Bloomsbury (whose Beedle the Bard page is here) has updated their YouTube channel today with a video of Jo answering questions asked by children at the Beedle release party (originally reported by Leaky here), about whether her teachers knew she was a good story writer (not sure but it was her favorite subject; least was chemistry, which is why Snape is the potions teacher), Children's High Level Group, her fears (spiders, like Ron and Rupert), and what Edinburgh and real-world places she based her fictional locations on (none).
Oh I just love listening to Jo read from the book! It just makes it better hearing it from the woman who wrote it, and knowing that the way she is reading it is the way she reads it in her mind. It makes it all that much more amazing. :)
i read the story. listening to it, however, i think i understand some of the moral a little better. especially the part about pay me the fruit of your labors. i like the story a little more now.
Posted by angela can apparate on January 18, 2009, 01:50 AM
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THECHILDRENLOOK SO BORED!!!!!!!! LIKEWAKE UP ALREADY!! THIS IS J.K.ROWLONG!!
yeah Jo is amazing she has made such a difference to my life i just cant begin to imagine a world without Jo and by extention a world without harry potter…
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yeah the kids look really bored when i met jo two years ago i went utterly speechless and just smiled like a maniac and i didn’t sleep from the moment i knew i was gonna meet her till i met her!!! it was the best day of my life!!!!
Oh I just love listening to Jo read from the book! It just makes it better hearing it from the woman who wrote it, and knowing that the way she is reading it is the way she reads it in her mind. It makes it all that much more amazing. :)