Salon.com > jk rowling http://www.salon.com Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:33:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Quote of the day http://www.salon.com/2012/10/02/quote_of_the_day_32/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/02/quote_of_the_day_32/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13028392 India's Sikh community has condemned J.K. Rowling's recent novel, "The Casual Vacancy," for describing one of the female characters, Sukhvinder, as "mustachioed, yet large-mammaried" and portraying her as a "hairy man-woman." (Traditionally, followers of the Sikh religion are forbidden from cutting or trimming their hair).

India’s Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh group, has spoken out regarding the depiction. The Daily Mail reports:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/10/02/quote_of_the_day_32/feed/ 16 J.K. Rowling might write “director’s cut” of Harry Potter http://www.salon.com/2012/09/27/j_k_rowling_might_write_directors_cut_of_harry_potter/ http://www.salon.com/2012/09/27/j_k_rowling_might_write_directors_cut_of_harry_potter/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13023515 "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, whose adult novel, "The Casual Vacancy," comes out today, might not be done with the "Potter" series after all.  She told BBC that after rereading them, she'd like to spend more time on some of the characters. "And I read them, and I think, 'Oh God, maybe I'll go back and do a director's cut', I don't know," she said.

Rowling also mentioned that it is "very likely" her next book will be for kids. "I have a children's book that I really like. It's for slightly younger children than the Potter books," she said.

Let J.K. Rowling's lit-world takeover commence.

 

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