Harry Potter author JK Rowling has signed a deal to publish her first novel for adults.

For Laurie Penny and her friends, the Harry Potter stories offered a spellbinding escape from adolescent reality. As the final part of JK Rowling's saga hits the cinema, she explains why they have been left bereft.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts.

Hermione takes to the red carpet for the final time at the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

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This drama of reluctant fatherhood is basically a two-hander between a 14-year-old tearaway (Kyle Ward) and his feckless gambler of a dad (Ian Hart), who re-enters his life almost by accident.

Hogwarts or hotel standards? Jim Kelly discovers why boarding schools are fashionable again

50p Harry Potter fetches pounds 4,830

The unlikeliest of literary heroes is bespectacled and gawky, yet he has hooked children again on the wonder of reading.

OWL POST message to Harry Potter: urgent that you muster magical powers to vapourise American author Nancy Stouffer. If this is not convenient, don't panic. Your creator, J K Rowling is taking her to court.

HARRY POTTER'S adventures, already dark and spooky for children and adult readers, will become even scarier. The author, JK Rowling, says "there will be deaths" in the fourth Harry Potter book - and fans fear for the fate of Harry's best friend Ron.

MICHAEL NYMAN BAND ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL LONDON

ONE OF the most heavily hyped stunts of the publishing world seemed to have paid off yesterday when it was revealed that sales of the latest novel featuring the boy wizard Harry Potter had smashed those of its nearest rival.