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Even more fantastic: Rowling updates ‘Fantastic Beasts’ book

NEW YORK (AP) – J.K. Rowling is not done with the story of “Fantastic Beasts.”

The author’s Pottermore website announced Thursday that a new edition of the Harry Potter spin-off “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” will come out in March. The book, which arrives 4 months after the hit film adaptation, will include a foreword by Rowling writing as Magizoologist Newt Scamander, new artwork and a batch of new beasts.


Proceeds will be donated to Comic Relief and Lumos, Rowling’s charity for children placed in institutions.

The original book came out in 2001.