J.K. Rowling celebrates 12 Days of Christmas with 12 new 'Harry Potter' stories
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It appears you鈥檝e all been very good this year, because 鈥淧otter鈥 author J.K. Rowling has announced she鈥檒l be releasing 12 鈥 that鈥檚 right, 12聽 鈥 new stories set in the 鈥淧otter鈥 world on the website Pottermore.
From Dec. 12 to Dec. 23, a new piece by Rowling will be posted on Pottermore. The announcement of the upcoming stories comes after the author released a story about 鈥淧otter鈥 villain Dolores Umbridge in honor of Halloween. Other original work appearing on the website has included a fake article by reporter Rita Skeeter about what Harry, his wife Ginny, and friends Ron and Hermione are up to following the events of the 鈥淧otter鈥 series and a story about the life of 鈥淧otter鈥 singer Celestina Warbeck.
According to , one of the stories will look at 鈥淧otter鈥 villain Draco Malfoy and an e-mail to Pottermore users stated that the new pieces will also include 鈥渨onderful writing by J.K. Rowling in Moments from聽鈥楬alf-Blood Prince,鈥 shiny gold Galleons and even a new potion or two.鈥 (鈥淧rince鈥 is the sixth book in the 鈥淧otter鈥 series.)
Rowling recently released 鈥淭he Silkworm,鈥 the second in a planned series about detective Cormoran Strike (no magic in those books). She will also be behind the screenplay for an upcoming film adaptation of her book 鈥淔antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,鈥 which is set in the 鈥淧otter鈥 universe. In 鈥淧otter,鈥 鈥淔antastic鈥 was a textbook assigned to students written by Newt Scamander. Scamander will reportedly be the main character of the 鈥淔antastic鈥 film series, for which three movies are planned. The first film will be released in 2016. David Yates is taking the helm for that film 鈥 Yates directed the final four movies in the 鈥淧otter鈥 film series, which were some of the most critically praised of the 鈥淧otter鈥 movies.