In 2014 the inside text was fully updated and re-designed to make it a more reader-friendly experience, and it is this setting that is featured in this reissue of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Harry's story as a grown-up was continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , which J. K. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harry’s story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London, and is now thrilling audiences on four continents. The back cover will feature the iconic image of bespectacled Professor Albus Dumbledore and we will share the back cover design once it is finalised.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now playing in multiple locations around the world. Rowling has received many awards and honours for her writing, including the OBE and Companion of Honour, the Hans Christian Andersen Award and a Blue Peter Gold Badge. After its first publication in 1997, the illustration of Harry Potter with his lightning bolt scar, standing next to the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, would go on to become one of the most iconic book covers of the twentieth century, offering a tantalising first glimpse of J. With fantastic bonus content waiting inside, readers are invited to relive the book's magical publishing journey.

We will announce on social media as soon as we have more information to share, or sign-up to our Harry Potter newsletter. I bought this especially to anger a protestor and because i think JK Rowling is great and without her, we would never have discovered the world of Harry Potter and i will be forever greatful for her work! In celebration of 25 years of Harry Potter magic, Bloomsbury is proud to be releasing a special commemorative edition featuring the much loved original cover design, with artwork by Thomas Taylor. The script book was published to mark the plays opening in 2016 and instantly topped the bestseller lists.K. Rowling's own archive and discover Thomas Taylor's charming account of how a young artist came to illustrate Harry Potter for the very first time. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through Volant, and is the founder of the international children's care reform charity Lumos.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Being an American, I recently had a strong desire to collect some of the British versions of the books and stumbled across this one. K. Rowling’s own archive – Thomas Taylor’s charming account of illustrating the cover for the first time, as a young artist – Fully updated story text, with refreshed design, to provide the perfect reading experienceHarry Potter lives in the cupboard under the stairs at his uncle and aunt’s house at number four, Privet Drive – until the day when a mysterious letter arrives from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and a giant on a flying motorcycle arrives to change his life with four simple words: ‘Harry – yer a wizard. Since then, Harry Potter and his epic adventures have become a cultural phenomenon, bewitching millions of readers all across the globe. A scarce first printing of the 20th anniversary edition of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Published in 2007 by Bloomsbury. In addition to a bright dust jacket emblazoned with a removable silver sticker, readers will discover a wealth of celebratory bonus content inside.

K. Rowling has received many other awards and honours, including France’s Legion d’Honneur, Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award and Denmark’s Hans Christian Andersen Award. K. Rowling also wrote three short companion volumes for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of her international children’s charity, Lumos. The second, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in 2018 and the third, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was released in 2022. The Silkworm followed in 2014, Career of Evil in 2015, Lethal White in 2018, Troubled Blood in 2020 and The Ink Black Heart in 2022.This irresistible anniversary edition will bring back treasured memories for the fans who remember the excitement when Harry’s journey first began, as well as introduce a new generation to the unforgettable story of the Boy Who Lived. Decorated with the original hand-drawn Hogwarts crest, the inside pages also feature the fully updated and redesigned story text to provide the perfect reading experience.