Several videos from J.K. Rowling's tea party before the release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been uploaded on Bloomsbury's website, which show her reading one of the tales, signing copies of the books, and answer fans' questions.

Jo discusses: her reasons for writing the tales; a joke about how her dislike for chemistry was shown through Snape, who taught Potions down in the dungeons; her loathing of spiders and the fact that she gave her arachnophobia to Ron, and subsequently actor Rupert Grint; and many other subjects.







Jo is shown reading The Fountain of Fair Fortune below: