Of the top 20 highestgrossing movies of all time, 6 of them are harry potter films. Rowling announces 8th harry potter book astro awani. Mar 24, 2015 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. Apr 14, 2020 no, jk rowling is not working on a secret eighth part of harry potter. When the subject of a harry potter sequel novel came up, rowling first noted that she. 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 is because her publishing company feared that teenagers wouldn. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc news. Give a round of an appluase for jk rowling ive read the 1st 2nd 3rd and now finished the 4th cant wait for the 5th. After it was announced that jk rowling has finished working on the book fantastic beasts. Rowling without personalisations on the title page and certified by her official hologram bearing the publication date of the book 2107 07. Jun 20, 2018 harry potter and the deathly hallows, book 7. She was and is exuberant in her enthusiasm for them. If youve been waiting for an owl to bring you news of a new book about harry potter or another play starring his son, its time to learn that, like.
Jk rowling, the author of harry potter, only agreed for the play to be made. Rowling explains why harry potter 9 will never happen. Bringing out new material for it is the easiest way to stay in the news. 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. Speaking at the broadway opening of harry potter and the cursed child on sunday, j. Find harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the goblet of fire, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry potter and the halfblood prince and harry potter and the deathly hallows to. She wanted to write a contemporary whodunit, with a credible back story.
Since revisions to the script continued after the book was printed, an edited version was. Jk rowling s 8th harry potter book to be published this summer harry potter and the cursed child set 19 years after last book potter an overworked employee of the ministry of magic. 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. Rowling, harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Rowling is releasing 4 new harry potter books online. Do harry potter new book clues suggest j k rowling is.
Rowling announced earlier this week that her highly anticipated harry potter play, harry potter and the cursed child, is being released in book. Rowlings failed attempts to write an 8th harry potter. I didnt share her feelings at the end of harry potter and the sorcerers stone. On top of the harry potter series, jk rowling has written a few supplemental books that tie in to the harry potter. A friend loaned me her precious hard bound copies of the harry potter series one at a time. Browse and buy all 7 harry potter books by jk rowling, with cover art by jonny duddle and jim kay. 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.
After harry potter, the author chose crime fiction for her next books, a genre she has always loved as a reader. Apr 10, 2015 the harry potter author sat down with todays matt lauer to talk about harry potter and her charity lumos. Rowling is about to release 3 new harry potter books. Jk rowling says she received loads of rejections before. It does not feel like an eighth harry potter book at all. Rowling said harry potter and the cursed child play will be released as a twopart book. If you want to know what a mans like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. Harry potter and the cursed child, parts one and two. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get.
Aug 01, 2016 a companion book was released at midnight on july 31 which just so happens to be both harry and rowlings birthdays. Feb 10, 2016 when diehard harry potter fans first heard that j. 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. Rowlings 8th harry potter book sparks social media frenzy fans of rowling expressed unabashed excitment upon hearing about the release of an 8th installment of the historic harry. Rowling write the 8th book of harry potter series if popular. Apr 24, 2018 speaking at the broadway opening of harry potter and the cursed child on sunday, j. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter. The harry potter universe is a universe a lot of people know and love. 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. Six further bestselling books and eight blockbuster films followed.
Jk rowling drops hints of possible eighth harry potter book. The harry potter author sat down with todays matt lauer to talk about harry potter and her charity lumos. The stories, which are available wednesday for preorder, come after rowling said the eighth installment in the beloved book series, harry potter and. Rowling decide to write an eighth harry potter book. Rowling, is a british author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. The crimes of grindelwald and currently committed to writing the screenplay of the movie of the same name, its fair to say that she wont be writing a sequel for harry potter. Rowling is planning to expand her wizarding world with four new books set in the harry potter universe though maybe not exactly. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter story. Rowling explains why there wont be any more stories about.
Rowling discusses the 8th harry potter book youtube. Rowling announces harry potter and the cursed child. Rowling quotes author of harry potter and the sorcerer. When i heard about the 8th book, harry potter and the cursed child, i was surprised because i thought the series was over, according to rowling herself.
Jk rowling unveils eighth novel, harry potter and the cursed child by ebony bowden updated february 11, 2016 8. 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. One of the foremost reasons why she is probably publishing a new book is to stay relevant. The 31st july is rowlings birthday, this year marking her 49th year. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in.
