Rowling clarifies cursed child is not the 8th harry. Listen to this one harry, said bill, catching harry s attention, dear mr. For fans of harry potter, july 31 is perhaps the most significant date in the mythical universe created by j. The eighth book in harry s story harry potter and the cursed child is the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc. There is no eighth harry potter book out now or coming out soon, as j. The new story, harry potter and the cursed child, will be the eighth book in the harry potter canon. Set for release at midnight on july 31, the book isnt so much a novel in the classic sense, but rather its a special rehearsal edition script book of harry potter and the cursed child. Feb 10, 2016 pottermore is proud to be a key part of the multiplatform effort that will allow the epic eighth harry potter story to be read and enjoyed by a wider, global audience, pottermores ceo. Oct 25, 2015 harry potter and the cursed child, a play in the works for londons west end, has been officially confirmed as a sequel. Harry potter and the cursed child audiobook harry potter. Eighth harry potter book to publish in july cbs news. Harry potter and the cursed child is definitely the eighth book in the harry potter series, picking up from where we left nineteen years after the battle of hogwarts. If you were worried youd miss out on the magic of the new harry potter sequel because its coming to the stage rather.
Rowling admits she has weak moments when she feels she will pen another. Pottermore is proud to be a key part of the multiplatform effort that will allow the epic eighth harry potter story to be read and enjoyed by a wider, global audience, said susan l. On sunday, fans celebrated the release of a script that picks up where. Does anyone remember the oprah interview with jk rowling in scotland i think it originally aired in 2010. Harry potter and the cursed child is the book that follows the original seven harry potter books. New book from the wizarding world coming this summer. The plays script is coming in book form for those of us unable to get to the palace theatre in london, england to see it for ourselves. Rowling, jack thorne and john tiffany, harry potter and the cursed child is a new play by jack thorne, directed by john tiffany. Harry potter and the cursed child shows at the curran theater. Feb 10, 2016 the eighth installment of the harry potter series will be published this summer, and this time, harry is a dad the eighth part in the harry potter canon will be a script book based on the. Harry potter author jk rowlings script of the stage play harry potter and the cursed child is going to be published as a book moments after midnight on 31 july timed to coincide with the boy. The play is marketed as the eighth official story in the harry potter series. Jul 31, 2016 midnight release party summons muggles for eighth harry potter installment the latest book in j.
Due to your extraordinary circumstances we are willing to offer you a place on this years training course without asking. The book, which is branded as the official eighth story in the harry potter series, was published sunday to all the midnightrelease and nerdsdressingincloaks fanfare of yesteryear. Harry potter and the cursed child harry potter wiki fandom. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter story. At the 2017 laurence olivier awards, the london production received a recordbreaking eleven nominations and won another recordbreaking nine awards, including best new play.
Almost nine years after the final harry potter book, harry potter and the deathly hallows, was released, fans can own a copy of the eighth story. New harry potter book from jk rowling coming out in july. Harry potter and the cursed child coming in book form the. The new harry potter book is here, and if you wanted it to. A plot to make most terrible things happen at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry this year. Rowling announced earlier this week that her highly anticipated harry potter play, harry potter and the cursed child, is being released in book. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. Harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two is the official script book for the play of the same name written by j. Rowlings series, really a script for a play, harry potter and the cursed child, went on sale.
The cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and we have the synopsis to share with you it was always difficult being harry potter and it isnt much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the ministry of magic, a husband and father of three schoolage children. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter. Eighth harry potter story, harry potter and the cursed. False facts about harry potter you always thought were true. Ever since the 2007 publication of the seventh and final harry potter novel, harry potter and.
