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.

Honda is to launch a 40th Anniversary Gold Wing and all new CBR1000RR Fireblade SP at the Carole Nash Irish Motorbike & Scooter Show RDS on Feb 27- March 1 next.

THE summer’s wine highlight has come and gone.

Author JK Rowling has revealed plans to pen many more crime thrillers and create “a series” that will run for longer than her hugely successful seven Harry Potter books.

Harry Potter fans have been offered a glimpse into the teenage wizard’s future after JK Rowling resurrected her hero for a new short story that reunites him with his old friends at a Hogwarts School reunion.

Harry Potter fans have been offered a glimpse into the teenage wizard’s future after JK Rowling resurrected her hero for a new short story that reunites him with his old friends at a Hogwarts School reunion.

‘Harry Potter’ creator JK Rowling is turning sports writer to pen a series of match reports from the fictional Quidditch World Cup.

The End is Nigh For Paperbacks. It could be the title of another novel by Irish crime writer John Connolly.

JK Rowling will publish her second crime novel this summer, with her private detective, Cormoran Strike, on the trail of a killer who bumps off a novelist.

JK Rowling is returning to Harry Potter to work on a stage play which will go back to explore the boy wizard’s early years under the Dursleys’ staircase.

Thrillers

THE SUDDEN high is followed by a swift low.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling is making her screenwriting debut for a spin-off film based on a minor character in her stories about the teenage wizard.

Best-selling 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.

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.

Author JK Rowling has revealed she had offers from two TV firms to bring the crime novel she wrote under a pseudonym to the screen even before she was “outed”.

YOU don’t want to get caught in the crosshairs of technology and gossip.

Not many people owned a copy of The Cuckoo’s Calling before word leaked out that author Robert Galbraith was, in fact, JK Rowling.

JK Rowling’s crime debut has gone on to top sales charts after it emerged she had secretly written the novel under a false name.

An ex-military man tries his hand at writing, publishes a debut detective novel, and wins critical acclaim. But here’s the twist in the tale: The true identity of the author is none other than Harry Potter creator JK Rowling.

The latest tax defaulters lists shows that two settlements in excess of €1m have been made with the Revenue Commissioners.