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Friday, August 1st, 2008The Tales of Beedle the Bard, of which 6 copies were released last year, is now going to be published for the public on December 4th. All the proceeds will be going to Children’s High Level Group charity, which helps children across the world. Scholastic has informed us more of the book as well as [...]
Prequel sells for 25,000 Pounds
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Bloomberg is reporting that the Harry Potter prequel that JK Rowling wrote for the What’s Your Story event, has been sold for 25,000 Pounds.
Remember that the prequel is due to appear online sometime on June 11th, on Waterstone’s website.
HP prequel now available
Thursday, June 12th, 2008The 800-word prequel to the Harry Potter series we all know and love was auctioned off in London for $48,900. The money will benefit a writer’s group, English Pen, and a dyslexia charity, Dyslexia Action.
The good news for us DMers is that the prequel is now available online for everyone to read and enjoy. This link will lead you [...]
JK Rowling to write Prequel for charity.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008JK Rowling has written an 800 word prequel to the Harry Potter series, that will will be auctioned off for charity, with the proceeds going to English Pen, which promotoes literature, and Dyslexia Actio, which helps those who are dyslexic.
The handwritten short story, featuring the fictional wizard’s father James and his friend Sirius Black in [...]
Anniversary edition of Sorceror’s Stone
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008In September, 10 years will have passed since the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone , in the U.S. In honor of this, Scholastic is releasing a special edition of the book, which features a new cover by Mary GrandPre, illustrator of the books, which you can see here in our galleries or [...]
College studies wizards
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Columbia College is offering a Harry Potter course to incoming students, for a $600 credit hour fee.
The course will pick through Rowling’s writings, focusing on double meanings or intricate details. One example is the name of Harry’s Muggle residency, number four, Privet Drive. Students wrack their brains to answer questions like “What is a privet?”
“In [...]
Children’s Laureate attacks HP series
Monday, May 19th, 2008Children’s Poet Laureate, Micheal Rosen, yesterday slammed JK’s multi million pound Harry Potter series as “boring” and inappropriate for children.
The author of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt claimed that the series had no relevance to real life and revealed he has refused to read them to his children for fear of boring them. [...]
