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# Andy Serkis will record a new audiobook edition of The Hobbit
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/andy-serkis-will-record-a-new-audiobook-edition-of-the-hobbit/
- Published: 2020-07-07T14:48:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-13T14:49:05.000Z
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: Lord of the Rings, Audio

In May, [Gollum actor Andy Serkis powered through](https://www.tor.com/2020/05/07/andy-serkis-the-hobbit-read/?ref=andrewliptak.com) a 12-hour reading marathon (a Hobbitathon) of the entirety of J.R.R. Tolkien’s **The Hobbit.* Now, he’ll go back behind the microphone to do it again, for a new edition of the fantasy novel’s audiobook.

This new edition is slated to be released on September 3rd from digital audiobook retailers, and will come out as a physical CD on September 17th. [Speaking to **The Bookseller*](https://www.thebookseller.com/news/andy-serkis-records-audiobook-hobbit-harpercollins-1208925?ref=andrewliptak.com), Serkis notes that he has “such vivid memories of first reading **The Hobbit*, when I was on the bus going to school, aged about nine or 10.”

This won’t be a re-release of that Hobbitathon charity stream: Serkis notes that the experience prompted him to chat with HarperCollins about the possibility of doing a new audiobook, and that he’ll be working over the course of four days to create a polished version of the story.

Serkis read **The Hobbit* in May as a way to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts, netting more than £300,000\. According to the official J.R.R. Tolkien Facebook page, he’ll be doing the same for this new recording—he’s asked that his fee (which HarperCollins says it will match) go to [The Disasters Emergency Committee](https://www.dec.org.uk/?ref=andrewliptak.com), a charity designed to aid countries hit with major disasters.