An eighth book in the enormously harry potter series is forthcoming. Rowling will be releasing an eighth harry potter novel this summer, the first since harry potter and the deathly hallows hit stores in 2007. There is no eighth harry potter book out now or coming out soon, as j. The official playscript entertainment weekly nov, 2015 first look. Ever since the 2007 publication of the seventh and final harry potter novel, harry potter and the deathly hallows, many fans of. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Because the 7th and final book of the harry potter series was taken as two films. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. Hang on, actually, there will be an eighth harry potter book quartz. We finally have a release date for the 8th harry potter book. Harry potter et lenfant maudit harry potter and the.
The twoway the book, called harry potter and the cursed. Rowling is writing a new book, perhaps series, in the harry potter universe. Harry potter and the cursed child has a completely different vibe. 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 lights the empire state building to mark the launch of her nonprofit childrens organization lumos, in new york. 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. 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. The eighth book in harrys story harry potter and the cursed child is the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage. She is, however, writing a harry potter encyclopedia. Rowling, 42, admits she has weak moments when she feels she will pen.
Harry potter and the cursed child audiobook free introduction of the eighth harry potter audiobook. Does anyone remember the oprah interview with jk rowling in scotland i think it originally aired in 2010. The eighth time is the charm chapter 1, a harry potter. 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. Harry potter and the cursed child coming in book form the. Harry potter and the cursed child is being dubbed as the eighth story in the series. The new harry potter book is here, and if you wanted it to be. 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. Rowling will publish her eighth harry potter story this summer according to the telegraph, the script of harry potter and the cursed child, the play rowling revealed in october. As most people have stated before me, i personally think that j. Aside from being a play, its also a more mature, characterdriven, less magical story.
Eighth harry potter story, harry potter and the cursed. What year is the eighth harry potter book coming out. There will be an eighth harry potter book sort of the. 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. Rowling should not make any more new content for harry potter, at least in terms of books or movies. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series. 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. While there is certainly a portion of the fanbase that disagrees with this thou. The fourth book, harry potter and the goblet of fire, was released simultaneously in the uk and the us on 8 july 2000 and broke sales records in both countries. There are mainly 7 harry potter novels written solely by the brilliant jk rowling, hp 8 which is harry potter and the cursed child is actually a stage play mainly written by jack thorne and i think just approved by jk rowling,because to be honest. Harry potter and the cursed child play scripts to be. Outside of pottermore and fantastic beasts, we have been starved for more harry potter, but that is going to change because of a new book. Rowlings series, really a script for a play, harry potter and the cursed child, went on sale. 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.
Popular opinion is that it will be set before the first harry potter book, in what is commonly known as the marauder era, involving harry potters parents and their generation. 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. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Harry potter fans around the world potheads if were going by your official title, get ready to celebrate, as it has been revealed that jk rowling is releasing an eighth harry potter book in july. Jk rowlings eighth harry potter story will be published this summer.
The play will receive its world premiere in londons west end on july 30, 2016. To bring out a dimension of the saga that she didnt have a chance to earlier, for an audience now in search of it. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter. 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. 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. 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. Eighth harry potter book to publish in july cbs news. Harry potter and the cursed child shows at the curran. Feb 10, 2016 outside of pottermore and fantastic beasts, we have been starved for more harry potter, but that is going to change because of a new book. In a snapelevel twist, yet another book in the harry potter series will be released this july. 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 harry potter wiki fandom.
It was announced on wednesday that jk rowling was releasing an eighth harry potter book to coincide with the london play. Eighth harry potter book set for release this summer opinion outpost. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. The latest book in the series, which chronicles the adventures of boy wizard harry potter and his friends at the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry in great britain, is called harry. Harry potter and the cursed child, parts one and two. Rowling clarifies cursed child is not the 8th harry. If you were one of the kids who waited, blearyeyed and pajamaclad, in line at a book store waiting for midnight to drop so you could get your hands on the new harry potter book, we have great. Harry potter may have returned to the muggle world this weekend with harry potter and the cursed child, but the wizarding worlds creator, j. Rowling is bringing us back to harry potters magical world by penning the feature adaptation of her book fantastic beasts and where to find them, but if youre. In this april 9, 2015 file photo, harry potter author j.
