I have just spent 2 days at the London Book Fair, having been for the first time last year and really enjoyed the experience, and decided to make it an annual trip! Unfortunately i was only able to go for the Monday and Tuesday, as i couldn’t really afford to stay 3 nights in a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘J.K. Rowling’
The London Book Fair 2012
Posted: April 18, 2012 in Books and their issuesTags: Allen Lau, Books, Caitlin Moran, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, J.K. Rowling, London, London Book Fair, Publishing
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What I Learned From Harry Potter
Posted: March 31, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: Albus Dumbledore, Book, Books, Children's literature, Death Eater, Draco Malfoy, fantasy, Harry, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling, Literature, Lord Voldemort, Voldemort
The Harry Potter series is great because of the following reasons: It shows you what real friends are like – Ron and Hermione could have just stayed at home but they put everything into helping Harry destroy Voldemort and his cronies. Even the most seemingly perfect genius has flaws and a past they are ashamed [...]
February Book Challenge – DAY 27
Posted: February 27, 2012 in Books and their issuesTags: Book, February Book Challenge, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Literature
Favourite fiction book I’m sure I’ve answered this already! It’s hard to pin down just one book, but I still love the Harry Potter books!
February Book Challenge – DAY 16
Posted: February 16, 2012 in Books and their issuesTags: Book, February Book Challenge, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling, Literature
Longest book you’ve read I think it is probably Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!
June Book Challenge – Day 24
Posted: June 24, 2011 in Books and their issuesTags: Books, desert island, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, June Book Challenge, Literature
Today’s question: What book/s would you want to read if you were stuck on a desert island? The entire Harry Potter series – Sounds obvious, but they are big enough to keep me going for a while! And they are brilliant! (But i guess these days, you would just say every single book you can [...]
My Childhood/Young Adult Reading List
Posted: March 23, 2011 in Books and their issuesTags: Books, childhood, Children, Children's literature, Danny the Champion of the World, J.K. Rowling, Jacqueline Wilson, Literature, Publishing, Roald Dahl, Story of Tracy Beaker
Lately I’ve been thinking about the books I read as a child. Possibly because at uni we’re currently studying Children’s Publishing, and someone happened to ask me what I read as a child. Having had a period during my teens where I read very little because I was given access to my own computer with [...]
10 great books i have read
Posted: December 5, 2010 in Book ReviewsTags: Book Review, Books, Cate Tiernan, Chocolat, Fiction, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, Ian McEwan, J.K. Rowling, Joanne Harris, Nicci French, Philip Pullman, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
I thought today i would share a selection of my favourite books of all time with you. 1) the Harry Potter series Brilliant book series, although not so brilliant film versions in my opinion. I had to mention this series obviously, not only because it is one of the bestsellers of all time, but also [...]
Harry Potter – the end is nigh…
Posted: November 12, 2010 in Books and their issuesTags: Book, Books, Children's literature, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Entertainment, Film, Harry Potter, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Hermione Granger, J.K. Rowling, magic, movies, Reading, Trailer, witch, Wizard
As the first part of the film version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is due to be released in cinemas next friday (19th November), i thought i’d do a little blog about it, just to be different! I first encountered this brilliant book when i was at primary school, and my teacher chose [...]
