, the ultimate bringer of light and power. Truly, the only sign suitable for such a character as Harry.
As to the future? Jupiter, bringer of new fortune and glory arrives on August 1 in Leo, suggesting a marvellous year in prospect for all born under that sign.
Harry will be in stunning form in three movies, possibly four, but the number Three is what's magically appearing through the mist swirling over his chart.
Looks like our Harry is set to evolve into a family chap with a magical child of his own and an island address.
Correction: Daniel Radcliffe was not born on the 31 as mentioned above, but on July 23.
WHAT MIGHT OF HARRY HAD ON HIS BIRTHDAY WISHLIST
Daily Record has an interesting article on what Harry might have on his birthday wishlist:
HE'S the world's most-loved orphan, star of the Quidditch pitch, famed for his lighting- bolt scar, and today he celebrates his birthday.
Harry Potter, the hero of JK Rowling's best-selling children's books, will be the centre of attention in the magical and Muggle worlds on his big day.
Millions of birthday telegrams are winging their way to the teenager by owl post and Muggle mail, while fans sign giant cards and swamp the Internet with greetings.
But the shy Seeker is likely to be spending his special day, like the rest of the summer holidays, with the dreaded Dursleys.
As well as escaping from the murderous clutches of evil Lord Voldemort on several occasions, Harry has also defeated dragons, wrestled bogwarts and endured the nasty bullying of sarcastic potions teacher, Professor Severus Snape.
Even he can't escape Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, or greedy cousin Dudley. As a child, his reluctant guardians kept him out of sight and even his birthdays were spent locked in the cupboard under the stairs.
So, to cheer up the Hogwarts pupil, we take a look at a birthday wishlist, prospective magical careers, gorgeous girlfriends and a make-over for the geeky youth.
Birthday wishlist
ALL talk of Dementors and Death Eaters will be banished for the day as `the boy who lived' blows out the candles on his Berti Botts cake.
Harry was rescued from a grim life with his muggle relatives on his 11th birthday, when Hogwarts Academy caretaker, Rubeus Hagrid, took him away to the wizard school, where he learned he was the most famous boy in the wizarding world.
Top of his birthday wishlist this year might be a new broomstick.
His nifty Nimbus 2000 was left battered and broken after too many violent Quidditch matches, while the Firebolt model Sirius gave him in the third book, Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkhaban, will be as unfashionable as Dumbledore's dress sense by the time Rowling's next instalment is finally finished.
Perhaps he's outgrown Hedwig, his snowy owl and could take advice from Hagrid, the gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures master, on a new pet.
A ridgeback dragon, hippogriff or wolfhound, like Hagrid's fearsome Fluffy, would be an ideal protector from the dark forces at Hogwarts.
His image
SOMETHING else he's outgrown is his schoolboy look. His days of sporting long hair, thick glasses and wooly jumpers must be coming to an end, particularly if he wants to catch the eye of more babes like Beauxbeaton pupil, Fleur Delacour, from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. With the fortune in galleons, knuts and sickles that his parents left him at Gringotts Goblin Bank, money is not a problem.
The Beatles moptop needs to be replaced, if not by a trendy Beckham blonde mohican, then at least a shorter, spikier style.
His habit of being instantly recognised by the lightning-bolt scar, will become an embarrassment to the teen wizard, who may want to borrow some of Hermione's make- up to cover his most famous feature.
And Mrs Weasley will have to find someone else to knit for. Her thick wooly jumpers bearing a giant `H' for Hogwarts, were long an embarrasment to Ron and his four brothers, before she began sending them to poor Harry, too.
But his biggest image boost would be contact lenses. While his thick- rimmed round black glasses have inspired thousands of copy-cats, there's no doubt his NHS specs are more hindrance than help to the boy who spends most of his time fighting evil.
Love life
HIS new look should help him find his first girlfriend. Readers of the fourth book, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, will know his heart was sent fluttering by a fellow Hogwarts pupil, Cho Chang.
Sadly, his first crush on the Hufflepuff girl ended in tears when she fell for blond hunk, Cedric Diggory - all the more reason for Harry's make- over.
Gryffindor housemate Hermione, showed good looks hide behind her fuzzy mane of mousy hair and serious face in the fourth book's Yule Ball. Could the brainy best friend be a future girlfriend for Harry?
Star Wars actress Natalie Portman would be a perfect match for the Gryffindor boy.
Apart from her brains and beauty, Natalie has also battled her fair share of monsters and demons in A Phantom Menace and Attack Of The Clones and could help Harry out of his regular scrapes with baddies. Charlotte Church, aged 16, is a similar age, but the singer could well be too straightlaced and serious and is unlikely to relish a night spent wearing his invisibility cloak and roaming the Forbidden Forest.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, alias Sarah Michelle Gellar, would relish such hi- jinks, though ...
Career prospects
THERE'S also the question of magic careers for Harry, once he's finished saving the world and his days of studying spells and monsters are over - that is, if Rowling doesn't kill him off in the last book, as she has hinted at.
