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. Rowling wont say yes to more harry potter, but shes not exactly saying no, either the author of one of the most famous childrens. I can just imagine, the children of harry,ron and hermoine starting. 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. Six further bestselling books and eight blockbuster films followed. 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 and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc. Rowling is the author of the harry potter series of novels.
But as he climbs into the sidecar of hagrids motorbike and they take to the skies, he knows lord voldemort and the death eaters will not be far. Rowling, jack thorne, and john tiffany, a new play by jack thorne, harry potter and the cursed child is the. Speaking at the broadway opening of harry potter and the cursed child on sunday, j. The books are the basis of the eightfilm potter franchise that officially concluded with harry potter and the deathly hallows. The twopart stage play harry potter and the cursed child, which picks up the story of the boy who lived 19 years after the series of seven novels, debuts in london. Rowlings phenomenally bestselling series, will be released in a special anniversary edition on september 23, 2008. 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. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter. Harry pulled out his wand and cried,accio a pair of my socks. Everyone is very, very excited that an eighth harry potter story is coming this year, but jk rowling isnt pleased people are calling it a novel. Harry potter harry potter en het vervloekte kind deel een en twee paperback. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by rowling, first.
The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in. Rowling is going to write and 8th harry potter book. Like star wars before it, the harry potter universe captured the attention and money of. Rowling and the fourth novel in the harry potter series.
Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, the first book in j. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. Harry potter is leaving privet drive for the last time. Rowling has taken to twitter to field questions about the eighth harry potter book. The eighth story is probably the last story in harry potters timeline, meaning that harry potter 9 wont be happening. Is harry potter and the cursed child an 8th harry potter. Jk rowling has offered hope to aspiring authors everywhere, after revealing that the first literary agent she sent the manuscript of harry potter to responded with just a slip of paper rejecting it.
These are some of the bestselling books of all time. I hope they make harry potter and the cursed child into a book and. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book. 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. Rowling sets the record straight on the 8th harry potter book. Harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two j. Rowling decide to write an eighth harry potter book. Joanne jo rowling, ch, obe, frsl, frcpe born 31 july, 1965 in yate better known by her pen name j.
Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based. Rowling said in a recent interview, she doesnt think harry potter 8 will happen. Jamie parker, currently starring in the west end show guys and dolls, will star as an adult. Harry potter complete collection 7 books set collection j. Rowling has written three collections of short stories that take readers deeper into the dark side of the harry potter wizarding world, publishers confirmed.
Image caption jk rowling was asked multiple times by harry potter fans to turn the story into a play. Rowling, british author, creator of the popular and critically acclaimed harry potter series, about a young sorcerer in training. Harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two. Rowling first published july 8th 1999 sort by title original date published date published avg rating num ratings format format paperback hardcover mass market paperback kindle edition nook.
Jk rowlings eighth harry potter story will be published this summer. Rowlings latest installment, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, sold 12 million copies in the united states alone after its june release, and earned scholastic, her american publisher. Rowling said she doesnt expect to continue moving the story forward by creating a harry potter book 9. It does not feel like an eighth harry potter book at all. It follows harry potter, a wizard in his fourth year at hogwarts school. I know that this is the last in the potter series, but i do feel that there could be another series to follow on, if the author j. Harry potter sorcerers stone 10th anniversary edition by. Rowling is about to release 3 new harry potter books. Harry potter and the goblet of fire is a fantasy book written by british author j. Harry potter may have returned to the muggle world this weekend with harry potter and the cursed child, but the wizarding worlds creator, j. Finally, in 1995, rowling completed the manuscript for harry potter and the philosophers stone later known in.
Nine years after publication of the last novel in the bestselling series about the boy wizard, what has been billed as the epic 8th harry potter story. All of these 7 books have been the most favorite ones among kids and teenagers. Harry potter and the deathly hallows harry potter, volume. It is very exciting to explore harrys world in a brand new way through the live form of theatre. Editions of harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by j. Though potter and rowling have shared the same birthday since harry potter and the philosophers stone was published in 1997, hogwarts fans are speculating that rowling has something special. Speaking at the broadway opening of harry potter and the cursed child on. To bring out a dimension of the saga that she didnt have a chance to earlier, for an audience now in search of it. Its called harry potter and the cursed child, and its written by none other than jk rowling subscribe to pop trigger.
Rowling is releasing 4 new harry potter books online. Collaborating on this story is exhilarating for all of us and we cant. Eighth harry potter book to publish in july cbs news. Second, the play was not written by jk rowling herself. Its been twenty years since the first harry potter book hit the shelves, but we still keep learning new things about jk rowlings magical world. Rowling teases a new book sequel video april 10, 2015 8. The harry potter author sat down with todays matt lauer to talk about harry potter and her. Harry potter and the cursed child, parts one and two.
Harry pott er and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written b y jack thor ne based on an original st ory by j. Do harry potter new book clues suggest j k rowling is. The harry potter saga ended on the big screen this summer, but hp fever h. The novels were adapted into a number of blockbuster films. Rowling explains why harry potter 9 will never happen. Pictures the author was in new york to promote lumos. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, book 3 of the series by j k rowling rowling, j k joanne aka robert galbraith kennilworthy whisp newt scamander published by vancouver, bc. The play is marketed as the eighth official story in the harry potter series. But during this trying time rowling still found the energy to chip away at the book.
Rowling is speaking out on twitter to tell fans to hold their hippogriffs and clarify exactly what harry potter and the cursed child book is all about. Rowlings first potter publication in eight years will be available to fans at. Do harry potter new book clues suggest j k rowling is writing final eighth novel. 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. He remembered how he had freed dobby almost five years earlier. Jk rowling says she received loads of rejections before. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone was a global bestseller in 1997, and rowling went on to add six more books to the series one for each year of harrys education at hogwarts. Jk rowling, who experienced all symptoms of covid19, says. K rowling we plunge into the world of hogwarts, we think of wizards flying on their brooms and witches casting a spell to overcome the dark forces. Harry potter harry potter and the cursed child, jk rowling. However, harry potter and the cursed child was not a book authored by rowling, but a play written by by jack thorne and john tiffany and sanctioned by rowling that was released as a. Pottermore fans claim a special announcement is being planned for book 8 on july 31 the mirror s.
Harry potter harry potter en het vervloekte kind deel een. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. 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 harry potter and the cursed child hardcover.