Photos of JKR at this morning's press conference
Photos of JKR at this morning's press conference Jo Rowling this morning attended a press conference in LA to discuss her US open book tour. Some photos of the author, looking terrific, can be seen here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Jo will shortly be reading to 1600 fans at LA's Kodak Theatre. If you're one of those lucky fans attending, please let us know how it goes.
Posted by Ciaran on Oct 15th | 54 Comments
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Posted by lilbecky8 Oct 15th 2007

COOL PIXS!!!!


Posted by lost_diadem Oct 15th 2007

JKR looks great! She's not what you expect when you think of writers. You think stooped shoulders with dark circles under their eyes. Yay JKR for looking as pretty as ever! FIRST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE!!! YAY!!!


Posted by MissMalfoy Oct 15th 2007

cool !


Posted by DailyProphetAce Oct 15th 2007

I hope there'll be a mugglenet visitor there....winkwinknudgenud ge.....


Posted by berts_is_me Oct 15th 2007

Cool. I wish I could go to the reading.


Posted by lost_diadem Oct 15th 2007

Ok, well, I was first but all I put was a first to post thing and I guess someone deleted it...but I know I was here first so that's all that matters! Is anyone on?


Posted by WickedSmile Oct 15th 2007

I really wish I could go and hear her read the book.


Posted by Ranger Oct 15th 2007

CALIFORNIA----they may say the Fire Department did it, BUT--I think a lot of JK magic was was a big part of it......You know, how it seldom rains on a Long standing parada or event? Well, the 5 Golden State freeway goes from Mexico to Canada--and is a major truck route...had a bad collision and fire on Friday--they did not expect it to be open again til at least Tuesday (tomorrow)---but at 1 am today Monday, it opened...it was designated a disaster area....I had thought that it might impact JK attendance--and Newt Gingbrich and others ate in Pasadena today speaking....SO I THINK THAT MAYBE GOD HAD MADE THE WAY CLEAR FOR JKROWLINGS EVENT. This type of thing has happened too much in my life, and others (witness those high schools kids who took over a bus and saved everyone--she said she did not know what to do but something told her WHAT TO DO.


Posted by Just_as_I_thought Oct 15th 2007

Nothing more threatening here in LA this morning than a heavy fog. Waiting for my co-worker to return with our students from Rowling's visit. Checking all the news channels for interesting info, but they all have the same canned stuff. We dressed our teacher as Hagrid and he lis convincing being inclined to look that way anyhow. Would love to get a nod from J. K. over the costume as it may be as close as I'll ever get.


Posted by Crews Oct 15th 2007

Very cool pictures. :)


Posted by Luna_Lover_10 Oct 15th 2007

Awesome pictures! TOP TEN!!!! **--- Luna ---**


Posted by Jill_the_Impossible Oct 15th 2007

aww those lucky lucky kids!


Posted by REMiiSAHMAZiNGx4 Oct 15th 2007

Awesome pictures on firday im gonna skip school and go into NYC and just stand outside of carnige hall just to hopdfully catch a glance of Jo...hopefully ill get to see her!


Posted by Pure Oct 15th 2007

Wish I got to go :( Grats to everyone who does though!


Posted by LaurenWeasley Oct 15th 2007

Aww. JK is so pretty! :) She's my hero xD


Posted by ginnypotter719 Oct 15th 2007

authors get photoshoots? thats riddiuclus...too much attention makes peeps get a wee bit full of themselves ex: papermache hogwarts i want ur money deal...im starting ...not..to like her...wow saying that was painful..but DH was a LET DOWN..in my opinion..


Posted by Quiscalus Oct 15th 2007

AAAAAHH! I wish I were there. :( I want to meet JKR SOOO badly! So many questions to ask...


Posted by Dobbysgirl13 Oct 15th 2007

O I want to meet her!! She is sooo awesome!!


Posted by ginnypotter719 Oct 15th 2007

*tear tear* i wish i could be there too...i live for hp!!!!


Posted by chommy Oct 15th 2007

She looks so much older ... D:


Posted by ginnypotter719 Oct 15th 2007

i am bored..stalling...i have a bloody quadratic applications test and i ruddy hate parabolas...and all the bloody different forms of writing those darn quadratics. pre calculus sucks..escpecially when ur teacher is a nut ... i need some OOTP for comfort...accio ootp!


Posted by Quiscalus Oct 15th 2007

Ginnypotter, I hate pre-calc too. I'm working on it right now. :( I hate graphs in general. They suck @ss.


Posted by i_am_nagini_777 Oct 15th 2007

intresting. whoc cares?


Posted by Amy_Lupin Oct 15th 2007

Ohh how i wish I could! I'm just 2 hours south...I'd love to drive up there...but no....schoolll....GRR


Posted by Just_as_I_thought Oct 15th 2007

YES! She liked our costume, one of her people asked where it came from. The kids had a fab time.


Posted by i_loverz_HP Oct 15th 2007

cursses i wanna meet her...i know shes hiding harry, ron, hermonie, draco, hogwarts map, and pretty much everything else with her. i want it.


Posted by Ginny311 Oct 15th 2007

She's so awesome...Someday I will meet her!


Posted by CROOKSHANKS99 Oct 15th 2007

she looks nice.....i hope one day i will meet her!!.....if someone goes please tell us how it goes


Posted by randomchat Oct 15th 2007

JKR looks amazing. Wonderful haircut.


