Its called harry potter and the cursed child, and its written by none other than jk rowling. Due to your extraordinary circumstances we are willing to offer you a place on this years training course without asking. 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. Harry potter series read online free read free book online. The announcement marked the eighteenth anniversary of the publication of the first harry potter novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone. Jk rowlings eighth harry potter story will be published this summer. Harry potter and the cursed child will tell the untold part of the boy wizards story, including the story of the lives of his murdered parents. 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. New harry potter book from jk rowling coming out in july. 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. The play is marketed as the eighth official story in the harry potter series. Rowlings new play, harry potter and the cursed child pts.
The eighth part in the harry potter canon will be a script book based on the play. Harry potter book 8 release date, harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. An 8th harry potter book is coming with a twist vox. The new book, harry potter and the cursed child is not a traditional novel its actually the script of the play jack thorne and john tiffany collaborated on with rowling to be performed in. The story only exists because the right group of people came together with a brilliant idea about how to present harry potter on stage. It does not feel like an eighth harry potter book at all. Harry potter and the cursed child play scripts to be. To ask other readers questions about harry potter and the cursed child, please. Harry potter and the curse child, book 8 all of these 7 books have been the most favorite ones among kids and teenagers. The readers are in tune with harrys story as it occurs. Harry potter and the cursed child is set to debut in london at the palace theatre on the day before harrys birthday, july 30.
Harry potter and the cursed child shows at the curran. Eighth harry potter book coming this year newscomau. 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, a play in the works for londons west end, has been officially confirmed as a sequel. So, in reality, harry potter and the cursed child is not an 8th harry potter book. The books are written around the life of a kid named harry potter who is the son of two powerful wizards murdered by an evil wizard voldemort. In this april 9, 2015 file photo, harry potter author j. I remember oprah asking rowling whether she would write an eighth harry potter book and rowling responding definitively that she would not. The final one will be made into two movies so there will be eight movies in total. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j. 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. 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. Is harry potter and the cursed child an 8th harry potter book.
The novels since the release of the first novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone, on updates then followed in her online diary chronicling the progress of harry potter and the deathly hallows, with the release date of 21 july, harry potter film series wikipedia. Midnight release party summons muggles for eighth harry. The curran theater is home to the exclusive west coast performance of the eighth book of the harry potter series and weve got the full scoop on what you can expect when you attend the harry potter and the cursed child performances. In related news, teleread has noticed that you can now find all seven harry potter novels in a single omnibus edition in the kindle store. The play and book wont be the only potter related releases this year. 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. Harry potter is eleven years old in the first book, and by the start of the second book, he ages one year. An 8th harry potter book is coming with a twist harry potter and the cursed child will be released on july 31. 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. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Harry potter and the philosophers stone named sorcerers in the usa 2. Since the series consists of seven books, harrys life as an 11yearold to a 17yearold is on full display. Harry potter and the cursed child coming in book form.
Harry potter and the cursed child is the official eighth book. False facts about harry potter you always thought were true. Rowling is releasing an eighth story in her beloved series. New book from the wizarding world coming this summer. Rowling lights the empire state building to mark the launch of her nonprofit childrens organization lumos, in new york. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter. Rowling, harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j. Fantastic beasts and where to find them, a movie based on one of rowlings short harry potter companion books, hits. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Its called harry potter and the cursed child, and its arriving soon but. 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. I hope they make harry potter and the cursed child into a book and. Rowling decide to write an eighth harry potter book. 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.
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 cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and we have the synopsis to share with you. Jk rowling drops hints of possible eighth harry potter book. 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, jack thorne and john tiffany, a new play by jack thorne, harry potter and the cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage. The eighth time is the charm chapter 1, a harry potter. Rowling announced earlier this week that her highly anticipated harry potter play, harry potter and the cursed child, is being released in book. Eighth harry potter book set for release this summer opinion outpost.
Harry tried to remember the reason why he was sitting, apparently waiting his turn, at the longest line he had ever seen. Eighth harry potter book announced, first seven now. It opened well in londons west end, broadway, and recently in melbourne. 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. The twoway the book, called harry potter and the cursed child, picks up the story of. There will be an eighth harry potter book sort of the. The new harry potter book is here, and if you wanted it to be like the. 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 and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. The main story arc concerns harrys struggle against lord voldemort, a dark. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. To bring out a dimension of the saga that she didnt have a chance to earlier, for an audience now in search of it. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc news. Listen to this one harry, said bill, catching harrys attention, dear mr. Harry potter and the cursed child is the book that follows the original seven harry potter books. A plot to make most terrible things happen at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry this year. Midnight release party summons muggles for eighth harry potter installment the latest book in j. Rowling, john tiffany and jack thorne, a new play by jack thorne, harry potter and the cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage.
An eighth harry potter book is being released this summer. 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. Harry potter fans celebrate release of eighth book harry. What is the title of the eighth harry potter book answers. The eighth installment of the harry potter series will be published this summer, and this time, harry is a dad. Muggles and wizards alike have a reason to rejoice after swearing that there was no more to harry. An eighth harry potter book is to be released this summer containing the script for a new stage play telling the wizards story. Eighth harry potter story, harry potter and the cursed. Does anyone remember the oprah interview with jk rowling in scotland i think it originally aired in 2010. Eighth harry potter book to publish in july cbs news. The book, which is branded as the official eighth story in the harry potter series, was published sunday to all the midnightrelease 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. Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series.
The play received its world premiere in londons west end on 30th july 2016. Rowlings series, really a script for a play, harry potter and the cursed child, went on sale. It was announced on wednesday that jk rowling was releasing an eighth harry potter book to coincide with the london play. Oh, gods, please have mercy, im going to lose my job, potter, this is the seventh time. Rowling, 42, admits she has weak moments when she feels she will pen. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based. Pottermore has listened to the cries of potterheads everywhere, announcing that j. Harry potter et lenfant maudit harry potter and the cursed child in french french edition by j.
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