Sentences with phrase «casual vacancies»

Less than five years after The Deathly Hallows, Rowling released The Casual Vacancy, an adult - oriented literary novel which received mixed reviews.

This is the second time HBO has picked up a BBC One adaptation of a Rowling novel, the first being with her novel Casual Vacancy.

The seat in Rooksdown was up for election due to a casual vacancy, and its winner would serve a term lasting until 2016.

I thought it would probably be good but Casual Vacancy wasn't my fav, so wasn't sure.

I'm currently reading The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling which is so good!

The Casual Vacancy is more interesting than it is enjoyable, an unsparing look at the reality of English country life, not the reverie.

Kinnear's TV credits include THE CASUAL VACANCY, the sitcom COUNT ARTHUR STRONG, the Tony Grisoni - written Southcliffe (for which he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor), LOVING MISS HATTO, Charlie Brooker's BLACK MIRROR, Rupert Goold's RICHARD II as Bolingbroke and the title role in the ITV drama LUCAN.

Originally it was reported J.K. Rowling's Casual Vacancy would be adapted by the BBC.

The miniseries based on JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy arrives this week, as does the premiere of Penny Dreadful's second season.

Completing the six is likely to be the excellent Rea for «The Invisible Woman,» though keep an eye on Michael Gambon in «The Casual Vacancy» as well.

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HBO confirms April premiere of The Casual Vacancy (Coming Soon).

Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch in one of his earliest role, the ensemble also includes Keeley Haws (Upstairs, Downstairs, The Casual Vacancy) and Rachael Stirling (Bletchley Circle).

In Casual Vacancy heads to TV screens, The Bookseller's Katie Allen writes:

And agent Neil Blair announced, minutes later, that the BBC is commissioning a television series based on his client JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy — and that his company, The Blair Partnership, will be producing.

Lastly, while it's not a speculative novel, and thus doesn't get a place in our list, we can't talk about next month's releases without at least mentioning The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling's very first contemporary novel written for an adult audience.

So far, more than 25 % of commenters on the contest have listed The Casual Vacancy on their own personal Top 10 lists for fall reading.

Rowling's first foray into adult fiction, set in a picturesque British village where Barry Fairbrother's unexpected death causes a casual vacancy on the village council, is read in various British dialects by Hollander, who does a bang - up job with all of the characters.

This contemporary fiction is set in the seemingly idyllic English village of Pagford, where the sudden death of Parish Councillor, Barry Fairbrother creates a casual vacancy on the parish council.

Look at A Casual Vacancy.

But how can you blame her, considering the hype surrounding Rowling's first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy?

The Casual Vacancy couldn't sound more different from the Harry Potter series, and although some people are sure to buy based on the Rowling name, its level of success will depend on the word - of - mouth response from readers.

We're just a month out from the publication of J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, on September 27.

Yep, today I am reading The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults.

Who else is diving into The Casual Vacancy today?

The Casual Vacancy is the first adult novel by popular British author, J.K.Rowling.

New York Times reviewer Michiko Kakutani says the plot is «willfully banal, so depressingly clichéd that The Casual Vacancy is not only disappointing — it's dull.»

So, when J.K. Rowling's new book The Casual Vacancy came out with a hardcover list price of $ 35 ($ 21 on Amazon) and an e-book list price of $ 35 ($ 17.99 on Amazon — now $ 8.28), of course readers flocked to the print version for $ 3 more.

The Casual Vacancy has primarily received lukewarm and even unfavorable reviews from critics.

The Casual Vacancy clearly echoes many of the themes of Harry Potter; as Rowling has put it in interviews this week, as a writer she's concerned with mortality and morality.

Book Expo offers opportunities to hear from favorite authors such as Barbara Kingsolver, Junot Diaz, Michael Chabon and the chance to get a peek at the sure - fire best sellers of the fall (J.K. Rowling's title for adults, Casual Vacancy, is one of the leaders in that category, but is still under wraps).

E-reader owners who bought Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's new novel, The Casual Vacancy, on Thursday — or had ordered it in advance — discovered a text formatting error during the heavily - hyped release day.

Me Before You also paints a portrait of a small English village riddled with class distinctions that rings more true than J.K. Rowling's overwrought The Casual Vacancy.

You might have thought from the initial shocked reactions to JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy as it was published around the world yesterday that this 500 - page fictional cry of despair was the eighth volume in the Harry Potter series.

J.K. Rowling's «The Casual Vacancy» has a prologue (possibly).

I've heard great things about that Casual Vacancy opener from some people and others didn't like it at all.

A ton of success was found in the General Literature department, which rose sharply in France (+12.4 %), the UK (+17 %), and the US (+7.3 %), thanks to the release of JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy on September 27.

The Casual Vacancy centers around the major themes of class, politics, and social issues such as drugs and prostitution.

Hachette UK's CEO Tim Hely Hutchison spoke to The Bookseller about the campaign for The Casual Vacancy, Rowling's total departure from the world of the boy wizard and her first title aimed at a more mature crowd: «Our plans here, in the US and in all our territories will ensure that we deliver an outstanding international campaign entirely in keeping with the themes of the novel and the enormous worldwide affection and respect that the author inspires.»

Warning: This post does not contain major plot spoilers of The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, but it does include plot details and reactions.

The Casual Vacancy is «dull.»

Most recently is J. K. Rowling's release of The Casual Vacancy, which is an adult novel with strong themes, venturing well off path from the optimistic fantasy story telling of Harry Potter.

The top five most abandoned contemporary books included J. K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Eat Pray Love.

With the release of JK Rowling's first fiction title for adult and non-wizarding fans, The Casual Vacancy, just days away, early figures on the book's sales show that it has already taken in one million purchases in pre-orders, causing some to speculate that it will quite possibly reach the number one spot on several bestseller lists on its first day of sales this Thursday.

While the reports of JK Rowling's most recent title, A Cuckoo's Calling, made headlines for a day or so, the posts and reviews of her not - well - received book prior to that one, A Casual Vacancy, went on for weeks, leading many to speculate that it was the reason she opted to publish under a pen name for her latest work.

By 9:00 am Eastern on the morning that her title A Casual Vacancy hit stores, it already had over 300 reviews on Amazon for an average of only three stars.

««Yesterday the eBook file for The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling was released to all U.S. eBook retailers.

«I adore the Harry Potter books, but I'm not the kind who would read everything written by a favourite author and in the case of Rowling, I refuse to read her other novels (excluding the three Harry Potter companion books), The Casual Vacancy and The Cuckoo's Calling.»

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (Little, Brown).

When viewing «The Casual Vacancy» on the new Kindle Paperwhite, old Paperwhite and new Nook GlowLight with all backlights at 100 percent, we preferred the uniform light of the new Kindle, but the Nook's type appeared slightly sharper.