JK Rowling explains tweet riddle

JK Rowling has explained the meaning behind a cryptic tweet sent earlier this week, scotching hopes that it referred to a new Harry Potter story. On Oct 6, the author posted the anagram: ‘Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My wand won’t tolerate this nonsense.’ Some fans translated it as: ‘Harry Returns! Won’t say any details now! A week off! No comment.’ But she later confirmed that it was really the first line from the synopsis for a film screenplay she is writing. After one follower suggested ‘Newt Scamander only meant to stay in New York for a few hours’, she replied: “YES!!!!!!!!!!!! People, we have a winner!’ Newt Scamander was the fictional author of a textbook on magical animals that featured in the Harry Potter novels. Rowling herself released the book, titled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in 2001 to raise money for Comic Relief. Now, Scamander is going to be the main character in a film trilogy inspired by that textbook. Rowling is currently working on the screenplay for the first film, which is expected to be set in 1920s New York after Scamander was commissioned to travel the world and compile a guide to magical beasts, according to a news agency.