J.K. Rowling Discusses her Next Book Project and Reveals that She is Personally Registered on Pottermore
Live
Event Was Trending on Twitter as More than a Million Viewers Tuned in
for Webcast and Launch of New Harry Potter Reading Club for Young
Readers
New York, NY October 12, 2012 -- Author J.K. Rowling
drew more than a million Harry Potter fans for a live global webcast
during which she shared never before heard tidbits about the world of
Harry Potter, including back story details, as well as her next writing
project and Pottermore. The live webcast was presented by Scholastic
(NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media
company, and the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter series.
During
the 51 minute webcast, Ms. Rowling discussed her next writing project
which, she said, will likely be a book for young readers, and she
revealed that when she registered herself on Pottermore, she was sorted
into Gryffindor House, but that she “personally would not be at all
disappointed to be sorted into Hufflepuff” and she explains why. Video
clips of her comments are available for download at: http://mediaroom.scholastic.
The
October 11 webcast, hosted by Scholastic Vice President of Productions,
Billy DiMichele, also signaled the launch of a new online destination,
the Harry Potter Reading Club,
created to share the magical world of Harry Potter with a generation of
new readers. The webcast was broadcast live from J.K. Rowling’s
hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the first time she has had the
opportunity to answer questions from kids in a live event since 2007.
The
new Harry Potter Reading Club website provides educators, librarians,
after school program coordinators and parents who want to organize a
book club with access to all the tools they need to host a Harry Potter
Reading Club and celebrate the joy of reading. The first 10,000
registrants for the Club received a welcome kit including bookmarks,
stickers and nametags. Printable versions of these Items will also be
available for download from the website.
The
Harry Potter Reading Club website includes a comprehensive discussion
guide for each of the seven Harry Potter novels. The guides provide
questions to help club members start an insightful conversation about
the themes and events in the books and, in certain instances, how the
books may relate to readers’ own lives and the world today. Each month
Scholastic will add new themed activities to complement the Reading Club
discussions that will often relate to experiences on the Pottermore
website
“We’re
delighted that so many educators, parents and kids tuned into the live
webcast and registered for The Harry Potter Reading Club, and we thank
J.K. Rowling for sharing the magic of Harry Potter and her love of books
and writing with our enthusiastic webcast audience,” said Ellie Berger,
President, Scholastic Trade. “Scholastic has been in conversation with
educators, librarians, parents and other book lovers about ideas for
bringing the Harry Potter books to new readers in exciting and different
ways, and the webcast and Reading Club give us the perfect way to do
that.”
Scholastic
Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world’s largest publisher and
distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology
and related services and children’s media. Scholastic creates quality
books, print and technology-based learning materials and programs,
magazines, multi-media and other products that help children learn both
at school and at home. The Company distributes its products and services
worldwide through a variety of channels, including school-based book
clubs and book fairs, retail stores, schools, libraries, on-air, and
online at www.scholastic.com.
Rowling says she is going back to writing children's books after her first attempt at an adult novel.
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