J.K. Rowling has announced the release of her newest book (actually, this is a revised re-release from a small number produced last December), The Tales of Beetle the Bard which is scheduled for December 4, 2008. Rowling’s official website (www.jkrowling.com) says of the volume: “The new edition will include the Tales themselves, translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, and with illustrations by me, but also notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore, which appear by generous permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters’ Archive. Dumbledore’s commentary on the Tales, which was discovered among his papers after his death, includes some historical notes, personal reminiscences, and insights into that most mysterious branch of magic: wandlore. I very much hope that readers coming to these classic wizarding fables for the first time will find his commentary both entertaining and helpful.”
