Videos: J.K. Rowling at Beedle the Bard tea party
 

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.

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Jo is shown reading The Fountain of Fair Fortune below:

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:hermy: thanks for the links.

i wish i could watch the clips but my computer wont play then cuz its mean!!!
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but i just order my copy from amazon but its the UK version cuz i hate the US version... lol

Very interesting!

I would of loved to be there for her reading.

Liked the videos! Jo is such an amazing person. What i would give to just be with her for a day! Ohh Im so happy that she read the Fountain of Fair Fortune! That is by far my favorite out of the whole book! I like it more than the Tale of Three Brothers.

UFF, tnx for last one live reading:DD

i wish i was there!! I just love to listen to her reading!!

thanks for providing the link on this!

interesting

I wanna signed copy from her 2[:/]
Jo ur amaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!!

that's so cool!

That was wonderful being able to hear her read it herself...thank you so much for posting.

great Interviews!! The kids were adorable! and the Story was better when she read it....although it is great on its own!!

Jo is so great :loved:

She's the best !!!! :d

what a clever woman, i would love to hear her read the books in person

That was Great!
Thanks for the Videos!

OMG Awesome !!!

love the stories...my fav is The Fountain of Fair Fortune, its a really nice fairytale!!

wow i didnt know she didnt like spiders. thats scary now that i think about it myself.

Great videos, I wish I was there!

sweet videos i wanna be there :) love the books

awesome!