Life After Harry
Submitted by mwilliams on Sun, 2007-06-03 16:13.The question is, what will fill the gaps on the youth fiction shelves once Harry Potter is no more? The answer is a plethora of first works and sequels—fiction and non-fiction—that booksellers are hoping will fill the inevitable economic void in the post-Harry days to come.
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Excellent! I do love what Harry Potter has done for children’s reading.
One doesn’t have to be a fan or even like Harry Potter a little bit to appreciate the fact that Harry Potter, or even just the marketing of Harry Potter has children interested in literature, and writers keen to write for them.
No doubt the keen writers are glad to be rid of Harry. Now that he's out of the way...
JKR has done a wonderful thing for children all over the world (myself being one of them), having gotten into the amazing world of reading because of them.
I would even say she's done a wonderful thing for some grown ups...
I don't think Rowling will stop writing. How could she? I think that it was just time for Harry to end and we'll likely see a new series with a different set of characters sometime down the road.
Great comment Jane.
I love what the Harry potter series has done for younger readers also.
I think it’s the media hype that makes a lot of us just wish it would all just move on.
I think you're probably right here, Storm. I've never read a Potter novel, and probably won't because of the hype. It didnt help much when she first hit the big time and my mother said to me "Why don't you do something like that?" Bah humbug. But I'm sure Rowlings must be one heck of a writer. I wish she had been around in time to get my own children reading.