Rowlings 8th harry potter book sparks social media frenzy. Do harry potter new book clues suggest j k rowling. To bring out a dimension of the saga that she didnt have a chance to earlier, for an audience now in search of it. The books have been translated into over 80 languages, won multiple awards, and sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, becoming the. A hardback edition of harry potter and the cursed child parts i. When the subject of a harry potter sequel novel came up. Rowling is the author of the muchloved series of seven harry potter novels, originally published between 1997 and 2007. Rowling said she doesnt expect to continue moving the story forward by creating a harry potter book 9. Rowling 2007 harry potter and the deathly hallows, us first edition, first printing, published by arthur a. Image caption jk rowling was asked multiple times by harry potter fans to turn the story into a play. The playscript for harry potter and the cursed child was originally released as a special rehearsal edition alongside the opening of jack thornes play in londons west end in summer 2016.
Aug 17, 2016 the stories, which are available wednesday for preorder, come after rowling said the eighth installment in the beloved book series, harry potter and the cursed child, will be the last story about. Jk rowlings 8th harry potter book to be published this summer harry potter and the cursed child set 19 years after last book potter an overworked employee of the ministry of magic. Harry potter childrens collection paperback 9 oct 2014. Rowlings 8th harry potter book sparks social media. Firstly, the book is a script of a play not written by jk rowling. Rowling, 42, admits she has weak moments when she feels she will pen. Like star wars before it, the harry potter universe captured the attention and money of people young and old, for more than a decade, all over the world. All of these 7 books have been the most favorite ones among kids and teenagers. May 30, 2019 harry potter fans, this is your official heads up. Is harry potter and the cursed child an 8th harry potter. The harry potter saga ended on the big screen this summer, but hp fever h. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc.
Harry potter author jk rowling has always said that the seventh harry potter book harry potter and the deathly hollows would be the last in the series. Eighth harry potter book to publish in july cbs news. Aug 31, 2011 the harry potter saga ended on the big screen this summer, but hp fever h. 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. Feb 11, 2016 london if youre still unsure about whether the eighth harry potter book is a novel, or when exactly its going to be set, j. Second, the play was not written by jk rowling herself.
Is harry potter and the cursed child an 8th harry potter book. 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. While rowling wont be giving readers a ninth harry potter book or more cursed child plays or movies, fans still have plenty of fantastic beasts content to look forward to. Its a bittersweet moment, as the first harry potter book was released 19. An eighth harry potter book is to be released this summer containing the script for a new stage play telling the wizards story. Rowling teases a new book sequel video april 10, 2015 8. After waiting for nine years, harry potter fans were in hysteria this weekend as the longawaited eighth book harry potter and the cursed child was finally released. 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 s name has a prominent space on the cover of the harry potter and the cursed child scripts, two other names are also there. Its called harry potter and the cursed child, and its written by none other than jk rowling subscribe to pop trigger. May 30, 2019 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. The play is marketed as the eighth official story in the harry potter series. Along with the three companion books written for charity, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films.
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. Coincidently, she shares her birthday with the star of the show, harry potter. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series. 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. Jul 29, 2014 the 31st july is rowling s birthday, this year marking her 49th year. A companion book was released at midnight on july 31 which just so happens to be both harry and rowlings birthdays. Rowling has, however, occasionally shared short stories and other content relating to the harry potter world online after the release of the seventh book, harry potter and the deathly hallows, and. Rowling announces 8th harry potter book the washington post february 11, 2016 12. She is best known for writing the harry potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the bestselling book. London if youre still unsure about whether the eighth harry potter book is a novel, or when exactly its going to be set, j.
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. Jk rowlings eighth harry potter story will be published this summer. Rowling is of course the infamous english author, who wrote the harry potter series of books i still prefer enid blyton. Rowling wont say yes to more harry potter, but shes not exactly saying no, either the author of one of the most famous childrens book series, made into hit films, recently chatted with. Apr 25, 2018 while rowling wont be giving readers a ninth harry potter book or more cursed child plays or movies, fans still have plenty of fantastic beasts content to look forward to. Jamie parker, currently starring in the west end show guys and dolls, will star as an adult. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in 1997 to immediate popular and critical acclaim. Originally published on pottermore h arry harry potter and the cursed child is the official eighth potter story and the first to be presented on stage. 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. Pictures the author was in new york to promote lumos, her new. Rowling clarifies cursed child is not the 8th harry. Rowling is the author of the seven harry potter novels, which have sold. Rowling is the author of the harry potter series, one of the most successful book series ever in the history of humankind.
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