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Boy wizard’s publishing house converts to religion

Bloomsbury, which has made millions from the Harry Potter books, has paid £20.1 million for Continuum
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    Bloomsbury, which has made millions from the Harry Potter books, has paid £20.1 million for Continuum Jaap Buitendijk/AP

Harry Potter has slain the mighty snake Nagini and seen off the dark forces of Lord Voldemort. Now he has won an audience with the Pope.

In a deal that combines deep religious convictions with modern magical verve, Bloomsbury has acquired the niche academic publisher Continuum, whose authors include the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and the biographer of Pope Benedict XVI.

Bloomsbury, which has made millions from JK Rowling’s chronicles of the young Potter, has paid £20.1 million for Continuum, which specialises in books about theology and philosophy.

But the acquisition could yet trigger

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