Back in 1997, a little-known writer named Joanne Rowling gave a reading of her new fantasy novel—something about boy wizards and philosophers’ stones—at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Of course, twenty years later, we know that those children were among the lucky few to first hear the story of Harry Potter… and their parents got a phenomenal deal on tickets.
Thanks to the Edinburgh International Book Festival for sharing this cute bit of history for the 20th anniversary of the publication of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone!
Reminds me of how the “log-line” in the BBC’s television listings for the premier episode of DOCTOR WHO in 1963 was simply “An adventure in space and time.”
I didn’t know today was the series’s 20th birthday. Cool!
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been that long – although I didn’t really get into the series until 2001 ish.