This morning I was delighted to discover that J.K. Rowling announced that she will be publishing her first book for adults with Little, Brown and Company.
Rowling has not published anything since “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” a collection of fairy tales that tie in to her beloved Harry Potter series, in 2008.
The title, publication date and more details about the novel with be announced later this year, but Rowling stated in a press release that her “next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series.”
I think it’s good that Rowling is putting an emphasis on how this book is not going to be Harry Potter-like, but I doubt that will stop people from comparing the two. I also find it interesting that it’s being labeled as an adult book, when the Harry Potter series dealt with a lot of adult things. I’ve personally never been a fan of labeling the Harry Potter books “children’s books” to begin with, so I’m curious just how “adult” this new novel will be.
J.K. Rowling is probably the only author out there who could write literally anything and the public would buy millions of copies of it. But I hope it doesn’t disappoint. She’s proven that she’s a talented storyteller, but writing a follow-up to one of, if not the, most popular book series of all time has to be a daunting task.
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