Jk rowling has launched an online harry potter project to help ease boredom and bring us some magic while were all staying at home harry potter at home is a hub where children, parents and. Jk rowling is giving us three new books set in harry. This was a pivotal moment in pottermania with a recordbreaking first print run of five million, it was the first novel in the world to go on sale in the uk and us on the same day, shifting three million copies in the states alone on its first weekend. The first four novels the cuckoos calling 20, the silkworm 2014. As maura judkis reported harry potter has grown up, and so have j.
K rowling will release two new harry potter books this. The bestselling british author made the announcement on her website on. This new edition features the fully updated 2017 text which includes new profiles of six magnificent beasts that inhabit north america and a new foreword by j. Rowling has a new short story about the adult harry potter, written in the form of a gossip column by rita skeeter, the ruthless and factbending journalist of the potter series. Jk rowling reads extracts of her new book, the tales of beedle and the bard, to hundreds of school children at the books launch i. Alpha 2 omega books ba southampton, hants, united kingdom. Rowling books are available from booktopia, the leading online. Jk rowling publishes crime novel under false name jk.
Rowling and her wizarding world partners have launched harry potter at home today to help children, parents, carers and teachers confined at home during the covid19 outbreak. Jk rowling has written three new harry potter books grazia. In a surprisingly littlenoticed interview, harry potter creator, j. Emma potter is the twin sister of the famous harry potter. Rowling, who insisted that the seventh novelharry potter and the deathly hallowswould conclude her work with the beloved hogwarts students, has reconsidered. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix and over 2 million other books are. It looks like harry potter and the cursed child is the end of the road for one wizard j. Rowling, is a british author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist.
Harry potter complete book series special edition boxed set rowling, j. Weve collected a list of books the beloved harry potter author has said inspired her as a child and as an adult. Harry potter at home launches in response to covid19 emergency j. The book is so heavy and illustrations make it new and interesting.
Pottermore, the digital publishing world founded by rowling for fans of potter has released three new books. But she lived through the fire of life and became an amazing author. Rowlings original text, with gorgeous jacket art by jonny duddle and line illustrations throughout by tomislav tomic. Rowling without personalisations on the title page and certified by her official hologram bearing the publication date of the book 2107 07. Despite rowling announcing that the harry potter story has reached its end after the release of the cursed child, these new books will be available in the. The new additions are a part of the british librarys oct. The order of the phoenix book 5 and the half blood prince book 6 are my favorites. An incomplete and unreliable guide will elaborate on the nooks and crannies of the beloved wizarding school itself, unfurling everything from details about the hogwarts ghosts, to what happens when the sorting hat cant decide on a students house. The collection as a whole serves as a kind of book of folktales the children of the wizarding world.
Instead of a wand, she wields a pen, and in place of a hogwarts education, she has years of voracious reading under her belt. Jk rowling is expanding everyones favorite wizard universe with three new harry potter bookseach will be about 10,000 words long. Jk rowling has told her millions of fans that the story of harry potter is done now speaking to reuters this weekend at the premiere of harry potter and the cursed child, the pair of plays. The seventh and final book in the harry potter series was finished in 2007 but, as she approaches her 50th birthday, rowling is unleashing another literary firestorm that will light up cinema. Rowling may be a muggle as far as we know, but she creates magic with the written word. The plots are so saturated with twists and turns that its hard to keep up with all of. Rowlings popular book series the 51yearold author is taking readers back into the world of wizardry with. Harry potter book series 7 books harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. K rowling is shaping this year up to be a good year for potterheads everywhere.
K rowlings new harry potter audiobook is here, and 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. I thought book 7 was a well deserved and hard fought for ending for such a misunderstood kid as harry potter. Jk rowling is releasing three new harry potter books. Jk rowling is releasing three new harry potter books and.
