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Sam Jordison and Sian Cain

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child book launches worldwide – as it happened

Customers take photos after buying a copy of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Cursed Child a little after midnight at Foyles book store in London.
Customers take photos after buying a copy of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Cursed Child a little after midnight at Foyles book store in London. Photograph: Rob Stothard/Getty Images

The End

Hilariously when I wrote (at 2:41am) that it’s clear about what the book is about, I was pretty much entirely wrong. There were lots of new directions and developments. And some redevelopments too.

There were also few too many dream sequences. And yes, a bit of confusion about time. And no, there wasn’t enough Hagrid.

But in the greater scheme of things,those are minor complaints. The truth is I enjoyed this book. It was generally gripping, and frequently surprising. It was also just a pleasure to see the old gang back together again. And yes, that’s a mawkish early morning judgement. I’ve probably also been softened up by the excitement and fun of the launch events. But I don’t think that’s all. I also hope that The Cursed Child is actually reasonable addition to the Harry Potter universe.
That’s what I’m saying right now, anyway. At 4am. So take it with a pinch of salt.

Time will tell how well The Cursed Child stands up. For now, thank you for reading. It’s been a blast - from the past.

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Half way there.

Phew...

By this stage, it’s clear that the book isn’t quite so much a new story as a revisiting of an old one. A revisiting, a recalibrating and a revising. Those pesky Time-Turners! It’s all slightly silly, of course. It’s possibly even crude at times. But on the whole, it’s successfully made me feel untethered and anxious. I approve.
I’m going to soldier on and read the next part. But I shall post less here from now on. Because of the lateness of the hour, because of my increasing fatigue and because of the fact that I don’t want to give away too many spoilers.

And yes, I know there are probably all kinds of secrets flooding out over the internet by now. But I don’t want to be the one to break the spell for you... Not least because, while it may not be as all consuming as the original novels, this book is actually worth reading.

More later...

Draco is actually one of the highlights of the Cursed Child for me, along with Scorpius, his wonderfully nerdy son. In the play, Draco is played by actor Alex Price, who does a great job of making us like Draco more, after all the hate we built up for him in the books. He does sound more like a gangster than I was expecting, but this Draco grew on me. And his son is, without a doubt, the best ‘new’ character.

25. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child L-R Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy) and Alex Price (Draco Malfoy) Press contact:Janine.Shalom@premiercomms.com
Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy) and Alex Price (Draco Malfoy). Photograph: Manuel Harlan

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We’re finally getting to see Draco ’s philosophical side. He’s actually sounding quite reasonable. That can’t be right, can it?

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Things have indeed become paradoxical. Ron has suddenly started sporting a centre-parting. And:

Oh no!

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Thoughts so far?

How are readers faring with it?

Time-Turners are featuring heavily now. I worry that it’s all going to get a little paradoxical.

Someone also just said “mayhem to the nth degree” in all earnestness. But I’m taking that as endearingly nerdy...

So much of this needs to be seen on stage to be appreciated fully - if you’ve read the books or seen the films, you know what a Polyjuice potion transformation looks like. But seeing how it is achieved on stage is a delight.

And I am still not over the illusion early on, where the new Hogwarts kids change into the school robes with a twirl. Seriously, I told six people about it only today.

Also on the subject of Harry and friends getting older, Madchinchillalady has noted eloquently in the comments:

It is, really weird. I never used to like it as a kid when the wait for the books meant I ended up a year or so off Harry’s age, never mind it being nearly a decade. Especially when they’re doing ridiculous stuff like no sweets, no sugar. I absolutely refuse to believe they’d be the sort of grown-ups who’d be like that.

I’m going to go make a cup of tea. With four sugars. I think I still have some sweets left, as well.

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Probably shouldn’t have tried to eat all those biscuits in one mouthful, but I survived okay. On with Act Two!

We’re getting some classic Potter material now. Talking books. Riddles. Awkward snogging. (Very awkward.)
It’s not entirely easy reading this at 2am, however. A few of the characters have downed a round of Polyjuice potion, meaning they all now have double names. There’s Albus/Ron, Scorpius/Harry, Delphi/ Hermione. There’s also real Harry and Hermione. Frankly it’s making my brain ache. Might have to have an emergency snack when I get to page 100.

