Little, Brown to publish J K Rowling's first adult novel this year

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Little, Brown is publish J K Rowling’s first novel for adults worldwide in the English language, both in print and e-books.

 

David Shelley, publisher, Little, Brown, will be Rowling’s editor and will be responsible for publication in the UK with Michael Pietsch, executive vice-president of Little, Brown and Company, responsible for publication in the US. The book will be published by Hachette in Australia and in New Zealand and by Hachette’s companies and normal appointed agents for the English language in other markets.

 

The title, the date for the worldwide publication, and further details about the novel will be announced later in the year. Hachette refused to divulge any further details about the deal, including whether an advance was paid, and when further details would be forthcoming.

 

Rowling said her next book would be "very different" to the Harry Potter series. "The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry's success has brought me, and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher." It had been rumoured for sometime that Rowling was working on a crime novel set in Edinburgh.

 

At Little, Brown Shelley has published crime writers such as Mark Billingham, Val McDermid and Carl Hiaasen. Shelley said it was "a personal and professional dream come true" to be working with Rowling.

 

Rowling was represented by Neil Blair of The Blair Partnership. Blair split from the literary agency that first represented Rowling, Christopher Little, last year in a move that led to the creation of Pottermore, a website based around the Harry Potter books that will also exclusively sell the e-book versions of the series.

 

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I really liked the last harry potter books so I am pretty curious about how this will turn out. the books where much darker and serious than the movie that felt more like a weak theater play of the books

Adult novel you say...

  On 2/23/2012 at 5:18 PM, Higgins VanHiggins said:

Adult novel you say...

bent over harry

  On 2/23/2012 at 5:19 PM, o00o said:

  On 2/23/2012 at 5:18 PM, Higgins VanHiggins said:

Adult novel you say...

 

bent over harry

let me see your wand harry

Yay! I am excited!

Harry contracts hog-warts after an extra-marital affair and spends his nights in the throes of a sex addiction, giving in to every impulse, bit is it too late?

*makes a joke, wherein I substitute the word 'hairy' for the word 'Harry'*

  On 2/23/2012 at 6:57 PM, Candiru said:

Harry contracts hog-warts after an extra-marital affair and spends his nights in the throes of a sex addiction, giving in to every impulse, bit is it too late?

they are all adults now right?

vampires

Harry Potter and the Haunted Dildo.

Legend of the Cock Wizard

Cassetteboy v Harry Potter

I hope it's Hermione's sexual adventures

i just really hope everyone will realize that she's steak and shake of the writing world

i don't know what that means. I like steak.

she's the chipotle of the writing world.

what is the matter with chipotle

  On 2/24/2012 at 7:51 AM, dr lopez said:

she's the chipotle of the writing world.

She makes this happen when you read her books?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XNOiZfcNz0&feature=related

Steak & Shake is definitely a way worse restaurant than Chipotle, even if Chipotle isn't even close to authentic mexican food.

but yeah not excited about this at all. I actually happen to love harry potter, but it's way more about the plot and the concept than the way it's executed, and I don't think she has the finesse to pull off a good mystery novel. Unless "crime novel" means thriller, in which case I am not even going to bother reading it.

Herpione

It'll suck, but it'll be a huge hit. There'll be a film within 4 years. It'll suck, but it'll be a huge hit.

World keeps turnin'.