The Gryffindor Gazette

September 2nd, 2008

Poster for The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Bloomsbury has updated their site with the official poster for JK Rowling’s collection of fairy tales, “The Tales of Beedle the Bard”, due out on December 4, and here it is:

And here’s what the book is going to look like:
Images courtesy Bloomsbury Publishing
Tags: books, Fairy tale, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Kids and Teens, Literature, […]

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July 31st, 2008

Want to buy Tales of Beedle the Bard? Now you can!

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the book of fairytales written by JK Rowling, will be available for purchase December 4, 2008. Here’s more information:
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector’s Edition: Collector’s Edition Product Features:
• All five fairy tales from the original The Tales of Beedle the Bard
• […]

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April 10th, 2008

Want to get your hands on “The Tales of Beedle the Bard”? Here’s how!

There’s a great contest going over at Amazon right now, and the prize? A free trip for you and a friend to London, England to spend a weekend with the rare and delightful book of fairy tales (security guards included, of course), handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling herself. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!! Contest details […]

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December 31st, 2007

The Top Harry Potter Stories of 2007

Greetings, my lovely Gryffindor Gazette readers! Boy, has this been a great year for Harry Potter news or WHAT!!! Well, it’s almost 2008, and you know what that means…yep, lots of lists. So! Without further ado, here are the top Harry Potter stories of 2007:

Daniel Radcliffe Performs in Equus
Harry Potter and the Order of the […]

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December 21st, 2007

JK Rowling’s reaction to The Tales of Beedle the Bard being sold for $4 million

I thought this was pretty cute:
“It is fortunate that nobody was filming my reaction while the bids climbed higher and higher. Fiddy, Angela, Christine and I were sitting around Fiddy’s laptop in our office (the aforementioned being my PA and the invaluable assistants who deal with the postbag), watching a live link to Sotheby’s. Once […]

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December 17th, 2007

Buyer of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” identified

Guess who bought JK Rowling’s fairy tale The Tales of Beedle the Bard for $4 million? why, it’s Amazon.com!
We’re incredibly excited to announce that Amazon has purchased J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard at an auction held by Sotheby’s in London. The book of five wizarding fairy tales, referenced in the last book […]

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December 13th, 2007

“The Tales of Beedle the Bard” sells for $4 million!

Can you believe this? J.K. Rowling’s tale titled The Tales of Beedle the Bard has sold for $4 MILLION DOLLARS!
A book of fairy tales created, handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling sold for nearly $4 million at auction Thursday.
The buyer, London art agent Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, now has one of only seven copies of […]

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November 28th, 2007

The Tales of Beedle the Bard on display now at Sotheby’s

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is now on display at Sotheby’s auction house; it’s being auctioned off for charity. Here’s some information and images of and from the book:
“The Tales of Beedle the Bard ” is a collection of wizarding fairy-tales of special significance manuscript within “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. ”
This is […]

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