The Telegraph has released 10 new photos from the new Illustrated Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The book has been fully illustrated in color by artist Jim Kay and will be released on October 6th! Be sure to stay tuned to Magical-Menagerie for an exciting post on the release day!
New illustrations include Ron, Harry with the Sorting Hat, Professor McGonagall a Great Hall celebration and more!You can view all of the images in our gallery!
The BBC has revealed their lineup for the Autumn/Winter television season and some new information about the series for Robert Galbraith/J.K. Rowling’s Cormoran Strike novels was included! The show will be called ‘The Cormoran Strike Mysteries’ and will air on BBC one (as we previously reported)
Based on Robert Galbraith’s best-selling novels The Cuckoo’s Calling and The Silkworm, and the highly anticipated Career Of Evil, due for publication this autumn, this bold series from a master storyteller will bring one of the most memorable detective duos of modern times to BBC One.
Steeped in the atmosphere of contemporary London, Cormoran Strike’s city is far from the bright lights and frenetic bustle, immersed instead in its darker, murkier side. War veteran turned private detective, Strike investigates shocking crimes together with his female assistant Robin, whose forensic mind and fierce determination he cannot ignore. The murders take them from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the literary haunts of Fitzrovia, exposing the seedy reality lurking beneath seemingly innocent societies. With each crime, they discover a little more about each other and both learn that appearances can be deceptive.
The series is made by Brontë Film and Television, the producers of The Casual Vacancy. Sarah Phelps will adapt The Cuckoo’s Calling and Ben Richards The Silkworm. Ruth Kenley-Letts, Neil Blair and JK Rowling are executive producers, and Lucy Richer for the BBC. Dan McCulloch will produce and Julian Farino will direct.
Pottermore has relaunched with their brand new look and content! The Pottermore Correspondent has written a post explaining the new Pottermore website and how it will work. The new site will include “reports straight from the set of Fantastic Beasts, behind-the-scenes glimpses of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, sneak-peeks at new writing and news about J.K. Rowling.” Some more information from the post may be read below:
This is where you’ll be able to read brand new writing by J.K. Rowling (yes, it’s canon!), check out magical characters, objects, spells and places, reminisce about the first time you read the books, ruminate on advice from the great Dumbledore, speculate about Newt Scamander, try to guess the identity of the Cursed Child, fall in love with the stories all over again and SO MUCH MORE.
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Like any good universe the wizarding world keeps expanding, and Pottermore will expand with it. We’ll bring you new stories, new magical experiences, new interviews, and new sneaky-peeks behind the scenes every day until the end of time and/or the Internet.
The post also revealed that you WILL be able to get sorted again in the future: “We will bring the Sorting Hat back, so you can find out if you’re a Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin. Soon, you’ll be able to find out the form of your Patronus and ponder on what that means, you’ll be able to get a wand and who knows what other magical things we’ll conjure up.”
To celebrate the release of the Illustrated Edition of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on October 6, 2015, Bloomsbury is giving readers the chance the help reveal the first image of Lord Voldemort, by posting #UnveilVoldemort to social media accounts. Visit unveilvoldemort.com for details!
They will reveal Jim Kay’s stunning image of Voldemort in five stages, and you can take part in each one by using the hashtag #UnveilVoldemort on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! At the publishing time of this post there are already 8,615 mentions, so let’s keep it going!
Buzzfeed has shared two new photos from the new Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. You can view the photos in our gallery.
They also shared a video showing how Jim Kay made models to help with his illustrations for the book. (Thanks to SS for uploading to YouTube)
They also shared a quote from J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury sent over the following:
Pre-order the and UK editions before the October 6th release. If you are in the UK you can also pre-order the special Deluxe Edition exclusively though Bloomsbury (for a November 5th release). Unfortunately fans in the US cannot order through Bloomsbury’s site so we have to wait until March 2016.
Bloomsbury have announced that they are offering an exclusive Harry Potter tote bag when you pre-order Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Illustrated Edition from harrypotter.bloomsbury.com or Bloomsbury.com. The tote bag features one of Jim Kay’s stunning owl illustrations from inside the book. If you have already pre-ordered from one of the above sites, you will automatically receive one of these gorgeous bags. Pre-order now!
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