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Harry Potter leads in 2000 vs 2025

What does being a child star look like in 2025? The new Harry Potter stars are about to find out

Unlike their film counterparts in 2001, the new child stars of the Harry Potter television series will have to navigate their roles in a world in thrall to social media. 

  • Hannah Kennelly

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(From left) Arabella Stanton, Dominic McLaughlin, and Alastair Stout, who will portray Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley in the HBO series Harry Potter.

Actors revealed for Harry, Hermione and Ron in Harry Potter TV series reboot

HBO’s decade-long TV adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter books is about to go into production and now the key three actors for the lead roles have been named.

  • Liam Kelly
The new Harry Potter TV series cast.

First cast members for Harry Potter TV series finally announced

The much-anticipated HBO series will dedicate a season to each of J.K. Rowling’s books.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
The stars from left to right; Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson with the author JK Rowling, at back, arrive for the world film premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in London in 2001.

J.K. Rowling appears to accuse Harry Potter stars of ‘ruining’ movie franchise

The author has renewed her public disagreement with the films’ child stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

  • India McTaggart

You only get so many summers with your kids. This is a way to make the most of them

Since becoming a parent, I’ve been determined that my son’s memories would be marked by stories.

  • Jamila Rizvi
Those with hindsight could have purchased the book ‘Harry Potter’ by J.K. Rowling in 1997 for the modest amount of $20. Today, the price is $1,000.

Could you be sitting on a rare book worth thousands?

Rare 20th century cookbooks, signed autobiographies, or even old racy magazines can fetch hundreds or thousands of dollars from the right buyer.

  • Stephen Crafti
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Suitable for primary school children, read by high schoolers: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Teenagers are still reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Do we have a reading problem?

Teenagers are consuming fewer books that require sustained focus, which is negatively affecting the size of their vocabularies.

  • Christopher Harris
David Tennant and J.K. Rowling have make interventions in the UK election.

JK Rowling, David Tennant clash over gender issues in UK election

The stoush between the entertainers comes amid a now-familiar political debate on transgender policy, with the issue becoming a key battleground in the UK election.

  • Rob Harris
Scott Morrison’s post-Parliamentary life as an author is not off to a commercially strong start, at least in this country.

Buy the book: Morrison’s memoirs far from flying off Australian shelves

Local sales of the former PM’s Christian-flavoured biography might need a little divine intervention.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
“I look forward to being arrested …” JK Rowling’s challenge to Scotland’s authorities.

This is how cancel culture ends. Thank you, JK Rowling

When the author dared police to arrest her – if they believed she’d broken new hate-speech laws – she struck a blow for freedom.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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