When Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was published in 1997, the world of magic, Dumbledore, lightning-shaped scars and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was born. Suddenly, every kid dreamed of getting a ...

Rowling's new book is a major departure from the fantasy world of Harry Potter. Sept. 26, 2012— -- J.K. Rowling's new novel is called The Casual Vacancy, but it might as well be called Great ...

Everybody's got an opinion about J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. With the embargo on reviews now lifted, the book is drawing wildly polarized responses. Some outlets leaked early reviews, but ...

Author J.K. Rowling’s rags-to-riches biography is arguably better known than her most famous creation, Harry Potter. As the oft-repeated origin story goes, Rowling was a single mother making ends meet ...

(AP) Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says her first book for adults will be called “The Casual Vacancy.” She says the book will be set in an English town called Pagford that is not as idyllic as it ...

JK Rowling has again stormed into the fiction charts at number one, but this time with The Casual Vacancy, the Harry Potter author's first book for adults. The novel, set in a small town in the West ...

The BBC and HBO are teaming up to produce J.K. Rowling’sThe Casual Vacancy, her 2012 book that was her first post-Harry Potter project. The book has sold six million copies worldwide, and will be ...

The first picture features Julia McKenzie (Marple) and Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty) as Shirley and Samantha Mollison. Michael Gambon, Keeley Forsyth, Rufus Jones, Rory Kinnear and Monica Dolan also ...

A new era is born.