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The sixth book in the Harry Potter series is one of the most pivotal, and sets up the final installment of J.K. Rowling’s epic tale. If you can’t wait to see it come to life in an exciting new way, learn what we know about the Half-Blood Prince Illustrated Edition release date!
Harry Potter illustrator Jim Kay is currently at work on the fifth installment, Order of the Phoenix. The release date for Order of the Phoenix is currently stated for the end of 2021, which is two years after the release of its predecessor, Goblet of Fire. So when will the next illustrated edition, Half-Blood Prince be released?
‘Half-Blood Prince’ illustrated edition release date
No release date has been announced for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince illustrated edition, however, it’s safe to assume that it will be two years from the release of OOTP, meaning Half-Blood Prince should be released in the fall of 2023.
And we’re dying (pun intended) to see the illustrations for the end of the book.
This is a lengthy wait for the book, but Jim Kay’s work is incredibly detailed, and Rowling’s Half-Blood Prince is very long (the fourth longest in the series, in fact). Since there’s so much story to illustrate, it’s not a surprise that we’ll have to wait two years.
Though there’s been a lot of controversial news coming out of the Harry Potter fandom in recent years, one area of the franchise that has never received negative feedback is Kay’s reimagining of the Potter series. His work is stunning, and adds hundreds of pieces of remarkable imagery to the Wizarding World. It’s for this reason that we can’t wait for the Half-Blood Prince illustrated edition release date to be unveiled!
The good news is that the Wizarding World franchise may unveil another book in the fall of 2022, in between releases of OOTP and HBP. In the off-years between releases of Prisoner of Azkaban through Order of the Phoenix, Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard were released by other illustrators. It would follow, then, that they are planning a big release in the off-year between Books 5 and 6.
Perhaps that off-year release in 2022 will be related to the third Fantastic Beasts movie, which is currently slated for release in Summer 2022.
This article will stay updated with the latest Half-Blood Prince illustrated edition news. Stay tuned for more information as we hear it from Jim Kay and elsewhere!
Following Goblet of Fire’s publication, everyone’s eager to know the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Illustrated Edition release date. Last updated May 2020
There isn’t a Harry Potter fan out there who doesn’t love the Illustrated Editions, and Order of the Phoenix will be no different. Rowling’s seven part story has never looked so good thanks to illustrator Jim Kay’s incredible work.
The Goblet of Fire Illustrated Edition was released in October 2019, and now that his work on the fourth installment is complete, Kay is working on the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Illustrated Edition.
Work on the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Illustrated Edition started in Spring 2019. Kay had said on his website at the time, “I’ve been out and about researching for the Order of the Phoenix last week, with trips to Great Dixter and Ightham Mote in the South of England.”
“I’m going to try and make the next book a bit more ‘me,'” he continued. “It’s been a huge strain working outside my comfort range for the last six years, so hopefully I will get the courage to be a bit more expressive and push the visuals in a darker direction. I think it would suit the text.”
In October 2019, Kay said that he had recently moved, and “we have lost around 6 months [of work on Order of the Phoenix] to all the problems with moving and fixing up a new place, and Louise is tied up with renovations for the next couple of months. As soon as I’m back after the promo tour, I will really have to get cracking [on the book].”
In May 2020, Kay offered fans a couple sneak peeks into the book. He shared a draft of Kreacher, the Black Family House Elf, as well as what a harness will look like for the Thestrals.
Here’s a sketch of Kreacher:
And here’s a sketch of the Thestral harness. Note Kay’s comment about adding a skull bell to it “for fun”:
Kay, who’s a big fan of Harry Potter, understands that things start getting really dark for Harry Potter in the fifth installment — after all, the Dark Lord regained a body at the end of Goblet of Fire. “I’d forgotten just how rough a time Harry has in the Order, not a happy year by any stretch,” Kay says. “It’s a bleak story to match our bleak times, perhaps.”
‘Order of the Phoenix’ Illustrated Edition release date
The illustrated Harry Potter books were on a yearly cycle until Goblet of Fire, which was published two years after Prisoner of Azkaban. The longer wait between the two books was no surprise, because the fourth book in Rowling’s series is drastically longer than POA. A longer book means more illustrations are needed, and Kay simply needed more time.
The fifth book is even longer than Goblet, so we expect the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Illustrated Edition release date will be no earlier than Fall 2021. The end-of-year release timetable for each of the Illustrated Editions published thus far has made it the perfect holiday gift. This means it’ll arrive around the same time Fantastic Beasts 3 hits theaters.
That’s a long wait, but it’s absolutely understandable. Creating all of these gorgeous illustrations takes time, and since there will probably only be one set of Illustrated Editions ever created, we understand Kay needs lots of time to create a perfect set of books.
With Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows only slightly shorter than Phoenix, we assume that the remaining two Illustrated Editions will be published in Fall 2023 and Fall 2025 respectively.
Though there’ve been many versions of the Harry Potter books published, this is the first time the series has been illustrated in such detail. The books are published in both the U.S. and U.K. under a joint partnership between Scholastic and Bloomsbury.
Two of the Harry Potter spin-off books by Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, have also had Illustrated Editions published in recent years. The Quidditch Through the Ages Illustrated Edition will arrive October 2020 — that’s the year in between GOF and OOTP.
And as if we weren’t spoiled enough, there’s another Illustrated Edition in the works: MinaLima, the graphic artists behind the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts movies, will release an illustrated edition of Book 1 this October. Judging by the fact that it says “Year 1” on its spine, it’s possible that MinaLima intends to illustrate the entire series.
Early First Look
On Instagram, Kay shared a mold he built of Kreacher, which will aid him in creating illustrations of the Black Family House Elf:
He’s also been developing thestrals. In a separate Instagram post, Kay said he’s been eager to tackle these unique creatures:
This article will stay updated on the latest developments concerning the Order of the Phoenix Illustrated Edition release date as soon as they come to light.
While you’re waiting for the fifth installment in Kay’s series, be sure to listen to our Harry Potter podcast MuggleCast, in which we celebrate and analyze the world of Potter every week!