Entertainment 08-11-2002 who: JK Rowling what: To sue author of Tanya Grotter books where: Russia when: This week snippet: "Tanya Grotter may ride a magical double bass instead of a broomstick, but she shares several key attributes with her near-namesake," reports the ITV news website. "Like Potter, Grotter is an orphan, she wears glasses and she has an unusual mark on her face - a mole on her nose." Meanwhile, as Harry Potter fever sweeps the world, The Guardian dispatches its foreign correspondents to see which nation is suffering the worst case of Pottermania. [... more]

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