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"'Harry Potter' Spin-Offs Raise Funds"("Associated Press" October 17, 2000) |
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| LONDON (AP) - Fictional boy wizard Harry Potter is being enlisted to raise money for charity. Author J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter's creator, is writing two spinoff reference books from the popular series to benefit Comic Relief. Proceeds from the sale of the books will help the organization fight poverty and social injustice. The short books - called ``Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them'' and ``Quidditch Through the Ages'' - will be released worldwide during a Comic Relief fund drive March 16. ``Fantastic Beasts'' is a title on the boy wizard's school supply list in a previous book. The second new volume will be an anthology of Harry Potter's favorite sport, quidditch. ``I have always had a secret hankering to write these two books,'' Rowling said. |
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