好消息，J.K.罗琳宣布她的新童书《The Ickabog》在网上免费连载。该书将在11月以图书、电子书和有声读物的形式出版，罗琳所得的版税将用于帮助受疫情影响的团体项目。
“在我写作时，我每晚会向全家人阅读一些章节。这是我写作生涯中最非同寻常的经历之一，”她在社交媒体写道， “我认为Ickabog很适合连载，因为它是作为一本有声读物写成的（我想，这是在我读给自己孩子听的时候，无意识形成的），它也适合7到9岁的孩子自己阅读。”
来看看J.K.罗琳是如何介绍这部新作的：I had the idea for The Ickabog a long time ago and read it to my two younger children chapter by chapter each night while I was working on it. However, when the time came to publish it, I decided to put out a book for adults instead, which is how The Ickabog ended up in the attic. I became busy with other things, and even though I loved the story, over the years I came to think of it as something that was just for my own children.Then this lockdown happened. It’s been very hard on children, in particular, so I brought The Ickabog down from the attic, read it for the first time in years, rewrote bits of it and then read it to my children again. They told me 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 this website, 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 me, at least, is that I’d like you to illustrate The Ickabog for me. Every day, I’ll be making suggestions for what you might like to draw. You can enter the official competition being run by my publishers, for the chance to have your artwork included in a printed version of the book due out later this year. I’ll be giving suggestions as to what to draw as we go along, but you should let your imagination run wild.
I 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, I’ll be able to see it and maybe share and comment on it!
When the book is published in November, I’m going to donate all my royalties to help people who have been affected by the coronavirus. We’ll give full details later in the year.
I think that’s everything you need to know. I hope you enjoy reading it and I can’t wait to see your pictures.
想跟着J.K.罗琳一起阅读这部新作吗？每天一起悦读吧。
J.K. 罗琳 The Ickabog 第31章 Disappearance of a Butcher
