Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Revealed: new Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone cover
The cover for the first fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has been revealed. What do you think?
The first fully illustrated edition of JK Rowling’s original Harry Potter novel will be in bookshops on 6 October 2015. The publishers have shared the front cover of the new book - what do you think?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone illustrated edition by JK Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay. All the artwork, not just the cover, for the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Illustrated Edition has been created by Jim Kay, who won the Kate Greenaway medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (read about how Patrick and Jim created that book and look at a gallery of Jim’s illustrations). The front cover image shows Harry Potter beside the Hogwarts Express. Back in December 2013 Jim Kay told us how he would tackle the illustrations and described the feeling of “an implosion of brain-freezing terror” he had when he was chosen as the new Harry Potter artist. More
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