JK Rowling looks set to be honoured by the city of Edinburgh for her contributions to literature. The fantasy author’s handprints will be immortalised in the quadrangle outside the City Chambers and she will also receive a special award due to the honour that her achievements have brought the Scottish city.
Edinburgh hopes that this will lead to an increase in tourism with tourists visiting the city where her phenomenally successful Harry Potter series was started and finished. The capital city is bidding to become the first World City of Literature, a campaign that Rowling herself fronted.
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