Appeal judges will rule on a renewed bid by Harry Potter author JK Rowling to ban further publication of a photograph taken in the street of her son David when he was 18 months old.

The picture, showing Rowling and her husband, Dr Neil Murray, with the child in a buggy, was taken by a photographer using a long-range lens and appeared in the Sunday Express magazine to illustrate an article about her approach to motherhood and family life.

The author - suing as Mrs Joanne Murray - failed in a High Court action last year against Express Newspapers and the agency which supplied the photograph, Big Pictures (UK).

Express Newspapers has settled the claim, but the case continued against the agency and has now moved to the Court of Appeal.

The High Court ruled there was no right of privacy for famous people engaged in routine activities such as shopping and no prohibition on the taking or publishing of such photographs unless it caused harassment or distress.

The author and her husband claim that the child’s right to privacy has been infringed and seek an injunction banning further publication of the photograph or any other picture taken of him without his consent.

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Emma said on her website that new pictures from the Harry Potter studio r around the corner!

Harry Potter author JK Rowling gave prisoners learning to read a “real boost” when she visited them in jail.

The millionaire author presented awards to inmates at Edinburgh Prison.

Rowling, whose writing has brought her millions of fans worldwide, was invited to carry out the honours by the Shannon Trust. The London-based charity helps prisoners across the UK learn to read.

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LONDON — J.K. Rowling said she contemplated suicide in her mid-20s, when she was a single mother and struggling to establish a literary career, according to an interview with a student journalist.

Rowling said in an interview posted online and in Edinburgh University’s student magazine by student journalist Adeel Amini that she sought help from doctors and spent nine months receiving cognitive behavioral therapy.

“I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never,” Rowling was quoted as saying. “What’s to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time, and I am quite proud that I got out of that.”

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British author J.K. ROWLING has re-launched her bid to prevent a photo agency from selling a photograph of her young son. The Harry Potter creator - real name Joanne Murray - attempted to sue photo agency Big Pictures and Britain’s Sunday Express magazine last year (07) after it printed a long-lens photograph of her, her husband and their son David. The publication settled the claim but a London court threw her case against the agency out of court. However, her lawyers are now reviving their case at the Court of Appeal in a bid to block further publication. Rowling’s lawyer Richard Spearman says, “The claim is not about the right of the adult. It is about the rights of the child.”

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JK Rowling has stressed her disappointment at plans to publish an unofficial reference book about the Harry Potter series, court papers have shown.The authoress has filed a suit in New York City against Steve Vander Ark, a Harry Potter fan, and publisher RDR books for trying to publish the ‘Harry Potter Lexicon’, a 400-page reference book compiled from Vander Ark’s website of the same name.

In her US district court declaration, the 42-year-old expressed her frustration that “a former fan has tried to co-opt my work for financial gain”.

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J.K.Rowling has been nominated for a Glamour award in the category of Best Writer. She is up against Catherine O’Flynn, Sophie Kinsella and Kate Morton.

Emma Watson has also been nominated for a Glamour award in the category of Best TV actress, for her role in the BBC1 drama Ballet Shoes. Emma faces competition from the likes of Ashley Jensen (Extras), Catherine Tate (Doctor Who), Billie Piper (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) and Hannah Murray (Skins).

To vote for both, go here.

The Glammies recognise women in the public eye.

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