In relation to what Sam said before, about Harry’s new age (37) feeling weird to all the readers who grew up with him - I was actually one of them.

I was 17 when the final book came out, where Harry was 17. But old Harry actually makes me feel really happy – I like knowing that he has been chugging on without me, having kids, doing paperwork, being a little boring. As we will all see as we continue reading, all that childhood adventuring took its toll on the poor lad.

I was on the look out for our young friend Toby’s review on Amazon - if you missed it before, Amazon has hired a 10-year-old boy to speed read the Cursed Child so he could get the first review up. However, there are already over 10 reviews up, including this very succinct one from David:

Harry Potter review
Oh. Photograph: Amazon.co.uk

Every time Ron sits down, he says, he makes an “oof” noise. And he’s having trouble with his feet. The passing of time seems to be a big theme. Although some things never change. Ron’s still scared of his Mum.

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Another good surprise. I don’t dare share it. Suffice to say that the plot has thickened. And there’s been a painful blast from the past.
After making sure I dampened down my expectations before I started reading, I have to say I’m enjoying this so far. (Although I’d prefer it if there were more Hagrid, of course. Where is Hagrid, in fact?)

That’s actually a great scene on stage with Amos Diggory - set in a wizarding resting home, which seems like a pretty exciting place to be, really.

This story does almost entirely revolve around parentage - it is like my one quibble with the Star Wars universe, that you have these amazing gigantic worlds and then everyone is related to one another...

Some of these acting directions must be quite hard to follow:

Hard words from Cedric Diggory’s father. It’s all about dads so far...

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Harry’s stuck behind a desk, buried in files. He has a hankering to go adventuring... Wonder if he’ll get his wish?
I’m rather enjoying seeing Harry and Hermione at roughly the same age as me. I imagine it must be quite odd for all the people who grew up with them though, and went through school as the books were coming out, and felt like they were the contemporaries...

Time is moving very fast. The years at Hogwarts are flashing by... And it’s becoming ever more clear that Scorpius isn’t the only one with daddy issues.

Spoiler alert

Yow! First big surprise. Albus Potter is a... Well, I don’t want to be the first one to give away all the secrets on the internet. But that was quite a good shock, early on.

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Uh oh! Sorting hat song. A mercifully short one, however...

I’m now getting to know Scorpius Malfoy, the son of Draco. “I mean - father-son issues, I have them,” he says. Unsurprisingly.

All enjoyably familiar territory, so far. The scenes on the station may even be taken from the epilogue of the last book, if I remember rightly. And there’s the Hogwarts Express, chocolate frogs, cauldron cakes, worries about the sorting hat. It’s comfortingly recognisable. It could even be fan fiction...

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And Ron still appears to be married to Hermione. Personally, I gave them two years at the most.

Pretty much the first devastating thing we learn is that Harry is 37. 37! He’s almost as old as me, poor lad.

Time to get reading

I’m slightly concerned that after all the excitement and joy of the launch the book has too much to live up to... And I already know that it isn’t going to be quite the same as reading the original series. And then, there are Sian’s concerns about the plot... Even so, and in spite of all that, I’m looking forward to getting stuck in. Will report back soon.

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Great as a play – but will it be great as a script?

I was actually lucky enough to watch the Cursed Child play earlier this week, in London, which I wrote about for the Saturday Review:

TL;DR - it is an amazing visual experience and the sheer love in the room (probably in every performance) was tangible. There were not many dry eyes in the Palace Theatre by the end of the five hours.

But - and it is a heavy but - the plot is far more convoluted than any of the novels. It feels like three regular Harry plots smushed in one. I hope it remains a pleasant and fun reading experience in book form, without the visual joys of the performance to go along with. Have my copy, am going to start reading now!

Wonderful Sam has got his copy and he is now heading home to start reading the book for the blog - stay tuned for that.

But meanwhile: ISN’T IT PRETTY.

