Overview
- The Bookish Type in Leeds is inviting customers to write or draw on pages of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for 25p per page to raise money for transgender healthcare.
- The shop reports an overwhelmingly positive response, with offers of donations and spare copies coming from Portugal, Switzerland, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.
- Staff plan to auction the completed volume as a trans community art piece and say online donors can request specific messages, with in-store efforts continuing during their Second Hand Sunday event.
- Pages include direct notes to JK Rowling such as “Trans people will outlast you, Joanne,” while gender-critical campaigner Maya Forstater condemned the tactic as petty and misdirected.
- Coverage links the fundraiser to renewed attention on the franchise after HBO released a trailer for its new series that Rowling is executive producing.