But have you ever thought about whether she wants to read your book. Emma charlotte duerre watson born 15 april 1990 is an english actress, model and activist. Stephen chbosky on epic journey of bringing perks of. It feels like there are too many celebrity online book clubs to keep up with all of them, but one thats worth following is our shared shelf, emma watson s book club. Emma watson is a bookworm, and shes always sharing her recommendations.
Its part of a collaboration between emma watsons feminist book group, our shared shelf, and books on the underground, which leaves books all over the london subway system for riders to enjoy. On the goodreads page for our shared shelf, she wrote. There are three movies in post production that she will be in. Rowling regrets pairing hermione with ron instead of. Born in paris and brought up in oxfordshire, watson attended the dragon school and trained as an actress at the oxford branch of stagecoach theatre arts. Get push notifications with news, features and more. Now, the beauty and the beast star has added another budding talent. Emma wrote on the goodreads page where the books are. Taking to instagram, she shared not only a mustread book of 2019 gloria steniems outrageous acts and everyday rebellions but also confirmed that shes written the foreward for it, too.
Any such photos you may see are photoshopped, many quite badly. Watson wrote in each book asking the finder to hide the book again after theyre done. She is an instructor in the mfa program at stony brook southampton, where she serves as director of the southampton childrens literature fellows program and the young artists and writers project yawp. Emma watson hid books on the london underground insider. Emma watson really wants us to read this book before. She chose an american university over an english one because she says american universities allow more freedom to students to study whatever they want. The harry potter books were published between 1997 and 2007, and were adapted into a series of eight films starring daniel radcliffe, emma watson and rupert grint. In 2019, an updated, third version with a foreword by emma watson. She loves it so much she started a global, monthly goodreads book club of feminist texts.
A passionate reader who leaves books in public spaces and has her own online book club, our shared shelf, emma watson talks us through some of her favourite tomes. I am excited to announce that julyaugusts pick for our shared shelf is our first poet, rupi kaur, and her book of poems milk and honey. Why emma watsons latest book recommendation is a must. Over the years, she has recommended 76 books, including literary classics, feminist mustreads, and trendy titles. She is the daughter of singer and actress julie andrews. Anyone can join the feminist book club, and both men and women are encouraged. So much so that, once again, shes actively hiding books for us to find in time for christmas.
Emma watson hid 100 copies of a maya angelou book on the london tube. The 10 best books from emma watsons book club real simple. A twitter user who stumbled upon it shared the note emma watson wrote during the shooting of harry potter. In 1999, casting began for harry potter and the sorcerers 2001, the film adaptation of british author j. Emma watson recommended a classic feminist collection of essays in her latest instagram post. The harry potter author took part in an interview, conducted by hermione actress emma watson. Emma watson made a comment in the group our shared shelf julyaugust book. Luckily, she has plenty of prospective suitors asking to dance, from dashing socialite tom musgrave to the stinking rich, socially awkward lord osborne. Last time around, the british vogue cover star hid various titles in secret spots across london for commuters to discover. I have written 11 books but each time i would think, uhoh, theyre going to find out now, she once said. Given that she was writing on sexual harassment, genital mutilation, unequal pay for equal work, and other humiliating inequities facing women, she often says that she wishes it hadnt still been relevant enough for a second edition. Casting agents found emma through her oxford theatre teacher. Nineteen and new in town, emma watson s been cut off by her wealthy aunt.
Take a page out of watsons book when looking for your next pageturner and enjoy this complete list of every book that emma watson has ever recommended. She and her sisters have to find husbands as their father doesnt have. Actor emma watson launches book fairies worldwide bbc news. Grace molony is perfection as austens unmarried heroine, emma watson. For her latest our shared shelf book club choice, emma watson chats with author marjane satrapi about. And now laura wade, author of the hit posh and home. How to figure out how much harry potter book copies are. But, playing such iconic roles brought them fame and stardom.
Fletcher is a comingofage story for both eve fletcher and her son brendan. In it, she wrote she hoped the reader would enjoy the book, and urged them to leave it in a public place afterwards for others to find. When the world of harry potter was brought to the big screen, many of the actors brought in to play hogwarts students were relatively unknown. On reading this book, emma wrote in april 2016, it might require a bit of work but the argonauts rewards us with an. Why is emma watson dropping books on london subways. Emma watson on the perks and downsides of being emma watson. Emma watsons book recommendations business insider. A 19yearold woman called hilariously emma watson has grown up with a rich aunt but is suddenly disinherited. This is part of a mission called books on the underground. In march 2014, watson tweeted a picture of love letters to the dead and wrote, dear ava, i loved your book. Emma watson is most famous for playing hermione in the harry potter movies. Emma watson, the december 2014 elle cover interview by lorraine candy, june 03, 2015.
Like her beloved characters hermione granger and belle, emma watson loves to read. Emma watson hid books with handwritten notes on the. Written by tom perrotta, the author of the leftovers, mrs. Written in 18045, the story of the young emma watson, who returns to her struggling family after being raised by a rich aunt, is just 17,500 words long. Emma watson and rupert grint talking about reading harry potter books on the deathly hallows set duration. The net worth of the cast of harry potter therichest. This will prevent emma from sending you messages, friend request or from viewing your profile. From hogwarts to disney and everywhere in between, emma watson is one of the uks most exciting actresses. As she got older, emma attended brown university in 2009. Comments on discussion boards from them will be hidden by default. You might have seen the fault in our stars or paper townsboth based on books co author. This is a book for the dreamers among us who revel in romantic memoirs filled with passion, art, innocence.
Funny, inspiring, sad, thoughtprovoking, empowering. Harry potter is definitely one of the largest franchises in the world. Emma watson interviews persepolis author marjane satrapi. She needs to marry, and fast, or be faced with a life of poverty and spinsterhood stuck in her humdrum family home. Emma watson, who played hermione granger in the harry potter movies, has never been photographed in the nude. Emma watson recommended this gloria steinem bookso get. Why emma watson and alexa chung feel like impostors.
I suggest the best that you can hope is to send her a request on twitter with a plea to read your book. Emma watson, tom felton, matthew lewis, bonnie wright and evanna lynch all reunited for a special photo watson, 29, shared on wednesday. By the age of ten, she had performed and taken the lead in various stagecoach productions and school plays. Not if you really take a look at the facts, though. The three feminist books that emma watson thinks everyone. In less than two years, oxleys inspired thousands of people including actress, activist, and founder of the feminist book club, our shared shelf, emma watson to join in her mission. In addition to her role in the harry potter movies, emma watson is a selfproclaimed geeky harry potter fan and has read each of the books three or four times. Jane austens unfinished novel comes to the stage the.
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