Books

Illustrated edition of Quidditch Through the Ages will be released in 2020

Bloomsbury, British publishing house, announced that the book Quidditch Through the Ages (2001), written by J.K. Rowling under the fictional pseudonymous Kennilworthy Whisp, will be released on October 1, 2020 in an illustrated edition. Part of the sales value will be donated to charity institutions.

The new edition will be illustrated by Emily Gravett, awarded illustrator of children’s book and for books such as Wolves and Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears, Again. She will use the audacious combination of her pencil style, color illustration, handmade objects, and digital techniques, according to the publisher.

Part of the book’s income will be revert to Comic Relief and Lumos, charity institutions supported by J.K. Rowling.

Translated into English by Caroline Dorigon
Edited by Aline Michel