Harry Potter And The Cursed Child to be released in July 2016

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New Harry Potter book to be released in summer - nine years after the last
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child will be published as latest book in July
It is the script of a Potter stage play and release comes on Harry's birthday
The Cursed Child is eighth book in series and follows The Deathly Hallows

Published: 12:40 EST, 10 February 2016 | Updated: 16:45 EST, 10 February 2016

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Harry Potter fans were brimming with excitement today after JK Rowling announced plans to release another book in the magical series – nine years after the last novel.

The author 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.

It comes nine years after the most recent Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hallows, was released.

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JK Rowling confirmed the script of the new London stage play, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, will be published as a book on July 31 - nine years after the publication of The Deathly Hallows and 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 adventures, but have been unable to get tickets to the play which is currently only showing 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.

The Cursed Child will pick up from that moment, focusing on Harry as a frazzled Ministry of Magic civil servant and his middle child Albus Severus, who is struggling under the weight of the family's legacy.

This will be the first tale in the Harry Potter series not to be penned by Rowling.

The two-part play has been written by Jack Thorne, although it has been based on an original idea by Rowling, Thorne and the stage play's director John Tiffany.

The History Boys' Jamie Parker will play Harry Potter in the new play, alongside Olivier Award-winning actress Noma Dumezweni as Hermione and Les Miserables actor Paul Thornley as Ron.

The Cursed Child is officially the eighth book in the Harry Potter series, which made a star of Daniel Radcliffe as young Harry (right), and comes nine years after JK Rowling's (left) latest novel, The Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child will run as a stage play in London until 2017, starring Paul Thornley as Ron Weasley (left), Noma Dumezweni as Hermione Granger (centre) and Jamie Parker as Harry Potter (right)

The stage play will run into 2017, which marks the 20th anniversary of the UK publication of the very first book, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.

To celebrate the momentous year, fans will be able to collect a new edition of Hogwarts library book Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, featuring new content by Rowling, as well as new editions of Quidditch Through The Ages and The Tales Of Beedle The Bard.

Before then, fans will be able to indulge themselves once more in Rowling's magical world in Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, a magizoologist who accidentally unleashes a menagerie of magical animals on New York.

The film is set for release in November 2016.

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are pictured as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 - the seventh instalment of the Harry Potter film series