He's unlikely to follow a career in journalism, despising the antics of Daily Prophet hack Rita Skeeter, and her sensationalist reports.
A stint behind the bar at the Three Broomsticks pub in Hogsmeade or the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley is more likely as a way to earn money - and escape the Dursleys - during the holidays.
His experience in the non-magic world could lead to an office job with Ron's father, Arthur Weasley, who heads up the Ministry of Magic's Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.
But the daily chore of dealing with problems concerning enchanted muggle items, could easily bore Harry, who'd relish a more active job in the limelight.
Snapped up as Seeker for the Gryffindor quidditch squad in his first year at Hogwarts, Harry has won them countless crucial matches and is the youngest player ever to join the team.
A massive fan of the wizard sport, he was speechless with excitement as a spectator of the quidditch World Cup Final in book four.
Despite the regular injuries from bludgers, a professional career as a quidditch player would no doubt be his dream.
Two summers have passed since the fifth instalment of the seven-part series was due to be published and whatever trials, tests and terrors the future holds for Harry, only Rowling knows - and she's not telling just yet.
But will she let Harry live past his teens?
Hehe, of course she will! He'll just be held back a year...or two (just kidding)!
HARRY POTTER STILL ISNT DOING A DISAPPEARING ACT
HARRY Potter's magic is showing no signs of waning, according to the annual list of the most popular books read in Australia.
The schoolboy wizard's four books took out the top four spots in the Australian Publishers Association list, selling more than 1.7 million copies in the 12 months to April this year.
Although first published in 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone took out the top spot, mainly due to heavy marketing of the movie version released late last year.
The second film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is not due out until the end of this year, but sales of the books show no sign of slowing down.
Marketing manager at distributors Allen and Unwin, Liz Bray, said anecdotal evidence suggested up to 40 per cent of the readers hooked on author J.K. Rowling's evocative fantasy world were adults.
"In Australia, across the life of the whole series we've sold about 4.4 million copies, certainly unprecedented in that short space of time," Ms Bray said.
The Harry Potter phenomenon bumped perennial favourite Bryce Courtenay into fifth spot with his novel Four Fires, which sold more than 250,000 copies. Pamela Stephenson's biography of her comedian husband Billy Connolly sold more than 225,000 copies.
Bridget Jones's Diary and fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings also sold strongly after the release of movies based on the books.
HARRY"S BIRTHDAY BASH AT ORDERS:
Today, as some of you might know, was when Borders Bookstore threw a party for Harry Potter who will be turning fifteen tomorrow and JK Rowling's birthday is tomorrow too! I went to Borders to check it out and they had all sorts of activies! There was wand making, which was when all the kids got to make their own magic wand, pin the lightning bolt on Harry's forehead. You could also make your own monster. There was cake for everyone. They sung "Happy Birthday" and also a "silly" song. The party was mostly aimed for littler kids. They had a grand time at the party.
THE GOBLET OF FIRE ARRIVES ON PAPER BACK
I should have mentioned this a bit earlier, but nonetheless, Book 4 finally hits store shelves in paperback form! Be sure you order your copy at Amazon.com today to help support the webhosting fees for your favorite HP fan site, iHP.net ;) And according to the ordering page at Amazon, this edition of GoF ranks number 6, which is really impressive. And on another interesting note: it's now 752 pages, instead of its predecessor, which was 734 pages for the US. Just cool :D
MAYBE ITS NO SURPRISE ROWLINGS A GREAT WRITER
WEEKEND birthday star is Harry Potter creator, writer JK Rowling, who was born on July 30, 1965, under the richly creative sign of Leo.
JK has the classic writer's aspect between Moon and Mercury, plus a meticulous Virgoan side, too, which means attention to every little detail and that's what makes all her books so completely enchanting.
Leo is known as the golden child of the Sun - someone who treats children as people, and JK has a great affinity with the children of the world.
I'd say she will do some marvellous things for kids in faraway locations, and a hospital or clinic could be founded thanks to her. I do see a lot of building work around her, walls being torn down and something purpose-built. Also a big rise in personal joy over the coming months.
ITS FAMILY-BONDING TIME WITH HARRY POTTER
Harry Potter has been hailed as the saviour of reading among children. But now it seems his magic wand is making parents reach for the book shelf too. His magic and the fantasy world of The Lord of the Rings are enticing and exciting children and grown-ups in equal measure - so more and more are cuddling up together for a shared storytime. As Jason Hippisley reports, record numbers are finding enjoyment in books that please everyone.
LITTLE bookworm Lewis Green is not the only one fired up by the magic of Harry Potter.
Lewis (nine) is an avid reader and cannot get enough of his favourite stories - and neither it seems can his parents Pearl and Sean.
Since the advent of the Harry Potter adventure series which appeal to adults and children alike, Mr and Mrs Green have fought over who gets to read the next chapter.
And according to new research, so are parents up and down the country.
