The Latest Breaking News from JK Rowling

Hogwarts Legacy goes free for the first time to kick off the Epic Games Store's 2025 Holiday Sale

If you still want to play it, here's your chance.

PC Gamer · Dec 12, 2025

“Please Don’t”: Harry Potter Fans Fume Over Alleged Cynthia Erivo Casting As Lord Voldemort

After playing Jesus Christ and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, Cynthia Erivo is now allegedly being considered to portray the 'Harry Potter' villain.

Bored Panda · Dec 4, 2025

‘The IT Crowd’ creator Graham Linehan cleared of harassing transgender activist

The IT Crowd and Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassment against a trans activist but guilty of criminal damage to their phone.

Euronews · Nov 25, 2025

Elon Musk And Vitalik Buterin Together Couldn't Once Convince Harry Potter Author JK Rowling On Bitcoin: 'I Don't Think I Trust This'

J.K. Rowling, the creator of the popular and critically acclaimed Harry Potter series of novels, once expressed genuine confusion about Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), inviting a flood of explanations from prominent figures across the cryptocurrency world.

Benzinga · Nov 16, 2025

Alan Cumming: ‘After my rant about trans rights, I was worried I would be deported’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The actor is also a deeply concerned US citizen. He talks to Patrick Smith about the fear gripping the US, JK Rowling, the star-studded mini-festival he’s holding in tiny Pitlochry, and working on Russell T Davies’s new drama

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

BBC staff tried to block interview with ‘very problematic’ Harry Potter author JK Rowling

Futher revelation of ‘censorship’ emerges as Director-General Tim Davie and his head of news resign in a row over how Donald Trump’s speech was edited

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2025

BBC Anchor Disciplined For “Showing Disgust” On-Air With Remark Seemingly Aimed At Trans People

“What it must be like to devalue other people's experiences of themselves so much that you also devalue their lives in such a way."

Bored Panda · Nov 7, 2025

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling audiobook review – an all-star outing

Cush Jumbo, Hugh Laurie and Matthew Macfadyen bring extra twinkle to Rowling’s magical tale

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

Fury As Samara Gill Shreds 'Misogynist' Glamour Magazine For Naming Trans Activists 'Women Of The Year'

Samara Gill's viral shredding of Glamour's 'Women of the Year' cover has ignited a fierce culture war after the magazine honoured nine trans activists; here's what Glamour said, who was named and why the debate matters.

International Business Times UK · Nov 4, 2025

France treats cyber harassment differently to rest of EU. These are the other high-profile cases

Brigitte Macron mounted a cyber harassment case against 10 people who claimed France’s first lady is transgender or was born a man. What other cases are there in France?

Euronews · Nov 4, 2025