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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJK Rowling announces new children's book, The Ickabog, to be published free online
JK Rowling is to publish a new childrens book, a fairy tale about truth and the abuse of power that she has kept in her attic for years, for free online for children in lockdown.
The Ickabog, which is set in an imaginary land unrelated to any of Rowlings other works, will be serialised online from Tuesday afternoon, in 34 daily, free instalments. It will then be published as a book, ebook and audiobook in November, with Rowlings royalties to go to projects assisting groups impacted by the pandemic.
Rowling described The Ickabog as a story about truth and the abuse of power. It came to her well over a decade ago, so she stressed that it isnt intended to be read as a response to anything thats happening in the world right now.
The themes are timeless and could apply to any era or any country, stressed Rowling, who has been critical in recent days of the UK governments response to the Dominic Cummings crisis. On Monday, she wrote of Cummings reasoning for his contentious trip to Durham: Your wife was ill, you thought you were infectious and youve got a kid. Those circumstances are not exceptional. Theyre commonplace.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/26/jk-rowling-announces-new-childrens-book-the-ickabog-to-be-published-free-online?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1590502231
The Ickabog, which is set in an imaginary land unrelated to any of Rowlings other works, will be serialised online from Tuesday afternoon, in 34 daily, free instalments. It will then be published as a book, ebook and audiobook in November, with Rowlings royalties to go to projects assisting groups impacted by the pandemic.
Rowling described The Ickabog as a story about truth and the abuse of power. It came to her well over a decade ago, so she stressed that it isnt intended to be read as a response to anything thats happening in the world right now.
The themes are timeless and could apply to any era or any country, stressed Rowling, who has been critical in recent days of the UK governments response to the Dominic Cummings crisis. On Monday, she wrote of Cummings reasoning for his contentious trip to Durham: Your wife was ill, you thought you were infectious and youve got a kid. Those circumstances are not exceptional. Theyre commonplace.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/26/jk-rowling-announces-new-childrens-book-the-ickabog-to-be-published-free-online?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1590502231
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JK Rowling announces new children's book, The Ickabog, to be published free online (Original Post)
demmiblue
May 2020
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Here's the site where the book is being posted. Also an open contest for illustrations!
hedda_foil
May 2020
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hedda_foil
(16,373 posts)1. Here's the site where the book is being posted. Also an open contest for illustrations!
https://www.theickabog.com/home/
The first two chapters are up. After you read the home page, click on "Read the story" at the top of the home page.
The first two chapters are up. After you read the home page, click on "Read the story" at the top of the home page.
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)2. I have been following her tweets highlighting some of the illustrations.
It is heart-warming. The imagination of children is, quite honestly, enviable.
Not gonna lie, this version of the Ickabog reminds me of Jared:
BRB, I need to take a stop in Chouxville:
tblue37
(65,340 posts)4. The first 5 are up. nt
Hekate
(90,674 posts)3. Downloading now! Jo Rowling's a treasure