J.K Rowling appears on Blue Peter!!!

[keith.fraser at st-annes.ox.ac.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 14160

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ben Leigh" <ben.leigh at c...> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> Guess what? J.K Rowling will be appearing on a Children's tv 
programme to
> answer viewers questions. I'll post a report on Tuesday since the 
programme
> is beinf shown on Monday.
> 
> Ben

I just saw it. She answered questions from kids who'd sent them in 
(some were in the studio, others had them read out). Most were the 
standard where-do-you-get-your-ideas, is-Harry-like-a-part-of-your-
family stuff, but there were some interesting titbits of information.

Much was said about the two Comic Relief books (which I wasn't 
planning to buy, but I might now). Apparently she was approached 
about doing a short story but decided to do the two books instead 
since,as she said, she can't do short. :) She already had a lot of 
the material in them but wasn't expecting to use it in the books, so 
she was pleased to write it down. (This is beginning to sound a bit 
like JRR Tolkien...)

As for the future books, she confirmed for certain that Mrs Figg and 
Arabella Figg are the same person. She was also asked about Harry 
coming back as a teacher after Hogwarts, and gave her usual 
cryptic "How do you know I won't kill him off in Book 7?" She went on 
to say that she has everyone's post-Hogwarts futures worked 
out...those who survive 'what's coming'. That remark should have most 
fans champing with anticipation!

Keith