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05-28-2008, 11:35 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling writes Harry Potter prequel for charity (UPDATE #4)
J.K. Rowling has written an 800-word prequel to the Harry Potter series which will be auctioned off as part of the English PEN (a foundation that promotes literature and writing) and Dyslexia Action (which aids those who have problems reading as a result of dyslexia) storycard event, which we first told you about at the beginning of the month. Quote:
The handwritten short story, featuring the fictional wizard's father James and his friend Sirius Black in their younger years, fills both sides of a piece of A5 card and is signed by the author.
Jo states that she does not intend to write an entire story around the prequel, and is quoted at the end of her short story: "[from] the prequel I am not working on - but that was fun!"
The plot of the story is being kept secret, but one of the people who has read it, Philip Errington (who will be conducting the auction on June 10th), children's books specialist at Sotheby's, says that Harry himself is not mentioned in the story, but that a policeman is. UPDATE: A copy of the story will be available for everyone to read online the day after the auction takes place, June 11th, at Waterstone's bookstores and on their official site. The storycard will be available to buy, in book form, with the other entries, in the late summer. UPDATE #2: According to The Daily Record, the story could go for as much as £5 million. Quote:
A Sotheby's specialist said: "Given the enormous interest we have seen in recent times for autographed work by JK Rowling, the prospects for her storycard are good to say the least.
"There is just no telling how high the bidding might go. It could be anything up to £5million."
UPDATE #3: CBBC Newsround has acquired a photo of the card on which the prequel is written, more notably the aforementioned note Jo wrote after the story, along with her dated signature, which can be seen in our galleries: 
NOTE: We now have a larger, hi-res version of this here in our galleries, courtesy of Waterstone's. UPDATE #4: Thanks to Blog Hogwarts for letting us know that J.K. Rowling has updated the news section of her official site regarding this project. Quote:
Waterstones Charity Auction
A few months ago a number of authors were invited to handwrite cards for auction by Waterstones, on June 10, all proceeds to go to English PEN, the writers' association, and the Dyslexia Society.
After playing around with a number of different ideas I decided to write a short (for me!) excerpt from a prequel to the Potter series. It is about 800 words long and the action takes place around 3 years before Harry is born.
Although I did feel a bit like a relapsing addict as I sat down to write - the words poured from my pen with frightening ease - I am NOT working on a prequel. Indeed, I've written that clearly at the bottom of the card itself. I just thought that this was the best way to make money for two extremely worthwhile charities.
The good news for Potter fans who will not be able to bid at the auction is that you will be able to read the short story (along with amazing contributions from Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, Tom Stoppard, Irvine Welsh, Sebastian Faulks, Axel Scheffler, Lauren Child, Nick Hornby, Neil Gaiman, Lisa Appignanesi, Richard Ford, and Michael Rosen) by purchasing a book of facsimiles, which will be available in August. The proceeds from this book, too, will go to the charities.
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05-30-2008, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Pigwidgeon Took  Is it sad that I've never heard of any of the others? Sad, no, tragic, yes  Quote:
When is the exact release date?
August, that's all we know. Quote:
Darnnnnnn, it's only 3 years before Harry's birth. =[
Here I thought we'd have smexyy shirtless Siry as a teen *shuts up*
3 years prior to Harry's birth, they were 18. Quote:
not surprised that J.K. is working on side stuff for Harry Potter
Her point is, she's not.
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05-30-2008, 10:13 AM
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The good news for Potter fans who will not be able to bid at the auction is that you will be able to read the short story (along with amazing contributions from Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, Tom Stoppard, Irvine Welsh, Sebastian Faulks, Axel Scheffler, Lauren Child, Nick Hornby, Neil Gaiman, Lisa Appignanesi, Richard Ford, and Michael Rosen) by purchasing a book of facsimiles, which will be available in August. The proceeds from this book, too, will go to the charities.
holy cow look at that list of who's who. even if JKR didnt write as important a story as a James/Sirius prequel, that book would still be worth a truckload of money. Quote:
Originally Posted by EmmaRiddle How cool would it be if one of the HP kids bought it, like when Dan bought that family tree! thats news to me. what was that all about?
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ZOMG! ZOMG! I has to read it.
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That sounds great!
I might get some inspiration and write an entry!
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That is sooo nice of her!! And I can't wait to read it!
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wow can't wait to read it
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That's great! I can't wait 'til it's online.
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Cool!  I must read it!
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen holy cow look at that list of who's who. even if JKR didnt write as important a story as a James/Sirius prequel, that book would still be worth a truckload of money.
thats news to me. what was that all about? Dan's mum bought the Black Family Tree at an auction on his behalf. It went for loads. And then he released some of the information to the fans. Clever investing and kind to the fans.
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05-31-2008, 02:03 PM
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Thats sooooooooo nice!a prequel...for charity..she's a really nice person
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06-02-2008, 01:50 AM
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I cant wait to see it!
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