Wands at the ready!

Still reeling from the decision to make Wonder Woman a UN ambassador for gender equality, Suzanne Harrington pays tribute to the real wonder women of our time.

Given wizardry is her forte, it comes as no surprise that JK Rowling’s particular brand of magic has extended to sales of a script inspired by one of her stories — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two has become the fastest-selling script of all time.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to receive a prestigious award from literary and human rights group PEN America.

JK Rowling said she “loves black Hermione” and defended the decision to cast a black actress in the role of Hermione Granger in a new stage play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.

J.K. Rowling worries she will die before she finishes writing her new children's books.

Author JK Rowling has revealed she often worries about dying before getting her stories published.

It was time for Harry's son to go to Hogwarts.

Fourteen bodies have been discovered on an overcrowded barge in the Mediterranean Sea; A man charged with murdering another man in a "frenzied" knife attempted to flee Limerick District court this morning; A former detective with Scotland Yard has claimed police covered up an Irish serial killer who stalked and murdered 18 people on the London Underground Here’s today’s lunchtime irishexaminer.com round-up.

She made her name writing children’s book yet is considered one of the literary talents of a generation. As her 50th birthday approaches, fellow author, Louise O’Neill profiles the wonderful JK Rowling

JK Rowling has tweeted her excitement as thousands of young girls turned out to audition for a role in a Harry Potter spin-off film.

JK Rowling’s children’s charity is teaming up with NUI Galway to help millions of children unnecessarily placed in orphanages worldwide reunite with their families.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play that will tell a new story from the Potterverse. 

We echo her message.

And it's thanks to the 'Harry Potter' author.

The purity and potency of all the main illegal drugs is increasing in Europe drug experts have warned; Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce has called for a full investigation into a $5m payment to the FAI and a man who was paralysed in a car crash almost 25 years ago has taken his first steps. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

With the Leaving Cert underway, thousands of teenagers are living in fear of messing up. Clodagh Finn says they should look to the wise words of JK Rowling who says failure and imagination were the makings of her.

A newspaper has lost its challenge to a High Court ruling that author JK Rowling should be allowed to read a unilateral statement in open court as part of the settlement of a libel claim.

Certain words and sentences from Harry Potter stories cast a spell on the brain, activating regions that process emotions, research has shown.

That quick wit is going nowhere!

The Harry Potter author wrote the letter praising Johnnnie Blue, who credits the author with saving his life.

The search to find the Top 100 books threw up some surprises when our readers responded, but the magic of ‘Harry Potter’ won out in the battle with ‘The Lord of the Rings’, writes Mark Evans.

Author JK Rowling has accepted a substantial donation to charity from a law firm which breached her confidentiality by revealing she was writing under a pseudonym.