The play itself was written by JK Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne in collaboration for the London West-End stage and opens to audiences on Saturday, 30 July.
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According to an Amazon representative, the play is the most pre-ordered book on the commerce site since Deathly Hallows.
Bookshops are hosting midnight book release parties, as they did for each new novel during the height of Pottermania. The dark undertones of this latest story seem to suggest that Rowling’s send-off contained more ominous irony than we’d originally thought.
Many critics argue the social effects of the “Harry Potter” books are overblown and that readers, in fact, do not graduate to explore other works.
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” Celebration: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., Barnes & Noble Bookstores Indianapolis, Plainfield and Noblesville locations.
One of the young people who will be coming to the bookstore on Fairfield Street to get a copy is 14-year-old Ruby Brooks, who was in the store last Friday, July 22, where she put her name down to reserve a spot at the party.
The mysteries unravel beginning at 8 p.m. on July 30, he said.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new book based on a play that is set in the Harry Potter universe and many bookstores are hoping for the same excitement of fans lining up for it’s midnight release.
Customers are encouraged to come to the store Saturday night dressed as their favorite Harry Potter character.
A self-confessed superfan, he had read all the Harry Potter books by the age of eight and is able to recite all the spells used in the stories. The festivities will of course continue until after midnight, when The Cursed Child is released Find your nearest “Countdown To Midnight” location here.
Rowling said she had been impressed that fans had kept details under wraps.
Barnes & Noble has special events planned at all of its Denver area locations.
PwC’s Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2016-2020 estimates total book revenue in New Zealand will be $557 million in 2020, up from $441 million a year ago.
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Once the two-part blockbuster play has its official opening tomorrow, talk will turn to how to apparate (Potter-speak for transport) The Cursed Child to Broadway, though I thought I heard an owl hooting something about it going via Toronto.
