December 17, 2007
JK Rowling Interviewed on PotterCast
(Source: The Leakey Cauldron.com) According to The Leaky Cauldron, J.K. Rowling will make her first ever appearance on a podcast on Tuesday December 18 when PotterCast #130 is released to the public. You can keep updated at TLC or at pottercast.com/jkrowling.
TLC is billing this as "the first in-depth fan interview since the TLC/Mugglenet interview in 2005, and Jo's repartee was everything we knew it would be: informative, warm, funny and chock-full of canon revelations as well as statements about the writing and publishing of the series. We had such a great time recording with her and hope that you all enjoy the output!"
Amazon.com Purchaces 'Beedle the Bard' at Auction
(Source Veritaserum.com) Web giant Amazon.com purchased one of the seven copies in existence of JK Rowling's 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' at a Sotheby's auction last week. The winning bid was £1,950,000, or $3,984,77, significantly above the expected selling price of $100,000.
While Amazon can not republish the book as they do not own the rights, they have published detailed reviews of each of the five stories included in the book which you can find at this Link. Beautiful photos of the book can be found at this Link.
Following the auction, JK Rowling said, "I'm stunned and ecstatic. Christmas has come early for me."