J. K. Rowling Announces Plans for US Book Tour

Scholastic have announced ( http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-14-2007/0004608119&EDATE= ) that J. K. Rowling is planning a book tour this October. The tour includes four events. Three of the events will be for schoolchildren in Los Angeles, New Orleans, and New York City. The last event will be in New York City for any fan lucky enough to win a ticket through a Scholastic's sweepstakes.

At each of the events, Jo will read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and answer questions.

The first event will be October 15th in Los Angeles at Kodak Theater. The second event is scheduled for October 18th in New Orleans at Ernest N. Morial Auditorium at the Convention Center. The third event will take place on October 19th in New York City at Carnegie Hall.

Scholastic will select schools in each of the three cities to send students to the events. Each selected school will receive a Sorting Hat to place in their school where they will have their own random drawing of students and classes to attend the events.

The final event will take place the evening of October 19th in New York City, again at Carnegie Hall. One thousand lucky fans will be selected in a sweepstakes and will receive a pair of tickets to the event.

Information on how to enter into the sweepstakes will be announced on July 30th on Scholastic's Harry Potter site!