← All years 2012 The biggest Wizarding World news, opinions and exclusives from 2012. J.K. Rowling’s new novel ‘The Casual Vacancy’ to be released today J.K. Rowling’s first novel post-Potter will be released today. ‘Harry Potter’ theme park to open in Japan ‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ theme park will open in Osaka in 2014. J.K. Rowling working on a novel for adults, out later this year J.K. Rowling’s next novel is a story for adults and will be ‘very different to Harry’. ‘Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ receives three Oscar nominations, snubbed in the major categories The final ‘Potter’ film receives three Oscar nominations but again misses out on the big categories. Browse all articles →