J.K. Rowling is releasing an unpublished fairy tale she wrote more than a decade ago online for free. The Harry Potter author revealed her plans to publish the story, titled The Ickabog, for kids stuck at home during the Covid-19 lockdown on Tuesday.
She will be serialising the book online in chapters from Tuesday until 10 July, before publishing a print edition in November to raise funds for those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Explaining the story behind the fairy tale on her website, Rowling wrote: “The idea for The Ickabog came to me while I was still writing Harry Potter.
I wrote most of a first draft in fits and starts between Potter books, intending to publish it after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. “However, after the