Rowling is delving into the back story of one of harry potters more twisted hogwarts professors. Despite pressures to expand on the adult adventures of. Rowling wants to make it a little easier for kids, parents and teachers stuck at home due to covid19 to enjoy harry potter, with the author on wednesday launching a website featuring a. Harry potter new book launch with author jk rowling youtube. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. Jk rowling launches new harry potter website to help. The films will be inspired by harry potters hogwarts textbook of the same name, and will. Rowling announced on wednesday morning that three new ebooks, po. Rowling revealed four new books in the series, which will all be released digitally. In april 2012, little, brown and company announced that the book. K rowling s new harry potter audiobook is here, and it has a cursed child connection. 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 harry s education at hogwarts. Rowling, bestselling author of the harry potter series, has announced she has a new adult novel coming.
Rowling, confirmed that she is in the early stages of a new installment of the harry potter series. Harry potter fans will be pleased to hear jk rowling is releasing three new ebooks about the series credit. Kazu kibuishi is the creator of the new york times bestselling amulet series and. The first of the books power, politics and pesky poltergeists will. Rowling would be making her screenwriting debut with fantastic beasts and where to find them, the first in a new film series which is part of their expanded creative partnership with j. Rowling releasing four brand new harry potter books. The complete collection childrens har by j k rowling. Rowling is set to release three more harry potter books. Rowlings harry potter archives are being released as ebooks. Next up, were getting harry potter a journey through a history of magic, which will be packed with unseen sketches and manuscript pages from j. Rowling at a charity event at warner bros studios in london in 20. Rowling just confirmed four new harry potter adjacent books are coming out. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in. Rowling is giving us more new harry potter books this.
Last month, we were blessed with rowlings eighth installment of the harry potter. It turns out harry potter and the cursed child wont be the last chapter of j. Fantastic beasts and where to find them is essential reading at hogwarts. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban book 3 rowling, j. Jk rowling books on the booktopia jk rowling author page. I didnt care for book one much either, but the story started getting juicy with book two. A perennial bestseller in the wizarding world and one of the most popular books in the hogwarts school library. Pruchnie every time i reread the harry potter series, something new jumps out at me. The original hermione is officially done with harry potter. When harry potter and the cursed child was released, a small but hilarious subset of fans reacted with fury when they discovered that the new harry potter book was, as advertised, a. Rowling, magical illustrations from jim kay and weird, wonderful and inspiring artifacts that have been magically released from the archives at the british library. Rowling, the author of the book series which captivated our attention prior to pokemon go, said that. Rowling is planning to expand her wizarding world with four new books set in the harry potter universe though maybe not exactly. In 2000 jk rowling spoke to the big issue ahead of the release of the fourth harry potter book, the goblet of fire.
Harry potter deathly hallows by jk rowling, signed abebooks. Just when we thought the harry potter franchise was finally over, rowling says j. Both will discover together a new world full of fantasies in a magical school where over the years they will see themselves grow, find their power and above all face different tests and dangers. At last nights london premiere of harry potter and the cursed child, reuters reports that j. In 2016, a new era of the wizarding world was unveiled with the launch of. Rowling, in collaboration with bloomsbury and the british library, will be releasing two new harry potter books.
Wide pan from photographer to authors john irving, j. While rowling has said there wont be any more harry potter. Rowling not only because shes bringing an epic 20th anniversary harry potter exhibit to the world. A harry potter spinoff, robert galbraith thrillers and. Rowling is releasing 4 new harry potter books online. Harry potter complete book series special edition boxed set. Rowling teases a new book sequel video april 10, 2015 8. Jk rowling has just surprised us all with the news of three new harry potter books and we basically just cant wait. Pottermore presents will be in the form of three bitesized ebooks, and according to will dig deep into the harry potter stories, with titbits taken from pottermores archives and original writing from j. Jk rowling set to release three harry potter ebooks in. Rowling just published a new harry potter story on. Harry potter is a work of art i would like to commend j. In a press release, rowling said that her new book would be quite different from harry potter. K rowling announces release date for next harry potter book.