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Starting at 11.45pm on Sunday 19^th July 2009, the chair  on which J K Rowling sat while writing her first two Harry Potter books is to be auctioned on eBay, finishing one week later.

20% from the sale of the chair will be donated to Books Abroad.

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Many thanks to all of you that participated in the Give a Pound scheme run by Missionfish on Ebay. Over 10,000 people donated a pound which gave us a huge boost to this years fundraising.

Could you spare 2 weeks to make a difference?

Following the success of our SCHOLAR Challenge to Rajasthan in October 2007, Books Abroad and International Rescue Corps (www.intrescue.org.uk) are organising a joint fundraising mission to Bhuj, Gujarat, India the epicentre of the devastating earthquake in 2001.

For further details please see attached file.

Mission_To_Bhuj_2009.pdf

At midnight on Saturday 29th September, during the Books Abroad 25th Anniversary Ball at The Exchange, Thainstone, Inverurie the auction on ebay.co.uk of a complete set of signed Harry Potter books donated by J K Rowling ended with a winning bid of £18,200 - a fantastic result!