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"J. K. Rowling Launches Harry Potter Book Club Online" (Reuters)

J.K. Rowling launches Harry Potter book club online

Author J.K. Rowling and her husband Neil Murray sit on Centre Court at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 26, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
NEW YORK | Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:57pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author J.K. Rowling launched an online book club for young readers on Tuesday and will appear in a live global webcast in October from Edinburgh, Scotland, to speak with her fans about the magical world of Harry Potter.Rowling's U.S. publisher, Scholastic, which developed the Harry Potter Reading Club website, said it will be a destination for fans of the British boy wizard and a tool for parents and teachers who want to set up book clubs to introduce children to the joys of reading.
"Scholastic has been in conversation with educators, librarians and other book lovers about ideas for bringing the Harry Potter books to new readers in exciting and different ways," Ellie Berger, president of Scholastic Trade, said in a statement announcing the club.
"The Harry Potter Reading Club is a direct response to that feedback and provides an entry point through which the thrill of these books can be shared with new generations of Harry Potter fans both within and beyond the classroom."
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