J.K. Rowling has written three collections of short stories that take readers deeper into the “dark side” of the Harry Potter wizarding world, Pottermore publishers confirmed Wednesday.
Rowling’s first-person reflections about the wizarding world, reveals surprises and intricate details about several characters’ lives in the three new ebooks, which will be released 6 September. The books will be available in eight languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish. Each eBook short will be priced at 1.99 GBP, 2.99 EU and 2.99 USD.
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The first three eBooks, each is approximately 10, 000 words long, focus on the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, are available for preorder now from leading digital book retailers around the world.
“The eBooks will delight readers as they take them beyond the Harry Potter stories and deeper into the wizarding world.” Pottermore CEO Susan Jurevics said in a statement. “J.K. Rowling’s writing in these collections reveals intricate details of her characters’ lives, their histories, as well as her inspiration.”
The first three titles available are:
• Short Stories from Hogwarts: Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists. This collection features exclusive new writing about Horace Slughorn, Harry Potter’s portly Potions Master together with writing published on pottermore.com. It also includes writing about other important characters like Dolores Umbridge and Quirinus Quirrell. The stories are linked by themes of temptation, power, mischief and villainy, and provide a window into the darker side of the wizarding world.
• Short Stories from Hogwarts: Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies. These stories profile two of the Harry Potter stories’ most courageous and iconic characters: Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupin. It also offers never-before-published writing by J.K. Rowling about Professor McGonagall’s role in the second wizarding war together with writing featured on pottermore.com.
• Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide. Entries are focused on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a place of almost boundless mystery and magic. Readers will venture to the Hogwarts grounds, become better acquainted with its more permanent residents, discover its secrets, its hidden rooms and corridors… all at the turn of a page.