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The book is here

It’s 343 pages long (including all the back matter), it starts on a “crowded station”, which already sounds pleasingly familiar, there’s a boy called Albus... And I can’t read any more just yet because I’ve got to run home.

I’ll start posting again once I’m back and reading. In the meantime, I’m happy to say that it’s all been pretty durn magic here in Norwich...

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And the boxes are open!

A big cheer has gone around the store here in Blackwell’s in Oxford. We have been lead by our excellent box openers, Caoimhe and Realtin (two in the middle), as Caiomhe won ‘best dressed’ for her Death Eater costume.

Blackwell’s

The moment has come...

Almost midnight!

Just a few minutes to go and the queues in Waterstones Norwich are huge.

So much queue!

And here is the very front - the first person in Norwich to get a book will be this very lucky house-elf, Freya Hollis, who won the in-store fancy dress competition.

I’m going to run off and grab my copy now too.

For some people, of course, this is way past bedtime...

What is happening in bookstores in Australia and Asia

Twenty minutes to go and the Australian bookstores are opening up at rather civil times in the mid-morning there. Dymocks, the biggest book chain in Australia, has got some celebrity visitors in the Sydney store:

If you missed it- the Australian Quidditch team won the Quidditch World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany on Monday.

Dymocks in Adelaide – a bookstore where I worked once upon a time - is planning a whole 16 minutes of party before boxes are opened at 8.31am local time.

In Singapore, the chain Kinokuniya in Ngee Ann City and Jurong is opening 7.01am for their parties - they are promising a Sorting Hat Ceremony, a Snitch hunt and more, sounding pretty fun.

Still trying to find any more details of book launches across Asia - if you are at one or know of one, tweet us on @GuardianBooks!

It’s almost midnight.

I have to admit I’ve been having so much fun that I’d just about forgotten there’s also a book to read at the end of it all. But I just went down to look at the queue, which is gigantic. There’s no chance of getting a copy before the appointed time either. Not by the look of this chap:

In-store Quidditch, Norwich-style

The idea is to get a big yellow foam ball through some golden hoops. Thus:

While also holding a broom:

Aim carefully:

And you will triumph:

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Butterbeer: how do you make yours?

If you’re still at home and are waiting patiently for The Cursed Child to drop on your reading device, here is something to tide you over: Butterbeer recipes.

Yes, there is such a thing as wizarding home-brew. The site Wizarding World Park has collated a few recipes - because yes, of course there are a few - as has the food blog Dine and Dish.

Consensus seems to be butterscotch, icecream, various types of soda, and for the adults, some added cider.

Sam had some before and wasn’t too big a fan. I’ve just had some here in Oxford and it is quite sweet and moreish, if a little murky brown for my liking. I declined some offered whipped cream – a bit too adventurous for me.

Crowds outside Livraria Lello bookstore in Porto, Portugal - a great place to go to a book launch, as it is one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

You can peek inside Livraria Lello here and drool over the staircase:

What is happening in US bookstores

While Barnes and Noble have said it has broken all records for pre-orders (those set by JK Rowling’s other books), the US initial print run of the script is 4.5 million. Sounds big, but compared with the 12 million copies of the Deathly Hallows that came out at launch, it seems unlikely that the script will do quite as well. But Barnes and Nobles across the country have plans - if your local is a B&N, check their website for what is on.

In Los Angeles, there is a planned meeting for witches and wizards in the Harry Potter fan group Dumbledore’s Army at ‘King’s Cross Station’ (ahem, actually Union Station) at 5pm local time. The group will sing the Hogwarts House song aboard the Hogwarts Express (the Metro Red Line) on their way to the Leaky Cauldron (1939 Public House in Los Feliz), where cocktails will flow. Sounds fun!

Once Upon a Time in Montrose, Colorado is hosting a kids focused party, with potion making, a costume contest, a birthday cake to celebrate Harry’s birthday, “pin the glasses on Harry” and a scavenger hunt that will lead to Moaning Myrtle’s hangout. Shenanigans will start at 10.30pm local time.

The Strand Bookstore in New York is hosting a midnight book release party from 8pm local time. The event will include costume contests, trivia, coloring and live sorting. If you’re going, they advise you pre-order your copy before and get there before 11.30pm as they lock the doors then.

Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena is holding a costume contest and will have a wall where partygoers can write what Harry Potter means to them. Plus pretzel magic wands and butterbeer, all the good stuff.

And the amazing Books of Wonder in New York have owls in the store. OWLS, guys.

Got me some butter beer.

Can’t say I’m enjoying it all that much... But the sugar should help me power on through the next few hours.

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There’s currently a fancy dress competition in Norwich Waterstones. Costumes are being judged by popular acclamation. Which is to say, a series of extremely loud cheers for each contender. The person with the loudest cheer wins... The crowd around the entrants is so thick that I can’t actually get close enough to see them. But it *sounds* like there are some amazing outfits.

Talking of amazing, how about this book?

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Cursed Child play set to hit Canada before the US?

HOLD ON TO YOUR BROOMSTICKS, OUR AMERICAN AND CANADIAN CHUMS.

A piece on the New York Post website cites anonymous sources saying that “Friedman and Callender are in negotiations for a Shubert theater possibly for next season. They may hit Toronto first, however.”

And in the Guardian today, from JK Rowling herself:

Speaking on the red carpet, where she wore winged high heels as a nod to the wizarding world, JK Rowling said the play could be destined for Broadway and beyond. Asked about Broadway plans, she told reporters: “I’d love it to go wider than that. I’d like as many Potter fans to see it as possible.”

An update from outside The English bookshop in Stockholm:

There is also a full Quidditch match happening inside the Piccadilly store:

And they’ve set up a bedroom under the stairs if Harry pops by:

The lines outside Waterstones Piccadilly in London are incredible:

Piccadilly.

There are hundreds of people in Waterstones Norwich now. Safe to say I’ve never seen a bookshop this busy.

While we wait for the books to be released from their chains, people are busy looking for horcruxes that have been scattered around the shelves, glugging decidedly sticky looking glasses of butterbeer, throwing balls through quidditch hoops, and painting balloons:

There’s also a goblet of fire:

And this guy:

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And in news to make you slightly uncomfortable now: Amazon has announced they’ve hired a 10-year-old boy to speed read the Cursed Child tonight, so they can get the first review up online.

Toby L’Estrange, Amazon’s speed reading prodigy.
Toby L’’Estrange, Amazon’s speed reading prodigy. Photograph: Mikael Buck/Amazon/PA

Toby sounds like a champion (and just look at that face): he’s a big Harry Potter fan, his brother is called Harry (I hope Toby named him) and can apparently read 1,000 words a minute - WITHOUT MAGIC. But there is something uncomfortable about a giant corporation hiring a child to work for them. I am going to brush aside all images of Dickensian orphan chimney sweeps and say: bless Toby, and that I hope he’s having a cracking evening tonight and that he’s being paid handsomely for his remarkable skills.

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We’ve seen some pretty amazing foods in bookstores about the place tonight, but these from The Last Word in Pakistan take the cake*:

*I am too good.

This young man is very pleased because he’s just been chosen for Slytherin House...

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Meanwhile in Wood Green...

What is happening in UK bookstores

Waterstones Piccadilly in London is having one of the biggest parties in the country - they are about to open, at 10pm. Look at the line!

Queues form outside Waterstones bookshop on Piccadilly in central London.
Queues form outside Waterstones bookshop on Piccadilly in central London. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Daunt Books: all the Daunt stores have something on tonight, with the main shop opening at 11.30pm, and the others at midnight.

Foyles: the main store on Charing Cross Road in London is giving away one copy signed by JK Rowling herself.

Blackwell’s, Edinburgh: the staff in Scotland are baking especially for customers, which just goes to remind us all how great booksellers are.

And Waterstones in Maidstone have sent this wonderful image of someone chilling out in the Cursed Child nest, before customers start flooding the store:

What does Harry mean to you?

Harry Potter is more than just a story. He’s part of the fabric of our lives. Alongside the first generation who grew up with him - and for whom tonight’s launch will provide so much nostalgia - there are now more millions of children and their parents who have read about him since.

