::: ShoSho’s Corner :::

On her official site, JKR writes that:When it came to finding “thank you” presents for the people who have been most closely involved with Harry Potter over the years, nothing shop-bought seemed personal enough. I therefore decided to hand-write a limited number of copies of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard”….There were really six people I wanted to honour – the real insiders - but it had to be seven copies, not six. I have therefore decided to auction the seventh book for The Children’s Voice (previously the Children’s High Level Group), the charity I co-founded to campaign for the rights of institutionalised children.Each of the seven copies of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” has a different dedication; all are leather-bound and embellished with silver and different semi-precious stones. The seventh book (the Moonstone edition) will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in London on December 13th 2007. The book will be on display to the public for a short period before the sale, and catalogues will be sold, all profits going to the Children’s Voice.LINK: http://www.sothebys.com/app/paddleReg/paddlereg.do?dispatch=eventDetails&event_id=28411

P.S: I WANT a copy. She could have made it a charity thing same way she did with the school books 

Author J.K. Rowling Says Two Characters Will Die in Last ‘Harry Potter’ InstallmentLONDON Jun 26, 2006 (AP)— Author J.K. Rowling said two characters will die in the last installment of her boy wizard series, and she hinted Harry Potter might not survive either.”I have never been tempted to kill him off before the final because I’ve always planned seven books, and I want to finish on seven books,” Rowling said Monday on TV here.”I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks, `Well, I’m gonna kill them off because that means there can be no non-author-written sequels. So it will end with me, and after I’m dead and gone they won’t be able to bring back the character’.”Rowling declined to commit herself about Harry, saying she doesn’t want to receive hate mail.”The last book is not finished. But I’m well into it now. I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I’ve known exactly how the series is going to end,” she said.Some characters might die, but the blockbuster movie franchise lives on. Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that the fifth installment will be released in U.S. theaters, including Imax screens, on July 13, 2007.In “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” directed by David Yates, the teenage Harry continues to battle the evil Lord Voldemort (again played by Ralph Fiennes) and his followers. Daniel Radcliffe is returning as the title character, and Emma Watson and Rupert Grint reprise their roles as Hermione and Ron. Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton plays the malicious, frumpy Professor Dolores Umbridge, who tortures Harry.In her Monday interview on the “Richard and Judy” show, Rowling said people are sometimes shocked to hear that she wrote the end of book seven before she had a publisher for the first book in the series.”The final chapter is hidden away, although it’s now changed very slightly. One character got a reprieve. But I have to say two die that I didn’t intend to die,” she said. “A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil here. They don’t target extras do they? They go for the main characters. Well, I do.” Rowling is the richest woman in Britain wealthier than even the queen with a fortune estimated by Forbes magazine last year at more than $1 billion.Whatever she writes next, Rowling is sure of one thing: It won’t be as successful as Harry Potter.”I don’t think I’m ever going to have anything like Harry again. You just get one like Harry.”

On the Net:http://www.jkrowling.com/http://www.mugglenet.com/

What I think: OMG, Does she have to do this?!!!

J. K Rowling has updated her Website http://www.jkrowling.co.uk to wish Ron Weasley a happy birthday.Happy Birthday Ron!