Pottermore is proud to be a key part of the multiplatform effort that will allow the epic eighth harry potter story to be read and. Potter, i have been informed by one of my reputable sources that you would consider the position of an auror with the british ministry of magic. Pottermore is proud to be a key part of the multiplatform effort that will allow the epic eighth harry potter story to be read and enjoyed by a wider, global audience, pottermores ceo. Harry potter and the cursed child play script will be released in book form. An eighth book in the enormously harry potter series is forthcoming. Sep 12, 20 an eighth book in the enormously harry potter series is forthcoming. Harry potter and the cursed child play which was based on the eighth book by j k rowling is one of the most awarded plays in the decade. As with any new addition to the harry potter universe, potterheads all over the world freaked out with excitement, and some fans started calling the book the 8th harry potter book, while others. It has magic and humor and some romance and dragons and centaurs and giants and magic castles and flying brooms and. Ever since the 2007 publication of the seventh and final harry potter novel, harry potter and the deathly hallows, many fans of. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Harry potter fans celebrate release of eighth book harry. The long headcount behind him made him realize something was amiss. An eighth harry potter book is to be released this summer containing the script for a new stage play telling the wizards story.
Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version. Rowling, 42, admits she has weak moments when she feels she will pen. The final one will be made into two movies so there will be eight movies in total. Harry potter s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. Rowlings new play, harry potter and the cursed child pts. Harry potter and the cursed child is the official eighth book. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series. Will there be an eighth harry potter movie answers. Midnight release party summons muggles for eighth harry. Oh, gods, please have mercy, im going to lose my job, potter, this is the seventh time.
Harry tried to remember the reason why he was sitting, apparently waiting his turn, at the longest line he had ever seen. To many, the eighth book is not a story that continues the legacy of harry, but instead a potential reference used to tie up the many unanswered question and loose ends. A play, harry potter and the cursed child, based on a story cowritten by rowling, premiered in london on 30 july 2016 at the palace theatre, and its script was published by. It was marketed as the eighth story of harry potter, taking place after harry potter and the deathly hallows. The twoway the book, called harry potter and the cursed child, picks up the story of harry and co. Jk rowling drops hints of possible eighth harry potter book. Muggles and wizards alike have a reason to rejoice after swearing that there was no more to harry. The novels chronicle the life of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. I remember oprah asking rowling whether she would write an eighth harry potter book and rowling responding definitively that she would not. Rowling announced earlier this week that her highly anticipated harry potter play, harry potter and the cursed child, is being released in book form later this year. Harry potter and the cursed child audiobook free introduction of the eighth harry potter audiobook. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark.
Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc news. The eighth installment of the harry potter series will be published this summer, and this time, harry is a dad the eighth part in the harry potter canon will be a script book based on the. The eighth time is the charm chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic. What is the eighth harry potter book called answers. Harry potter and the cursed child coming in book form. It opened well in londons west end, broadway, and recently in melbourne. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j. The readers are in tune with harry s story as it occurs. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Oct 25, 2015 a new twopart play, titled harry potter and the cursed child, is actually the eighth story in the series and is set 19 years after the deathly hallows, j. Since the series consists of seven books, harry s life as an 11yearold to a 17yearold is on full display. Harry potter and the philosophers stone named sorcerers in the usa 2. Feb 16, 2016 harry potter is eleven years old in the first book, and by the start of the second book, he ages one year. Feb 10, 2016 harry potter author jk rowlings script of the stage play harry potter and the cursed child is going to be published as a book moments after midnight on 31 july timed to coincide with the boy.
Harry potter and the cursed child play scripts to be. Jul 31, 2016 the book, which is branded as the official eighth story in the harry potter series, was published sunday to all the midnightrelease and nerdsdressingincloaks fanfare of yesteryear. The new harry potter book is here, and if you wanted it to be. Pottermore has listened to the cries of potterheads everywhere, announcing that j. Rowling, jack thorne and john tiffany, a new play by jack thorne, harry potter and the cursed child audiobook is the eighth story in the harry potter audio books series and the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage. Harry potter series read online free read free book online. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Aug 03, 2016 harry potter and the cursed child is definitely the eighth book in the harry potter series, picking up from where we left nineteen years after the battle of hogwarts. Midnight release party summons muggles for eighth harry potter installment the latest book in j. Feb 10, 2016 pottermore has listened to the cries of potterheads everywhere, announcing that j. It was always difficult being harry potter and it isnt much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the ministry of magic, a husband and father of three schoolage children. What is the title of the eighth harry potter book answers.
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