--- description: Eddie Redmayne narrates the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them audiobook title: Hear Eddie Redmayne Narrate 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd70c72d465b7b458/6988bdc80b72e307106ece8e/gettyimages-635048310.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hear Eddie Redmayne Narrate the _Fantastic Beasts_ Audiobook by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 9, 2017 6:55 PM CUT  Eddie Redmayne attends the 70th EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) at Royal Albert Hall on February 12, 2017 in London, England. Eddie Redmayne attends the 70th EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) at Royal Albert Hall on February 12, 2017 in London, England.Dave J Hogan—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 9, 2017 6:55 PM CUT J.K. Rowling fans will soon be able to revisit the Hogwarts textbook [_Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_](http://time.com/4588958/harry-potter-reference-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them/ "undefined")—this time through narration from Eddie Redmayne in the upcoming audiobook. In a clip shared with TIME, Redmayne, who played [Newt Scamander](http://time.com/4420678/fantastic-beasts-trailer-eddie-redmayne/ "undefined") in the film adaptation of _Fantastic Beasts_, narrates a bit from the book about [Golden Snidgets](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Golden%5FSnidget "undefined"), a small bird that served as a precursor to the Golden Snitch in the game of Quidditch. Redmayne recites the history of the Snidget, and recounts how the bird was hunted nearly to extinction. The _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ audiobook will be available on March 14\. You can preorder the title [here](http://www.audible.com/pd/Kids/Fantastic-Beasts-and-Where-to-Find-Them-Audiobook/B01N4S7VVP "undefined"). Listen to Redmayne’s narration in the clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4693681/fantastic-beasts-eddie-redmayne-audiobook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4693681/fantastic-beasts-eddie-redmayne-audiobook/"},"headline":"Hear Eddie Redmayne Narrate the Fantastic Beasts Audiobook","datePublished":"2017-03-09T18:55:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:42:40.728Z","description":"Listen to him read about Golden Snidgets","url":"https://time.com/4693681/fantastic-beasts-eddie-redmayne-audiobook/","keywords":["Books","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd70c72d465b7b458/6988bdc80b72e307106ece8e/gettyimages-635048310.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd70c72d465b7b458/6988bdc80b72e307106ece8e/gettyimages-635048310.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"EE British Academy Film Awards - VIP Arrivals","caption":"EE British Academy Film Awards - VIP Arrivals","creditText":"Dave J Hogan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4693681/fantastic-beasts-eddie-redmayne-audiobook/","name":"Hear Eddie Redmayne Narrate the Fantastic Beasts Audiobook"}}]}] ```