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How Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons brought 'satanic panic' into the suburbs

Alissa Wilkinson grew up in a conservative evangelical family — a family so conservative she wasn't allowed to read Harry Potter. But JK Rowling's universe was far from the first pop culture phenomenon to fall victim to a "satanic panic".

ABC News · Oct 1, 2022

Turn To Page 394: Here Are 6 Bombshells About The HP Flicks From Alan Rickman’s Diaries

His diaries are set to be posthumously published in October.

Pedestrian.tv · Sep 27, 2022

JK Rowling 'Twitter threat' faces no further action, Police Scotland confirm

The incident occurred on Friday August 12 after she reacted to the news of fellow author Salman Rushdie being stabbed in New York.

Daily Record · Sep 26, 2022

Police drop investigation into ‘online threat’ made to JK Rowling

The author shared screenshots of a message from a user who had written ‘don’t worry you are next’ in response to her tweet about Sir Salman Rushdie.

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022

Fingal libraries' Twitter account suspended after concerns raised over following transphobic accounts

J.K. Rowling has weighed in on the Fingal County Council matter

Dublin Live · Sep 23, 2022

‘We’ve lost a genius’: authors and politicians pay tribute to Hilary Mantel

From JK Rowling to Nicola Sturgeon, world laments death of Booker prize-winning author

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Tributes paid to Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel who has died aged 70

Tributes have been paid to the novelist Dame Hilary Mantel who has died aged 70.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2022

Mary McNamara: The new J.K. Rowling book is not great, but it has nothing to do with transphobia

There are loads of legitimate reasons a reader might dislike "The Ink Black Heart," the sixth book in the Cormoran Strike series. Writing as Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling has spun out a 1,024-page-long mystery, which is long even by, say, Elizabeth George standards and at least 500 pages longer than…

Los Angeles Times · Sep 21, 2022

She's earned her rest: Sir Elton John, Mick Jagger, Helen Mirren, J.K. Rowling pay homage to Queen

The loss of Queen Elizabeth II was felt across the entertainment and literary industries as well, with Sir Elton John, Sir Michael 'Mick' Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney and Dame Helen Mirren leading the celebrities who mourned the loss, reports 'Variety'.

The Times of India · Sep 9, 2022

JK Rowling honours Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy: ‘She’s earned her rest’

Celebrities such as Daniel Craig and Sir Elton John have also paid tribute to Britain’s longest-serving monarch

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022