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From Publishers Weekly, News item on JKR
Oct. 17th, 2007 01:09 pmposted in Pw Daily, October 15, 2007...
Screaming Fans Greet J.K. Rowling's Open Book Tour
By Sonja Bolle
J.K. Rowling kicked off her Open Book Tour in Los Angeles on Monday, October 15, her first appearance in the U.S. following the publication of the record-shattering last volume in the Harry Potter series. The Kodak Theater, site of the annual Academy Awards, was the proper locale for the event, as 1600 schoolchildren—40 carefully selected students from 40 Los Angeles schools—screamed at Rowling’s appearance onstage as if she were all four Beatles. Or, to be more contemporary, as if she were Hannah Montana.
When Rowling announced from the crimson-and-gilt throne onstage that she was going to read a section she called “goodbye to the Dursleys,” there was a collective groan. “I didn’t want to read anything too revealing,” she explained. “And I like this bit.” If the crowd had expected a more action-packed selection, she soon had them in the palm of her hand. The emotion of her chosen passage electrified the theater, which responded with a long “aawwww…. ” to Dudley Dursley’s inarticulate leavetaking with his cousin. They also gave Rowling a big laugh on a tension-releasing funny line. After the reading, Rowling took questions from 12 members of the audience, then signed books Scholastic had provided for all 1600.
The complete story, including a funny bit about Daniel Radcliffe, is readable on the PW web site, here:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6491511.html?nid=2286&source=link&rid=1524618745
Screaming Fans Greet J.K. Rowling's Open Book Tour
By Sonja Bolle
J.K. Rowling kicked off her Open Book Tour in Los Angeles on Monday, October 15, her first appearance in the U.S. following the publication of the record-shattering last volume in the Harry Potter series. The Kodak Theater, site of the annual Academy Awards, was the proper locale for the event, as 1600 schoolchildren—40 carefully selected students from 40 Los Angeles schools—screamed at Rowling’s appearance onstage as if she were all four Beatles. Or, to be more contemporary, as if she were Hannah Montana.
When Rowling announced from the crimson-and-gilt throne onstage that she was going to read a section she called “goodbye to the Dursleys,” there was a collective groan. “I didn’t want to read anything too revealing,” she explained. “And I like this bit.” If the crowd had expected a more action-packed selection, she soon had them in the palm of her hand. The emotion of her chosen passage electrified the theater, which responded with a long “aawwww…. ” to Dudley Dursley’s inarticulate leavetaking with his cousin. They also gave Rowling a big laugh on a tension-releasing funny line. After the reading, Rowling took questions from 12 members of the audience, then signed books Scholastic had provided for all 1600.
The complete story, including a funny bit about Daniel Radcliffe, is readable on the PW web site, here:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6491511.html?nid=2286&source=link&rid=1524618745
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