Mugglenet has a report online about JK Rowlings Beedle the Bard reading and they mention that a bunch of HP stars attended!

Also in attendance were Ian Rankin, Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, and Evanna Lynch. I introduced myself to Evanna as “Christie from MuggleNet.” She lit up at the sound of the site, and told me that the event was amazing and “it’s always so nice to hear her reading.”

She said that it was more personal to hear Jo reading her own work, and that she was “really impressed with the fairy tales.” We chatted about how moral the stories are, and Evanna was kind enough to humor us by letting us take some photos together.

Watch J.K. Rowling reading from The Tales of Beedle the Bard
(Available late afternoon eastern time, Thursday, December 4.)

As you can see from that link above tomorrow, December 4th, in the afternoon you will be able to download a video of JK Rowling reading from Beedle the Bard which is going to be released tomorrow.  An hour and a half where I am.

USA Today has a new interview with Arthur Levine where he discusses The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

They feel like folk tales or fairy tales that have been around forever,” says Arthur Levine of Scholastic, Rowling’s U.S. publisher. “They’re as good as any Grimm tale that you might have read in your own childhood. But that’s just Rowling’s incredible skill.

Amazon.com has launched a new contest to vote for items they would like to purchase at very discounted prices. The press release says, 1,000 copies of the Collector’s edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard is one of the items. In addition, the first 35 customers to place an order will win a copy autographed by J.K. Rowling. Here is what you have to do:

1. Go to this link and vote on a series of six groups.
2. On Thursday, Nov. 27, in the morning, check your email to see if you have been selected to participate in the “Race to Buy” event.
3. Come back on another specified date contained in your email to then race to buy the item, hopefully The Tales of Beedle the Bard if it wins its section.

If the book ends up as a runner-up, it will be made available for $70.
Thanks TLC!

The first look at Mary GrandPre’s new Harry Potter exhibit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is now online at TLC.  You can see 32 of the drawings here at Leaky.

The drawings are some cover ideas for the books as well as other sketches that we have seen in print already.

Steven Vander Ark’s new book, In Search of Harry Potter, which is about the different locations in Great Britian used in the Harry Potter series, has been approved for publishing by J.K. Rowling’s lawyers.They have agreed that it can be published after some changes are made to the cover. (this is not his Harry Potter Lexicon book, but a different one)

To order it click here.