Strike super fans The Tottenham have posted the first five minutes of the Ink Black Heart audio book read by Robert Glenister. Thank you Sue for the tip-off! As well as this leak there are lots of shenanigans from our ersatz characters on Twitter. Tune in tomorrow for an update!

First chapter of IBH released – no spoilers 😬 https://t.co/ZtYwIDCn9t

— SukiLewis 🏃‍♂️🪦🌊❤️ (@suekmoorhen) August 17, 2022

When you told the dogs you’d be back at midnight but arrive home early. pic.twitter.com/xfHh7vxnwt

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 7, 2022

I received a copy of Secrets of Dumbledore: The Complete Screenplay today but have not had a chance even to skim through it. As a placeholder for those readers like me who will need a day or two to get through the screenplay’s 304 pages even in a cursory fashion, I offer some background music today, bluegrass music with a hint of Gospel from southern men in white robes but not Klansmen. Enjoy!

25 years ago today, I saw Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in a bookstore (Waterstones, Prince's Street, Edinburgh) for the very first time. It was one of the best moments of my life. Thank you, @BloomsburyBooks, for taking a chance on a total unknown. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/yPwaqPbvie

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2022

I had absolutely no idea what was coming as I stood dumbstruck in that book shop, staring at my name on the spine of a published novel. Thank you to every single reader who boarded the Hogwarts Express in 1997 and stuck with Harry until the very end. What a journey it was… ⚡️❤️

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2022

Patricio Tarantino of TheRowlingLibrary.com (TRL) interviewed Thomas Taylor, the illustrator who created the first cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone twenty-five years ago. Enjoy!