Pottermore Publishing will publish a curated selection of 80 articles and anecdotes about the world of Harry Potter (Bloomsbury Children’s Books), originally written by J K Rowling for the Pottermore website. The collection of pieces, which will be published on on 29th August 2024, will remain available and free to read on Wizarding World.
From the Wizarding Archive: Curated Writing from the World of Harry Potter is available to pre-order in English in e-book and digital audiobook formats. Framed by Pottermore Publishing-authored editorial, the articles will be accompanied by an exclusive foreword written and narrated by Harry Potter film actor Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood.
This will be the first time that the original content is available in audio on Audible. While the main narration has been performed by Lynch, Hugh Quarshie, Finlay Robertson and Lara Sawalha are reading Rowling’s original articles, all of which will be delivered alongside sound design and original music.
All author royalties will be donated by Pottermore Publishing to the Lumos Foundation on behalf of Rowling, expected to be a minimum of £1 for each copy sold.
“We’re thrilled to publish this wonderful content from J K Rowling’s archive on WizardingWorld.com in an engaging and accessible way, as well as helping to raise money for Lumos,” said Jennie McCann, Pottermore Publishing’s managing director. “The articles provide an unparalleled insight into the imagination, writing process and preparation that lay behind the much-loved Harry Potter stories and we know fans will love exploring this content, and the world of Harry Potter, in even more depth.”
The book will be published as both a single volume audiobook and two-volume e-book, with Volume One of the e-book containing 45 articles, and Volume Two comprising the 35 articles that were previously published in 2016 as the Pottermore Presents (Pottermore Publishing) series of three e-books. Fans will also be able to purchase both volumes together in a combined edition, and the Pottermore Presents e-books will be removed from sale at the end of July and replaced with From the Wizarding Archive.
Following the English language launch, the German, French, Italian and Spanish e-books and audiobooks will be published in November, with further languages anticipated to follow.
