Bloomsbury will now explore exciting new directions in illustration to complete publishing all seven Illustrated editions. This illustrated version has been nearly two years in the making, a mammoth task as highlighted by the meticulously detailed artwork shown below. It’s been a huge strain working outside my comfort range for the last six years, so hopefully I will get the courage to be a bit more expressive and push the visuals in a darker direction.

Kay, who’s a big fan of Harry Potter, understands that things start getting really dark for Harry Potter in the fifth installment — after all, the Dark Lord regained a body at the end of Goblet of Fire. If you can’t wait to see it come to life in an exciting new way, learn what we know about the Half-Blood Prince Illustrated Edition release date! He shared a draft of Kreacher, the Black Family House Elf, as well as what a harness will look like for the Thestrals. It’s for this reason that we can’t wait for the Half-Blood Prince illustrated edition release date to be unveiled! The ICKABOG and THE CHRISTMAS PIG and all related trade marks, characters, names, and indicia are TM and © J.K. Rowling's classic series is an epic artistic achievement, featuring over 160 illustrations in an astonishing range of visual styles. No detail has been spared here, with each page lovingly decorated with different wizarding world flashbacks, from the snowy towers of Hogwarts to the hustle and bustle of Diagon Alley. The sheer scale of this book and the wonderful richness of imagination within the writing perhaps left space for a second approach and it has been a great joy and a challenge to try and work in harmony with Jim’s pictures and to visualise some of J. She also supports a number of causes through her charitable trust Volant and is the founder of the children’s charity Lumos. No release date has been announced for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince illustrated edition, however, it’s safe to assume that it will be two years from the release of OOTP, meaning Half-Blood Prince should be released in the fall of 2023.

She has also written three short companion volumes for charity, including Fantastic Bea sts and Where to Find Them, which later became the inspiration for a new series of films, also written by J. Now Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. The sixth book in the Harry Potter series is one of the most pivotal, and sets up the final installment of J.Harry Potter’s fifth year at Hogwarts is a must-have visual feast featuring magical locations, iconic story moments and favourite characters, including Tonks, Luna Lovegood and more. I love his interpretation of Harry Potter's world, and I feel honoured and grateful that he has lent his talent to it' - J. Each day features a favourite anniversary or meaningful memory from the Harry Potter novels (366 in fact – including one extra for the leap year) all delicately illustrated with scenic artwork along the way. Neil Packer added: ‘As both a friend and a colleague it was an honour to be asked to work alongside Jim Kay on this book.