I’m in that latter camp (parent, not nipper). When the first books came out, I was a young man and correspondingly cynical. I read the first four, just because... but they never quite spoke to me. I could recognise the artistry in the creation of the world around Hogwarts, but I spent as much time getting hung up on perceived problems in the prose and thinking that I already knew that everything would turn out in the end, so why should I worry about any peril Harry might be in...

Luckily, I’ve since been fortunate enough to have a child of my own, and to share the joy of reading the entire series to her. I’ve come to understand how wrong my younger self was. Both because it doesn’t quite turn out all right (sorry if that’s a spoiler) and because the books are far better than I ever realised. Seeing the magic of Hogwarts through my daughter’s eyes has, in fact, been one of the best experiences of my life. If there were any moments I could bottle up and experience over again and again - and which part of me will always long to go back to, it would have to be those first bedtime readings. One of the completest joys I’ve felt has been following Harry, Ron and Hermione with my own child.

The strongest example of the power of the books I can give came when I had to take my daughter to hospital one evening. Fortunately, there turned out to be nothing to worry about. But even so, midnight on A&E, when the drunks are rolling in, bloodied and kicking up all kinds of hell, is not the kind of place you want to be with a 6-year-old. So it was lucky that we weren’t really there. I’d brought along The Prisoner Of Azkaban and so, we were in Hogsmeade instead. She was so wrapped up in the story that she barely noticed everything going on around her, and certainly didn’t have to worry about it.

And that in turn got me thinking about all the other children who have taken Harry Potter with them as they’ve faced trauma and worry. And all the other millions who have wanted to follow in Hermione’s brilliant and feminist footsteps. Everyone for whom the books have brought flashes of joy and hope.

I’m getting excited again, aren’t I? Anyway, I thought it would be nice if you wanted to share your own experiences of reading the books in the comments below. I’ll try to post a selection as the night goes on.

I’m bowled over by the displays in this Waterstones.

Forgive me for gushing, but so far, this is just really fun. The staff must have worked incredibly hard. And it’s all brilliant. And it shows that bricks and mortar shops can bring the magic in a way that Amazon just can’t.

We’ve got:

And all the staff are dressed up too!

I’m told they’re expecting over 400 people here tonight. It’s going to be pandemonium.

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Why was the preview period for the play so long?

You may have been wondering why, if the stage show started back in June, we only got reviews on Tuesday. The answer: theatre is weird.

Basically, the play has been running in previews for almost eight weeks - pretty lengthy when an average preview period in the West End is usually between one to two weeks. A big musical might have two or three weeks of previews, to wrinkle out any potential problems with sound, lighting or casting.

In the case of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which has a incredible number of things that could go wrong - moving sets, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it illusions, wand battles - the preview period has been eight weeks. As far as I personally know, the main thing that has changed is the casting of one owl, who refused to leave the audience one night.

As you would have seen on Tuesday, the review embargo was lifted and media across the world published their reviews - the majority of which were very positive (kudos to The Times for their 4 and three quarters stars review, hoho). Usually that heralds the official opening - but no, today was the official ‘press preview’, so NOW it is officially open.

I don’t know, go along with it.

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Actual copies of the actual book are actually here in Norwich! Good job they’ve got them chained up...

I’m enjoying this already

The first reviews for the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child were released on Tuesday this week, when the review embargo lifted for the media around the world. Consensus was extremely positive - you can read our critic Michael Billington’s review here:

Or a roundup of reviews from around the world here:

And even our readers’s thoughts, which are as nuanced and wonderful as always:

An update from Blackwell’s bookstore in Oxford: a small child just shouted “Avada Kedavra” very loudly across the room. If we’re already breaking out the Unforgivable curses, this night is going to be over before the boxes are even opened.

Here in Oxford, the “notoriously hard Blackwell’s Harry Potter quiz” has just begun. First question is: name all four house ghosts at Hogwarts, and the houses they are in.

I might be sitting this one out, so I can watch some very confident eight year olds blitz it.

I’m in Waterstones Norwich now, hiding in the cafe while the staff have their big meeting before the doors open. In the meantime...

