In this latest tale, Harry Potter is now an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.
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The youngest son, Albus, struggles with the weight of his family’s legacy which he never wanted.
Both Edgartown Books and the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore will host parties on Saturday night, and begin selling the new book at the stroke of midnight.
Potterheads in the country get a 10-percent discount if they preorder at any NBS branch or through www.nationalbookstore.com until July 30.
Bridge Street Books on Bridge Street in Wicklow town will also open at midnight.
Muggles can also look ahead to updated editions of Fantastic Beasts, Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard in 2017, featuring new content from Rowling plus Hogwarts-themed editions of Harry Potter in the Philosopher’s Stone in the U.K.to the mark the 20th anniversary of the book’s publication there (it wasn’t published in the US until 1997).
Harry Potter Birthday Bash: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Indianapolis Public Library Glendale Branch, 6101 N. Keystone Ave.
Excitement for the upcoming script release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has reached fever pitch, breaking records in the United States for being the most preordered book since 2007 when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released.
Harry Potter Birthday Party: 2 p.m., Bookmamas, 9 S. Johnson Ave. “As the crowd dispersed, “Muggle Mob” participants handed out their Harry Potter books from the Harry Potter series 1-7 to lucky passersby, sharing the gift of books and reading”.
Among the following symbols like the Deathly Hallows, the lightning scar, the dark mark, platform 9 ¾ and the famous sorting hat, the lightning scar has been regarded as the most recognisable symbol among the Harry Potter enthusiasts in India. “We’re getting 120 copies of the book”.
The Independent’s Jack Shepherd awarded the play five stars, writing: “It’s quite apparent this isn’t written to be either a book or a tie-in film; it’s a spectacle for the theatre, one that is filled to the brim with fan service and magical imagery that will amaze”.
Books-A-Million, 3737 Oleander Drive, is also planning a midnight release.
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The release of a new book in the series is exciting for readers of the original series, and Burns said it has sparked the interest of a new generation, including some readers who weren’t even born when the final book in the original series was released about nine years ago.
