J.K. Rowling has announced that she will be doing a U.S. tour in connection with the publication of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Ghastly Hallows. Jo Rowling hasn’t been here on tour since 2000, so it’s an exciting announcement for Harry Potter fans.
“What J.K. Rowling loves most is to talk with her readers, and that is what she will be able to do on this very special U.S. tour,” Lisa Holton, president of Scholastic Trade and Book Fairs, said Thursday in a statement.
Rowling’s seventh and final Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” comes out July 21, but will surely remain deep in her fans’ hearts when she arrives in the United States in October.
On Oct. 15, she will read at theKodak Theater in Los Angeles, followed three days later by an appearance at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, then two readings Oct. 19 at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Rowling, 41, will take questions at each of the readings and sign books.
Don’t bother rushing for tickets. For three of the readings, Scholastic will pick schools to send children. For the fourth reading, at Carnegie Hall, 1,000 fans will be chosen from a Scholastic sweepstakes, with each winner receiving two passes.
Details of the sweepstakes will be available at Scholastic.com on July 30, 2007.
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