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The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling

The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling had the idea for The Ickabog a long time ago and read it to her two younger children chapter by chapter each night while she was working on it. However, when the time came to publish it, she decided to put out a book for adults instead, which is how The Ickabog ended up in the attic. She became busy with other things, and even though she loved the story, over the years she came to think of it as something that was just for her own children.

Then this lockdown happened. It’s been very hard on children, in particular, so she brought The Ickabog down from the attic, read it for the first time in years, rewrote bits of it and then read it to her children again. They told her to put back in some bits they’d liked when they were little, and here we are!

The Ickabog will be published for free on theickabog.com, in instalments, over the next seven weeks, a chapter (or two, or three), at a time. It isn’t Harry Potter and it doesn’t include magic. This is an entirely different story.

The most exciting part, for Rowling, at least, is that she’d like you to illustrate The Ickabog for her. Every day, she’ll be making suggestions for what you might like to draw. You can enter the official competition being run by her publishers, for the chance to have your artwork included in a printed version of the book due out later this year. She’ll be giving suggestions as to what to draw as we go along, but you should let your imagination run wild.

She won’t be judging the competition. Each publisher will decide what works best for their editions. However, if you, your parent or your guardian would like to share your artwork on Twitter using the hashtag #TheIckabog, she’ll be able to see it and maybe share and comment on it!

When the book is published in November, she’s going to donate all her royalties to help people who have been affected by the coronavirus. They’ll give full details later in the year.

The Ickabog

by J.K. Rowling (Read Online)

The Ickabog by JK Rowling