Alan Rickman’s Diaries to be Published As A Book in 2022

The diaries of the British late actor Alan Rickman will be published as a book in fall 2022.

Rickman’s journals recounted everything from his thoughts on acting to insights on friendships, and politics, The Guardian reported.

It also includes his reviews of the plays he attended as well as behind-the-scenes stories from “Harry Potter”, which he was a part of for a decade, playing the role of Severus Snape between 2001 and 2011.

The book covered 27 volumes of handwritten diaries, which featured over 25 years of Rickman’s life and career.

Rickman began writing his journals in the early ’90s with the intention of publishing them, which he began writing as his career had taken off by roles such as Valmont in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at the Royal Shakespeare Company and on-screen as Hans Gruber in 1988’s “Die Hard.”

Rickman continued documenting his career while starring in the “Harry Potter”, “Love, Actually,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “Galaxy Quest”, and more.

He journaled until he died in 2016 when he died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 69.

Publisher Canongate has acquired the rights to the book, which is reportedly titled “The Diaries of Alan Rickman:, and edited by Alan Taylor, editor of the Scottish Review of Books.

Taylor had previously put together “The Country Diaries,” a collection of a pastoral journalist from Beatrix Potter, Dorothy Wordsworth, John Fowles, and more.

Rickman’s widow, Rima Horton, expressed her delight to the "The Guardian" over the Canongate will be publishing the late actor's diaries, adding that she couldn’t have wished for a finer appointment of an editor than Alan Taylor.

Horton noted that the diaries don't highlight Rickman as an actor but the real person, shedding light on his sense of humor, sharp observation, craftsmanship, and devotion to acting.