Rowling comes to Canada
Toronto will just have time to catch its starstruck breath after film festival appearances by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney before a superstar of another order arrives. J.K. Rowling will be in the city in October for what is being billed as her only Canadian stop on a book tour for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, according to a story in The Globe and Mail.
Ms. Rowling, who lives in England, will make an appearance the morning of Oct. 23 at the Wintergarden Theatre in downtown Toronto. It’s an all-ages event hosted by Toronto’s International Festival of Authors and Rowling’s Canadian publisher, Vancouver-based Raincoast Books. Ms. Rowling will read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, entertain questions from fans and autograph complimentary copies of “Deathly Hallows.”
Tickets to the 950-seat venue are free. But to handle the expected demand, admission is being orchestrated through an online lottery and via Canadian libraries and the country’s 79 public and Catholic school boards.
Children, start your search engines. Parents, start practicing your “don’t get too excited” lines now.
