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Thursday October 6, 2005

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Author expelled after calling Harry Potter “gay”

Oct 6, 2005 — LONDON (Reuters) - A British cleric and top-selling author of children's books was thrown out of a school where he said Harry Potter was "gay" during a talk to 12-year-olds.

Saturday July 24, 2004

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‘Harry Potter’ Inspires a Christian Alternative

G. P. Taylor, an Anglican vicar, onetime roadie for the Sex Pistols and former all-around sinner, was roaring across the Yorkshire moors on his Yamaha XV1100 in a lightning storm when the idea for his hit Christian children's book, "Shadowmancer," came to him.

Saturday May 22, 2004

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Vicar copes with literary blessing

A small bookstore in Southern Virginia is packed when Graham Taylor pulls up, a half-hour late, to autograph copies of his first book, Shadowmancer.

Wednesday May 5, 2004

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Harry Potter’s new rival

'Shadowmancer' is a Christian option for fantasy readers

Monday November 10, 2003

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Author vicar gives up job after heart scare

A country vicar who became an overnight literary celebrity after his first novel was hailed as a rival to Harry Potter is giving up his parish after a heart scare.

Thursday July 24, 2003

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The good book

Graham Taylor (salary £16,000pa) had to sell his motorbike to get his first novel printed. This week an American publisher paid him more than £300,000 for it - and said he was 'hotter than Potter'. Martin Wainwright meets the Yorkshire clergyman turned literary sensation

Wednesday March 12, 2003

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Move over, Harry Potter

Millions of children are waiting anxiously to get their hands on the latest Harry Potter novel but a book written by a North Yorkshire vicar could knock the teenage wizard off the top of the best seller list. Christen Pears reports