January 12th, 2023
The signed edition of The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbrath features a different title page design compared to the regular unsigned edition, as you can see in the photos below. The signed edition mimics the title design from the cover, whereas the regular edition uses a serif font. It is possible that the original […]
September 22nd, 2022
You can watch the 27 questions and answers from the interactive Q&A with Robert Galbraith released on the official website on September 22nd here. Below the video, you can read the transcription to all the questions and answers too. What does The Ink Black Heart explore? I see this as a novel about disconnection. And […]
September 6th, 2022
The Booksellers informs that Robert Galbraith’s The Ink Black Heart has made an indelible impression on the UK Official Top 50, soaring into the number one spot in its first week on 50,738 copies sold. The sixth Cormoran Strike title becomes the first hardback fiction number one of 2022, with Richard Osman’s The Man Who […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #69 · September 2022
The Ink Black Heart has been out for less than a month and the three of us at The Strike & Ellacott Files are already on our second and third reads as we prepare to dive back into our regularly scheduled episodes of the podcast. J.K. Rowling’s latest has proven to be just as dark, […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #69 · September 2022
Being one of many Rowling-made book lovers in my generation, I have always sung her plenty of praise for turning me into an investigative reader. Her texts are full of hidden clues that sometimes only a second (or third or tenth) reread can help you connect all the dots. She trained us quite well with […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #69 · September 2022
Connections between The Ink Black Heart and Harry Potter From the beginning J.K. Rowling has encouraged readers to find parallels between Strike and Harry Potter. There was the initial announcement of a new seven book series (since quashed – I’m delighted to find that she’s now planned out ten1 and hopefully we’ll get even more). […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #69 · September 2022
As I digested my own frustrations with The Ink Black Heart, I turned to look at people’s thoughts about it and I cannot honestly remember the last time I saw such a clear division of opinions regarding a piece of writing. Both sides, those who love the book and those who are still going through […]
August 27th, 2022
J.K. Rowling (Robert Galbraith) with Graham Norton talking about Harry Potter, The Ink Black Heart and more on The Graham Norton Show with Waitrose, on Virgin Radio UK (August 27th, 2022).
August 19th, 2022
In anticipation of The Ink Black Heart releasing on 30th August in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand, with other international markets soon after, Robert Galbraith has recorded a number of answers to questions focused on the new book. Subjects range from Strike and Robin (naturally), inspiration for the new book, the locations and the […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #67 · July 2022
Fans from all over the world have been waiting for over two years to follow the adventures of the most acclaimed detective from Denmark Street, Cormoran Strike – whose last story was narrated in Troubled Blood back in 2020. Since then, many theories and hypotheses about the next adventure’s date were made, until December 2021, […]
June 30th, 2022
Synopsis for The Ink Black Heart, the sixth book in the Cormoran Strike series, written by J.K. Rowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith: When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a […]
January 19th, 2022
The sixth book in the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling’s pen name) has an official release date. One day after it was leaked into bookstores such as Amazon and Waterstones, the official social media account for Robert Galbraith together with the publishers’ accounts (Mullholland Books and Little, Brown and Co) have announced […]