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THE CASUAL VACANCY by J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling is making one U.S. appearance for the release of her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy. She will be speaking at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall on October 16th at 8pm. Author Ann Patchett will interview Rowling followed by questions from the audience. Rowling will then sign books.

Tickets go on sale Monday, September 10th f0r $37 if you buy them in the theater box, $43 if you buy them online, and $44 if you buy them over the phone. Tickets include a copy of the book.

The Casual Vacancy is Rowling’s first step away from the Harry Potter phenomenon and is the first book specifically geared towards adults. The book will be published by Little, Brown and Company.

THE CASUAL VACANCY by J.K. Rowling

No Harry. No Magic. No Flying. Will J.K. Rowling‘s THE CASUAL VACANCY spark the same excitement and enthusiasm that the Harry Potter series did? Considering the fact that most of Harry Potter’s original fans are now in their early twenties, there is a chance that they will rush to bookstores across the country to pick up Rowling’s foray into adult literature. No one really knows what to expect from her upcoming release but we are all waiting with bated breath for a 512-page book about a small town that hits stores on September 27.

SUMMARY: When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.

Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.

Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.

And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations?

A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J. K. Rowling’s first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.

J.K. Rowling

When Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released back in 2007 many believed that the book had closed on J.K. Rowling’s story. Her drop-off from The World’s Billionaires list by Forbes was used as solidification of this fact. However, these naysayers have greatly underestimated Ms. Rowling.

A mere three days after the Pottermore Shop opened, sales of Harry Potter eBooks were estimated at a whopping $1.6 million. Pottermore chief executive officer Charlie Redmayne had this to say about the figure, “We had budgeted for a much lower figure but it surpassed anything we anticipated.” Now that Pottermore is officially open to everyone you can be sure that eBook sales are going to skyrocket.

In addition, fans have The Casual Vacancy by Little, Brown Book Group to look forward to. Described as “[b]lackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising,” Rowling’s first adult novel, is set for a September 27th worldwide release. All the big retailers, including Chapters and Amazon, have already made the book available for pre-order. Can you hear the cash registers going cha-ching? But wait, there’s more!

Rowling has also announced via her new website, jkrowling.com, that she has begun work on a Harry Potter Encyclopaedia. Here are her exact words:

For a long time I have been promising an encyclopaedia of Harry’s world, and I have started work on this – some of it forms the new content in Pottermore. It is likely to be a time-consuming job, but when finished I shall donate all royalties to charity.

I don’t know about you, but I’ll definitely be lining up to get a copy.

Rowling hasn’t faded into the background the way some had predicted she would. In fact, she has risen to take over the literary world once more.

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