1) The final Harry Potter film is on general release tomorrow. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Pt 2 has garnered blanket coverage in Fleet Street’s cultural supplements. Reviews so far have been surprisingly promising: Kaleem Aftab, of the Independent, declares that ‘the wait was worth it’ and maintains the film ‘is not a disappointment’, while Kate Muir of the Times calls (£) it ‘a moving, well-crafted end to a British cultural franchise’.
2) Recently, J.K. Rowling launched a new venture, Pottermore. The site, as she explains in a promo vid, will be ‘the exclusive place to purchase digital audio books and, for the first time, e-books of the Harry Potter series.’ When quizzed about her own views on digital versus print and paper, Rowling told the BBC: ‘I’ve used both, enjoyed both and I think that’s the future. But I don’t think print and paper will ever die.’
3) It is a time of endings for Rowling.
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