She also has some harry potter supplementary works, such as. Fantastic beasts and where to find them, quidditch through the ages, the tales of beedle the bard, and an untitled harry potter prequel. The play is marketed as the eighth official story in the harry potter series. 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. Aug 01, 2016 harry potter may have returned to the muggle world this weekend with harry potter and the cursed child, but the wizarding worlds creator, j. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc news. Rowling is releasing an eighth story in her beloved series. Eighth harry potter book announced, first seven now available. San francisco and new york are the only destinations in the united states where fans can see the. Rowling announced earlier this week that her highly anticipated harry potter play, harry potter and the cursed child, is being released in book. The story basically ends with the book harry potter 7 or with the equivalent eighth movie, and it doesnt seem as if the author wants to continue writing more harry potter books. New harry potter book from jk rowling coming out in july.
The eighth time is the charm chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic. Harry potter and the cursed child coming in book form. An eighth harry potter book is being released this summer. Rowling, jack thorne and john tiffany, harry potter and the cursed child is a new play by jack thorne, directed by john tiffany. Rowling decide to write an eighth harry potter book. The new harry potter book is here, and if you wanted it to. Rowling, harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j. Jk rowling drops hints of possible eighth harry potter book. 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 and the cursed child is the book that follows the original seven harry potter books.
It does not feel like an eighth harry potter book at all. Now this harry potter characters house is for sale. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j. The twoway the book, called harry potter and the cursed child, picks up the story of harry and co. Harry potter and the cursed child is set to debut in london at the palace theatre on the day before harrys birthday, july 30. Its called harry potter and the cursed child, and its arriving soon but. 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. New book from the wizarding world coming this summer. Pottermore has listened to the cries of potterheads everywhere, announcing that j. Muggles and wizards alike have a reason to rejoice after swearing that there was no more to harry.
I remember oprah asking rowling whether she would write an eighth harry potter book and rowling responding definitively that she would not. The long headcount behind him made him realize something was amiss. The washington post and many other sites report that jk rowling has realized that the majority of her fans will never be able to see harry potter and the cursed child, the stage play set nineteen years after the end of the harry potter books, and so fans around the world are finally getting what we have craved for the past eight years. 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. There is no 8th harry potter book and there probably wont be. Its set 19 years after her seventh, harry potter and the. Harry potter series read online free read free book online. It was marketed as the eighth story of harry potter, taking place after harry potter and the deathly hallows. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based.
The official playscript of the original west end production rowling, j. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. The first harry potter audio book is now free on audible. Jun 18, 2018 there are mainly 7 harry potter novels written solely by the brilliant jk rowling, hp 8 which is harry potter and the cursed child is actually a stage play mainly written by jack thorne and i think just approved by jk rowling,because to be honest. Sep 12, 20 an eighth book in the enormously harry potter series is forthcoming. 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. An eighth harry potter book is to be released this summer containing the script for a new stage play telling the wizards story. Rowling is a special rehearsal edition of the script book of the new stage play harry. 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 parts one and two is the official script book for the play of the same name written by j. Eighth harry potter book announced, first seven now.
Harford library celebrates the release of the eighth harry. Rowlings new play, harry potter and the cursed child pts. 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. Rowling, says that this is the last time well get a. Harry potter and the cursed child audiobook harry potter. According to pottermore, whats coming out on july 31 the shared birthday of harry potter and j. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter story. Feb 10, 2016 pottermore has listened to the cries of potterheads everywhere, announcing that j. Jul 31, 2016 midnight release party summons muggles for eighth harry potter installment the latest book in j. Harry tried to remember the reason why he was sitting, apparently waiting his turn, at the longest line he had ever seen. Its called harry potter and the cursed child, and its written by none other than jk rowling subscribe to pop trigger. Ever since the 2007 publication of the seventh and final harry potter novel, harry potter and.
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