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Rowling has repeatedly been criticised and accused of transphobia for her past comments about transgender people

She’s the bestselling author who has never shied away from writing characters with lives very different to her own — but that’s just the job of an author, right? As debate over who gets to tell which stories rages, she speaks to Alexandra Jones about sensitivity readers, cancel culture and…

Studio says it’s ‘proud’ to work with controversial author

‘Next question please,’ a voice off-camera is heard saying in the interview

The Co Louth star played Luna Lovegood from the age of 14

The author now has worldwide fame for her series of fantasy novels, however the 56-year-old shared that when the first Harry Potter was released, she was a "total unknown."

We look back at the how J.K. Rowling's schoolboy wizard Harry Potter has generated millions of pounds and become a worldwide phenomenon in the 25 years since the first book was released in 1997

Bookshops opening at midnight, fevered anticipation, reading parties – JK Rowling’s novels showed us what cultural obsession could look like in an age before on-demand. We’ll never see its like again, says Jessie Thompson

JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and fans have reminisced on what the novel means to them