just this morning, I was thinking

[heidi tandy]

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about the little "preview" Lori did for Paradigm of Uncertainty 
between chapters 14 & 15, because it was taking a while for Chapter 
15 to be finished, and thinking that JKR should do something like 
that, maybe a long magazine article or a little book, to help us 
survive this gap between Books 4 & 5, as Book 5 will clearly not be 
out until late next year.
I just saw on Yahoo news that my wish was answered - here's how:

Reuters reported that Harry Potter (news - web sites) is to come to 
the aid of charity.

J.K. Rowling agreed Monday to write two short books to raise money 
for Comic Relief, a charity for Third World causes.

``Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them'' and ``Quidditch Through 
The Ages'' will be published in March 2001.

``I have always had a hankering to write these two books, so when 
(film screenwriter) Richard Curtis wrote to me, I thought it was a 
wonderful opportunity to be involved with a charity I have always 
supported,'' Rowling said.

For those of you who don't know, Richard Curtis was the director of 4 
weddings & a funeral, a bunch of Blackadders (hi cassandra!) and 
Notting Hill.