Seven books, eight movies and two spin-offs later, is the Harry Potter charm waning?

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’, the latest film set in ‘Harry-verse’, is the lowest grossing one in the franchise.

Louise Grimmer, The Conversation

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Gary Mortimer, The Conversation

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Martin Grimmer, The Conversation

· Mar 03, 2020 · 05:30 pm

What a first-time writer learnt about how to make a bestseller in India

What to do, yes, but Anu Vaidyanathan offers important advice on what not to obsess about.

Anu Vaidyanathan

· Dec 17, 2016 · 06:30 am

Writing a blurb for a book? It's as hard as creating your Tinder profile

Don’t oversell. Or undersell. Or even sell.

Manasi Subramaniam

· Aug 27, 2016 · 08:30 am

Booker bombast and other forms of the literary puff

A literary puff is the promotional blurb that appears on book jackets and publishers’ press releases. Dr Ross Wilson discusses the nature of the rave review and asks whether it counts as criticism.

University of Cambridge

· Oct 14, 2015 · 08:30 am

Chetan Bhagat wanted to know, and the nation told him

This is what happened when the writer asked his online fans for feedback and advice.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Aug 11, 2015 · 08:30 am

Video: Is this the best book trailer in the world ever?

Imagine a cast of some of the best contemporary writers coming together to sell a single book – by someone else.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 14, 2015 · 09:05 am