GIVEAWAY: Hogwarts Classics

GIVEAWAY: Hogwarts Classics

**Giveaway posted 26th January, enter by 29th January 2017.**

 

9781408883082_310083Okay Harry Potter fans, this <<GIVEAWAY>> is for you. Complete your Hogwarts Library collection with brand new editions of Hogwarts classics Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard!

A perennial bestseller in the wizarding world and one of the most popular books in the Hogwarts School library, Quidditch Through the Ages contains all you will ever need to know about the history, the rules – and the breaking of the rules – of the noble sport of Quidditch. Packed with fascinating facts, this definitive guide by the esteemed Quidditch writer Kennilworthy Whisp charts the game’s history from its early origins in the medieval mists on Queerditch Marsh, through to the modern-day sport loved by so many wizard and Muggle families around the world. With comprehensive coverage of famous Quidditch teams, the commonest fouls, the development of racing brooms, and much more, this is a must-have sporting bible for all Harry Potter fans, Quidditch lovers and players, whether the weekend amateur or the seasoned Chudley Cannons season-ticket holder.

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been favourite bedtime reading in wizarding households for centuries. Full of magic and trickery, these classic tales both entertain and instruct, and remain as captivating to young wizards today as they were when Beedle first put quill to parchment in the fifteenth century. There are five tales in all: ‘The Tale of the Three Brothers’ Harry Potter fans will know from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; ‘The Fountain of Fair Fortune’, ‘The Warlock’s Hairy Heart’, ‘The Wizard and the Hopping Pot’ and ‘Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump’ complete the collection. These narrative gems are accompanied by explanatory notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore (included by kind permission of the Hogwarts Headmaster’s archive). His illuminating thoughts reveal the stories to be much more than just simple moral tales, and are sure to make Babbitty Rabbitty and the slug-belching Hopping Pot as familiar to Muggles as Snow White and Cinderella.  

 

We have three (3) packs to GIVEAWAY, each containing a copy of Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, both penned by the one and only J.K. Rowling. To enter, post a comment on the GIVEAWAY story which will be on our facebook page from 7.30pm 26th January, telling us which position on a Quidditch team you’d want to play and why. The most interesting and original responses by 5pm on Sunday 29th January will win a Hogwarts Classics pack, thanks to our friends at Bloomsbury.

** Please note the competition is open to Australian residents only. The winner will be announced on our facebook page.

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    Publisher details

    Harry Potter
    Authors
    J.K. Rowling, Natalie Smilie
    Publisher
    Bloomsbury
    Genre
    Children’s Fiction
    Released
    28 August, 2025
    ISBN
    9781526672605

    Synopsis

    How old was Harry when he first started at Hogwarts? Who gave him the Marauder's Map, and how big is a Golden Snitch?

    Find out all this and much more about Harry Potter! Peek at Harry in his spidery cupboard under the stairs, find out what he buys in Diagon Alley and explore the Gryffindor dormitory. Get set for dragon encounters, Quidditch thrills, secret passwords and a wand from Ollivanders …

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