Exciting news for Harry Potter fans such as myself: the title of the seventh and final book was revealed just before Christmas by J. K Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There has been much discussion about the meaning of the title, especially of ‘hallows’ and the significance of 'deathly' over 'deadly'. Much more about this on the Leakey Cauldron website.
No date of publication has been given. The premiere of the latest HP film is due in July 2007, so will the book appear around the same time, I wonder?
The film rights to Peter Pan in Scarlet, the official sequel by Geraldine McCaughrean have been sold to a consortium of British companies which includes the BBC.The sequel will continue to raise vital funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital in the way JM Barrie had intended when he bequeathed the copyright of Peter Pan to the hospital in 1929. Income from Peter Pan remains a tightly-guarded secret, in keeping with Barrie's wishes. Funds help the hospital in London to treat sick children, train doctors and nurses, and research into childhood illnesses. Click here for more information.
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