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[edit] The 31st of June

No mention of this novel of his -- great book, I wonder why it isn't listed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.103.142.181 (talk) 02:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AA Milne, JK Rowling

I've removed the following recent additions, which seem improbable, and may be vandalism (that is to say, intentional damage to Wikipedia):

After a short spell in the cotton factories he took an aprentiship with A.A Milne and she taught him a lot about what he knew and taught him about writing from his heart as he said in a newspaper later on in his life.

He became a friend of the writer J.K Rowling and he inspired her to become the writer she is today. She also took writing lessons with him at an early age. So many say that he is the man behind the Harry Potter series.

When Priestley died, Rowling was about 19. A friendship between the two is improbable, though not impossible. A friendship with Milne, more or less a contemporary, is more possible, but the saccharine wording of the paragraph has a bogus air that would be difficult to reconcile with Priestley's work. Moreover both additions were made, without sources, in the same edit. --Tony Sidaway 15:36, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Letters from the first world war

Maybe someone would introduce this material to the J.B. Priestley article http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/nov/16/books.booksnews--User:Brenont (talk) 02:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)