The popularity of characters like Harry and Bilbo Baggins have encouraged increasing numbers of parents to pick up their children's books and share a bed-time story.
The rise of stories that engage both children and adults - known as kid-ult books - has bridged the generation gap and resulted in a record 90 per cent of parents making time to read with their children.
A similar survey in 2000 showed that only 40 per cent of children were being read a bed-time story.
This year's poll of 1,000 parents by ICM for Powergen found that in the past year, half of them had read a kid-ult book such as a Harry Potter or part of the Tolkein trilogy.
Such books have traditionally been the reserve of the young reader.
But parents are discovering just how good they are and as a result, they are almost fighting for the excuse to be able to read them themselves - under the pretence offered by their young brood.
Pearl Green said there was no holding her back when it came to turning the pages on Harry Potter.
She and Sean have read to Lewis since he was tiny and both have always relished the daily task.
But when the little Harry Potter came on the scene with his adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this stepped up a gear.
"We have always read to Lewis and thoroughly enjoy it, but with Harry Potter we were almost fighting over who was going to read the next chapter," she said.
"We were both so deeply engrossed in it. Even if I lost out and it wasn't my turn I'd curl up with Lewis whilst Sean took us through the thrills and spills.
"There's no doubt that we enjoyed the Harry Potter books as much as Lewis and at tea-time we would all sit around and discuss what we thought was coming next.
"We've had some really late nights because of Harry, because you are into the next page or chapter before you know it," said Mrs Green.
"But it's not just Harry Potter, we read everything together," said Mrs Green, who works at Redwood Kids Club in Waddington.
Tucked up at home in Elm Close North Hykeham, near Lincoln, Mrs Green (33), Mr Green (36) and Lewis have got through shelf upon shelf of books together.
..."Every night before he goes to bed, we get him in to his pyjamas, have a glass of milk and cuddle up on the sofa," said Mrs Green.
"It's great for bonding.
"Many parents would have stopped once their child had learnt to read for themselves, but we find that it's a lovely time to spend together.
..."I usually choose what books I want to read but sometimes I've seen mum or dad reading them when I'm not there."
CAN THE FIRST AMENDMENT SAVE FANTASY BOOKS?
A group is petitioning Cromwell's school board to strike from the curriculum books, field trips, programs and other study materials they feel threaten their values. It is their right to hold those beliefs. It's also their right to act on those beliefs and to seek redress.
But they don't have a right to impose their beliefs on the community.
The petitioners want the school board to drop the books, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare, and "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson. They also don't like field trips to the Salem Witch Museum in Massachusetts, the "Harry Potter" book series and a spelling curriculum called "Cast a Spell." The petition urges the elimination of studies touching on witchcraft, magic and related material, calling it "satanic" and "a danger to our children."
Athough the petition is still being circulated, reports in the local media indicate the community isn't buying it. Some have accused the petitioners of intolerance and bigotry.
Each of the books has won a national literary award. Ironically, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," set in Connecticut in 1687, is a fictional account about a girl accused by Puritans of being a witch. "Terabithia" is about a boy and girl who create an imaginary kingdom in the woods.
Academic merits aside, this issue goes to the glue of a secular and democratic society. The First Amendment provides the right to express and practice our beliefs - Christian, Islamic, Jewish, atheist, pantheist or otherwise. That's because the people who wrote the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights knew oppression - state-sponsored religion being one form - and had a vision of a different form of government.
That freedom gives people of any belief the right to say and believe what they want. It also demands they respect the beliefs of others - however "wrong" they might seem.
HARRY CAN"T BEHELD BACK A YEAR CAN HE?
The world's most famous student of magic may be held back a year.
Scholastic Corp., U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter book series, said Friday that the fifth installment may not come out until the company's next fiscal year, which begins in June.
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was originally scheduled for release this month. In June, the book's British publisher, Bloomsbury, said the book would be delayed indefinitely. While speculation has been rampant that author J.K. Rowling is suffering from writer's block, both publishers insist she is simply taking her time.
The series has boosted Scholastic's fortunes. After the July 2000 release of the fourth novel, the company reported $200 million in Potter-related sales, about 10 percent of its revenue.
At Scholastic's annual meeting in Manhattan, officials said they have not yet signed a contract with Rowling for the fifth book. Spokeswoman Judy Corman said the lack of a contract is "inconsequential."
"There's no way we could be interrupting her writing to start dealing on a contract," she said. "When she finishes the book, we'll get it."
Corman said Scholastic's sales from the series are expected to pick up in November, when Warner Brothers will release a second movie, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
At Books of Wonder, an independent children's book store on West 18th Street in Manhattan, assistant manager Julie Fogliano said she still gets a steady stream of customers asking about the fifth book, but most are resigned to wait.
"Since it was announced that it was going to be delayed for a while, people have calmed down a bit," she said. "I'm sure once the book comes out, people will be just as excited."
Still going long and strong...news.com.au says:
This Is Lincolnshire says:
ctnow.com has this good article about the bannings of two other fantasy novels in another town: