A new Harry Potter book will be released nine years after JK Rowling's final story, The Deathly Hallows.
Rowling's website Pottermore confirmed the script of the new stage play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child will be released as a book on July 31, the day after the play's world
premiere and, fans will note, Harry's birthday.
The Cursed Child is officially the eighth book in the Harry Potter canon and will be released in two versions: a Special Rehearsal Edition using the script performed in the play's previews, before being replaced later by a Definitive Collector's Edition.
The news will be a relief for fans worldwide who are desperate to join in the new chapter of Harry, Ron and Hermione's wizarding adventure, but unable to get tickets to the play, which at the moment has only been confirmed to show in London.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ended 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts, as Harry waved his two eldest children off to the wizarding school.