#NotCanon - why some are not excited about the Cursed Child book

When it was announced that JK Rowling was involved with an eighth Harry Potter story, fans across the world were immediately excited – but some were not.

The argument that the Cursed Child is not canon has been raging for months, before the play even began in June. Some say because it is not a novel, it can’t be considered part of Rowling’s world - despite her calling it an “official sequel” on her site, Pottermore.

Other fans have also said that because Rowling did not write the script alone - she is credited alongside playwright Jack Thorne – it should not be considered canon.

Hm. It may bother some, but this debate doesn’t seem to have dented sales.

We’ve just been sent this photo from @nycev, who is attending a party in New York – making all Luna Lovegood fans across the world immediately very jealous.

We’re on the lookout for Cursed Child events in bookstores around the world - and our wonderful readers are sharing some with us on Twitter:

In Pakistan, The Last Word bookstore in Lahore, will be opening their boxes of books at 5.01am.

In Latvia, the brave staff at Janis Roze bookstore in Riga are opening at 2am!

And how is this for scale: the whole of Queen City in Virginia, US, is having a city-wide do as well! The city is going to be transformed into the city of Hogsmeade, where Harry went on school trips in the books - that’s pretty cool.

If there is something great going on where you are, let us know!

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Tonight I am based in Blackwell’s bookstore in Oxford - just up the road from Christchurch College, where Hogwarts’s Great Hall was filmed in the adaptations:

The Great Hall in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
The Great Hall in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Photograph: HO/REUTERS

A lot is planned tonight here - including a Sorting Hat ceremony, cocktails (with one suitably renamed Buttery Beer to get around any copyright problems), fortune telling, ‘pin the sock on the Dobby’ and a ‘find the Horcrux’ game around the shop.

The first guests have turned up - including a very good Dolores Umbridge and a cracking Aragog.

Customers at the opening of the Cursed Child at Blackwell’s in Oxford
Customers at the opening of the Cursed Child at Blackwell’s in Oxford
Is it just me or is Aragog suddenly quite a handsome spider? Photograph: Sian Cain

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Here’s what’s promised in Norwich

I’m especially keen to see if I can Quidditch...

Hello from Norwich

Aha!

I’m going to be making my way to the Norwich Castle Street branch of Waterstones shortly. The doors open at 10pm and I’m told that hundreds of people have bought golden tickets. These will allow them to claim a precious copy of the book when the Witching Hour strikes - and to hang out in the store for two hours beforehand.

Stifle your cynicism! It’s going to be fun. The staff are going to be laying on games. Lots of people are going to be dressing up. And everyone is going to be excited. Including yours truly...

Once I’ve got my copy, I intend to race home and start tearing through it. It’s just under 10 years since Imogen Russell Williams did heroic battle with The Deathly Hallows and liveblogged the results here on The Guardian. I’m hoping to emulate that epic feat of stunt reading - and keep you posted on my progress as I go. (Although I’m also hoping that since it’s only a play, reading The Cursed Child won’t take me quite as long as it took Imogen to get through Book VII... and that I’ll be fast asleep by 8:00am. Let’s see.)

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Galloping goblins: we're live!

The most anticipated evening of the year is here*: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the eighth Harry Potter story that is currently being performed as a play in London’s West End, is out as a book around the world today, from tonight at midnight in the UK.

But not just in the UK; like the Potters before this one, the Cursed Child is getting a global release, meaning our magical mates around the world are also getting it at the same time: from in the evening on Saturday in the US, to early and mid-morning in Asia and Australia on Sunday. We’re going to be checking in with queues and bookstores across the world, until the Witching Hour comes, and boxes around the world will be opened to allow Harry Potter fans everywhere to read the story.

And remember, if you are currently in the line somewhere or have organized your own party, you can tweet us on @guardianbooks or email me on sian.cain@theguardian.com

If you’re not in a line somewhere right now, sit back and crack open the Firewhiskey, because we’re going to be here all night.**

* We’re not getting another Star Wars film until December guys, we’re claiming this one now.

** We’ll see; I am not as young as I was when the last one came out.

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