# Harry Potter to raise £22 million for Comic Relief

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/01/08/harry-potter-raise-22m-comic-relief/
- Published: 2001-01-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

JK Rowling, author of the successful Harry Potter series of books, is expected 
to help raise £22 million for Comic Relief. She will donate all her royalties to
the charity from two new spin-off books from the series. Fantastic Beasts & Where
to Find Them, by Newt Scamander and Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennillworthy 
Whisp are both titles from the library at Hogwarts School. Ms Rowling has written
and illustrated them both.

The books go on sale on 12 March and two million copies of each will be published
in the UK. Rowling’s donation is expected to make up about half of this year’s total
Comic Relief income.

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