JK Rowling to auction "The Tales of Beedle the Bard"

Another update was made to JK Rowling's official website today, in which it was announced in the news section that not only has Jo written 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard', the book of fairytales mentioned in Deathly Hallows, but also that the seventh of these rare, handwritten items will be auctioned for charity, The Children's Voice, with a starting price of £30,000.

The book includes the previously heard, "The Tale of the Three Brothers", as well as new stories, "The Fountain of Fair Fortune", "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot,", "Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump" and "The Warlock’s Hairy Heart".

The auction will take place at Sotheby's on December 13th 2007.

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UPDATE: BBC News now has an article and video online about this story.

Posted by Becky on Nov 1st | 622 Comments