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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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05-29-2008, 03:40 AM
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How exciting! I can't wait to read it! I'm still holding on to the hope that Jo will decide she HAS to write a prequel after all!
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05-29-2008, 03:58 AM
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Awesome =) .... i hope she writes more
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05-29-2008, 04:02 AM
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That'll be quite interesting to read.
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05-29-2008, 04:13 AM
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why do we have to wait SO LONG to read it  just joking,i can wait ..*sits down and waits for June 11th to pass* lol
i just love jk!! she is so kind that she could do anything to help people.
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05-29-2008, 04:35 AM
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05-29-2008, 04:38 AM
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Haha that's kinda cool
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05-29-2008, 05:30 AM
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Thats so awesome. I can't wait to read it 
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05-29-2008, 05:49 AM
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05-29-2008, 06:38 AM
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Yah.. at least we get to read it!
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05-29-2008, 07:10 AM
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05-29-2008, 08:06 AM
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J.K. writes fanfic I like it!
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05-29-2008, 08:21 AM
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Hoooow exciting!!
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05-29-2008, 08:44 AM
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Yeah i cant wait to read i miss harry potter soo much
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05-29-2008, 09:14 AM
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i so want to read that and buy if it it goes on sale
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05-29-2008, 09:47 AM
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holy smokes there's a photo now 
damn, june 11th could come soon enough
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05-29-2008, 10:21 AM
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One of those moments in life where if you had unlimited resources i.e. Money, there would be nothing and no-one that could stop you buying it.
Cant wait to read it.
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05-29-2008, 10:25 AM
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I love how it's June the 11th, a good couple of days after exams finish. xD All I hope is that the Waterstones here will have it... Hmm. *goes to poke them*
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05-29-2008, 10:38 AM
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800 word? How many pages that is?
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05-29-2008, 10:50 AM
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that's cool....but i wonder if the prequel is about harry before hogwarts or before harry was born...........hmmm.................
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05-29-2008, 10:52 AM
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I'm so excited! I've always hoped that JKR would write a prequel involving Lily and James, and though I know that she's denied that she ever will many times, I am pleased to see that she wrote a short story. However, I do wish that she would allow this and the Beedle the Bard stories to be published in a typed book, so that the rest of her fans can read them too.
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05-29-2008, 11:16 AM
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... one is almost tempted to go bid for it. If one had 5 million pounds lying around... lol
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05-29-2008, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Kazters  i so want to read that and buy if it it goes on sale A book of all the storycards will go on sale, with proceeds going to the aforementioned charities. Quote:
800 word? How many pages that is?
It's a storycard, so 1. Quote:
i wonder if the prequel is about harry before hogwarts or before harry was born
It's James and Sirius in their 'younger years' which implies it's pre-Harry. Quote:
However, I do wish that she would allow this and the Beedle the Bard stories to be published in a typed book, so that the rest of her fans can read them too.
This WILL go on sale! As for Beedle the Bard, the copyright in part now belongs to Amazon. Quote:
... one is almost tempted to go bid for it. If one had 5 million pounds lying around... lol
How cool would it be if one of the HP kids bought it, like when Dan bought that family tree!
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05-29-2008, 11:44 AM
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I want to read it! I want to! I HAVE to read it! *Squee*
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05-29-2008, 01:44 PM
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At least we'll actually get to read it this time, unlike the Bard stories.
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05-29-2008, 02:04 PM
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As long as we get to read it eventually, I'm happy!
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