Four years ago the British writer took an independent U.S. publisher to court to stop its plans for a reference book on the world of the fictional boy wizard, saying it constituted a "rip off" of her work.On her re-vamped website, Rowling addressed the question of a Harry Potter encyclopaedia in a "frequently asked questions and rumours" link.

"For a long time I have been promising an encyclopaedia of Harry's world, and I have started work on this now," said the 46-year-old, whose announcements related to Harry Potter are closely followed by millions of fans.

"Some of it forms the new content in Pottermore."Pottermore, a free website allowing visitors to navigate the stories and discover new content not in the original books, is one of several Potter spin-offs following the completion of the seven-novel series.

The novels have sold more than 400 million copies worldwide and spawned a hit eight-movie film franchise that have helped turn Rowling into the world's most successful author."It is likely to be a time-consuming job, but when finished I shall donate all royalties to charity," Rowling added.

She again addressed the most burning question for die-hard followers of Potter and his pals at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry -- would there ever be another Harry Potter story?

"I have always refused to say 'never' to this question, because I think it would be foolish to rule out something I might want to do in a few years' time," she wrote."However, I have no immediate plans to write another Harry Potter novel, and I do think that I have rounded off Harry's story in the seven published books."

Earlier this month, Rowling announced the title of her first book for adults would be "The Casual Vacancy". It goes on sale on September 27.

【新聞快訊】日前，“哈利·波特之母”J·K·羅琳宣布其首部為成年讀者創(chuàng)作的長(zhǎng)篇小說《臨時(shí)空缺》將于9月27日全球發(fā)售。脫下了奇幻的魔法外套，新書將以黑色幽默的手法，講述表面平靜的英國(guó)田園小鎮(zhèn)中，其實(shí)暗藏著種種沖突，充滿懸疑的情節(jié)中蘊(yùn)含引人深思的命題。但同時(shí)羅琳也并沒有放棄《哈利波特》系列。

羅琳表示她將會(huì)撰寫哈利波特的百科，并將版費(fèi)捐贈(zèng)給慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。其實(shí)在這之前就已有熱心的粉絲自發(fā)整理了“哈利波特百科全書”，但相信羅琳的百科會(huì)比粉絲們的更有料，在大家熟悉的Pottermore網(wǎng)站有很多原著故事的細(xì)節(jié)。沒有哈利的魔法學(xué)校也依舊讓人很期待。