Posted by PotterLove06 Oct 15th 2007

aww they're soo lucky! Jo looks so pretty.


Posted by christianaeg Oct 15th 2007

OOO Just_as_I_thought that's soo cool! can any of your students give us an account or 2 of the event?? Tell us how great it was to meet the amazing JK?


Posted by hpfreak13 Oct 15th 2007

i ♥ jo....wish i could be there


Posted by LovinLuna88 Oct 15th 2007

Yay Jo for always being ans looking great. Good luck reading!


Posted by sirius_lee Oct 15th 2007

top 50!!!!!!!!


Posted by ilovedanradcliff Oct 15th 2007

cool pics, plus, I made top 50.............. Snape, Snape, Severus Snape, Snape, Snape, Severus Snape...Dumbledore!!!!... ....anyone see that? It rocks!


Posted by i_am_hermione Oct 15th 2007

coolio pic! yes i have seen 'the mysterious ticking noise'. very stupid. rather amusing though.


Posted by HarryPotterFreakers Oct 15th 2007

I really wish i could go. It would be amazing, but i spose all of the questions and answers will be online within a few hours anyway.


Posted by ginnypotter719 Oct 15th 2007

Quiscalus: siriusly it does suck. working at mcdonalds sounds more fun than studying for precalc. its not that bad its just my teacher is a mathcrazy lunatic who derives the quadratic equation from ax+by=c. she is nuts and applies quadratics to a problem that has to do with how much a watermelon costs. and imaginary numbers are a freaking waste. they are imaginary for gods sake..who gives a darn??!


Posted by i_am_hermione Oct 15th 2007

yah. i wish i could be there to hear the answers in person! but mugglenet might post the story (hint hint)


Posted by ginnypotter719 Oct 15th 2007

i am bored i am bored. yes i am yes i am. life is so fry without hp....how will i continue...surely in a couple years there will be no updates at all on mugglenet unless it turns into an emma-dan-rupe tabloid site *shudders*....the future looks grimm...


Posted by cellopower Oct 15th 2007

Those kids are SO LUCKY!


Posted by i_am_hermione Oct 15th 2007

darn quadratic equations. they don't give me as much trouble as proofs used to though!


Posted by polkadots56 Oct 15th 2007

i_am_hermione, I am doing the same thing in math!! but anyway I WANT TO GO SO FLIPPING BAD. Wow. Instead I am here in New Hampshire watching the Red Sox lose. Greattt.


Posted by ginnypotter719 Oct 15th 2007

PRROOFS!!! ahh! flashbacks....*gets petrified, falls to the floor* she makes us do coordinate proofs...she is crazy i tell u !! crazy!! she makes us use a graphing calculator occasionally and im so retarded i cant even figure out how to use it!!! i dunno how the hell i got into honors...its amazing....but im like the most clueless kid inclass...they are all freaking geniuses!!


Posted by ginnypotter719 Oct 15th 2007

come on peeps!! i need math support..im dying here!!! i nearly vomit everytime i pick my pencil up. this is child abuse i say! id rather do laps in gym than this...and i have asthma and nearly die every gym period so thats saying something. *sings with desperation*i hate math i hate math if u ask me what i hate i say i hate mmaatthhh.. :(


Posted by ginnypotter719 Oct 15th 2007

i guess im the only one who just cant seem to study...


Posted by fantfreak Oct 15th 2007

gahhh. i wanna goooooooooo! i don't have math hw


Posted by Just_as_I_thought Oct 15th 2007

The kids were so excited when they came back. They really felt that they had a personal experience with Ms. Rowling, even though each contact was brief. Several left their signed books with me for safekeeping for the rest of the schoolday. So trusting! Naw, I didn't do nuthin' to their books. Just took a little lookie at the signature. And smooched it. Just kidding, of course. If they took their own book along they could get that signed and then get an unsigned copy of Deathly Hallows besides, or get that book signed. She did not sign things for adults. However, our own Hagrid was in line with our kids and I hear she looked up from signing, looked down and then up again at him and told him that he had a nice costume. Kids in the audience were yelling "I love you Hagrid," or "Hagrid, look over here!" taking pictures of him and I heard that students from another school thought that it might actually be Robbie Coltrane. I must say, this pleases me as much as if I'd gotten to go along. We only had about 76 kids write essays from a school with 3100! What the hay? So just over half got to go. I'm sad for those who wanted to go and didn't get to and I'm really fine with staying back with them. Many of our kids wore an HP T-shirt or purchased objet such as a time turner, or shoes that they painted with a nice H on one toe and P on the other, that done with white-out, favorite art tool of the high school student. We had a witch in a black robe with the classic hat trimmed in white boa. But the students were not as formally dressed as I expected them to be. Ah, well, Los Angeles. One of the most touching remarks in our essays was that one student anticipated the arrival of an owl on her 11th birthday, which never arrived. The owl that is. I had no idea, being sort of old, yet no less a fan. What a grand day. I'm as full of myself as when I touched the hem of Scarlett O'hara's BBQ dress on display in a local major art museum. I just reached over a...


Posted by polkadots56 Oct 16th 2007

ginnypotter719, I am sorry i didn't respond to your pleas!! I started playing Sims :) I hope you got your math done!!


Posted by armormew Oct 16th 2007

Oh man the reading seems to be lots of fun. Wish I could have been there. TOP 50!




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