Jul 31 2008
Beedle the Bard sings for charity!
I’ve hijacked the role of the Harry Potter correspondent for Bookbabble for this update, to bring you the highly excitable news of JK Rowling waving once again her magic wand.
Guardian has reported that Rowling will make available The Tales of Beedle the Bard, with all proceeds going into The Children’s High Level Group (CHLG). Rowling co-founded CHLG in 2005.
To commemorate her return to her legions of fans, the publishers seemed inclined to release what seems like countless editions of the book - collector’s editions, trade editions, in addition to Amazon’s own ’special limited’ collector’s edition that features more goodies.
Check out Wikipedia’s comprehensive article on the background of the work.
Donny, will you be queuing up to try and get your hands on a ‘limited’ edition.
Of course not! Joanne (I’m on first name basis with her, remember) said she will write an extra copy specifically for me, with a doodle of Dumbledore’s one-time boyfriend. An exclusive, she said.
Ah, the joys of doing a book podcast.