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J.K. Rowling Beedle the Bard tea party photos & reports (UPDATED)

The first reports and photos from J.K. Rowling's tea party in Scotland from earlier today are up, where she talks about what inspired her to make Ron an arachnophobic; and the reason she released the Beedle the Bard tales:

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She revealed during a tea party to mark the publication of The Tales of Beedle the Bard that she had been afraid of spiders since she was a child.

The multi-millionaire author said she gave the same fear to the character Ron Weasley, and then discovered that Rupert Grint, the actor who plays him in the films, was also afraid of spiders.

"I feel sorry for him, because I kept putting Ron in these situations where he had to encounter them," she added.

She talks about story writing and which real life things inspired various aspects of her books:

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Rowling also revealed, perhaps not surprisingly, that "story writing" was her "best thing" at school, saying: "I used to like it when my stories were read out to the class."

However, she may have disappointed some Edinburgh schoolchildren when she said that the locations in Harry Potter were not based on any buildings in the city.

"There are no real places that I took for places in the Harry Potter novels. The odd person may have given me the odd idea for a character in Harry Potter, but not really places," she said.

Jo discusses her reason for mass-releasing the tales:

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The author revealed why she decided to make the book much more widely available. "The idea actually came from you, by which I mean Harry Potter fans," she told the 200 primary school children gathered at Edinburgh's Parliament Hall.

"There was quite a lot of high feeling from Harry Potter fans that only someone who had £2 million could afford to read the book. I thought 'fair point', so I thought I'll publish it and then the charity can have that money too."

Many photos of Jo from the event can be seen below and here:

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UPDATE: Jo briefly talked about the famous Beedle the Bard during her tea party:

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In her introduction to the book, Rowling explains it is a new "translation" by [Hermione] Granger of works by the 15th century bard, whose life is "shrouded in mystery" except that "he had an exceptionally luxuriant beard."

The book also features a "commentary" by Dumbledore, who reveals that he first heard the tales as a boy and says they are instructive for children.

Poor Rupert. I feel bad for him, too. xD

:-D She is just lovely, I can't wait to read this.

I have mine! And I almost cried when I was reading the intro and first story. :) I didn't have time today at school to finish it, so I kept it locked SAFELY as heck in my locker. :)

Lol that last picture is REALLY unflattering of her... haha.
I am very glad she made the decision to publish this for the whole world to see, as well, because I was really looking forward to reading these stories at some point.

But I wish we got to know WHY she wanted Ron to be terrified of spiders...

How wonderful, I really wish I could have been there! She's so nice!

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But I wish we got to know WHY she wanted Ron to be terrified of spiders...

Whoops, left the first bit of the quote out. She said she was afraid of them as a kid, and I guess she just gave it over to Ron, as well (she's given the trio a lot of her personality traits throughout the series).

Not the best pics..... oh well.

luxuriant beard!!! LOL

Dashing! i cant wait to get it.

Great pictures and nice interview. ^_^

I feel sorry for Rupert!!! I'm so glad she published the book and it is really not suprising she was good at writing stories as a kid too! I would love to read one of those stories :D

Jo is my hero!

My copies arrived today and good golly gosh they were worth waiting for!!!

Aaaaa, I can't wait till i get my copy!

Wow! It would be great to hear her read the stories because she visiualized all of the charactes in the tales and could give accurate expressions for all of them. I am going to see her one day, I know it!

I agree, poor rupert. She always looks lovely in her pics.

i feel bad for rupert, but many people are afraid of spiders.

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Lol that last picture is REALLY unflattering of her... haha.

im sorry what?: are we looking at differnt pictures? if i looked that good when i was in my 40s and with 3 children id be happy.

I love her hair it suits her.

I have my copy here ready to read but wont be able to untill next weekend with exams to revise for and essays

I really really want that book!

aahh!! just finished reading it!! it was AMAZING!! i love Jo! even thses childrens storys are smart and beautiful with Jo!

Oh, poor Rupert!
Joanne is so down-at-earth! She's just so unbeliveable lovely!

:lol: Poor Rupert XD *pats his head*

And I'm glad she published the book for everyone to read ^^

Great pictures :D I LOVE the Beedle the Bard poster behind her!