A granite plaque, featuring an image of Jo Rowling, is
to be placed outside a Chinese restaurant in Scotland (which used to be a coffee shop) where Harry Potter was first created.
The plaque will form a 'Writer's Corner' of sorts, which also holds memorials to other authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson and William McGonagall.
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He has since secured the support of the building's owners and has even been given some help by the author herself. Mr Watt approached Rowling to see if she could provide a photo for the plaque, which she was happy to do.
The last stumbling block for the plaque is planning permission, and if approved it will read: "JK Rowling wrote some of the early chapters of Harry Potter in the rooms on the first floor of this building."