Edinburgh book launch (Half-blood prince)

[Scellanis]

I'm not sure how many British kids read this forum but I thought I'd post this anyway as its of no use to me...

Bloomsbury Publishing is delighted to announce that JK Rowling will be
at
Edinburgh Castle for the publication of "Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood
Prince".

Immediately after midnight, at 00.01am on Saturday 16th July J K
Rowling
will read from "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" in the Great
Hall
at Edinburgh Castle. Her audience will be fifty aspiring cub reporters
(aged 8-16) attending the Harry Potter Children's Press Conference
Weekend
on behalf of newspapers from around the world. The cub reporters will
meet
JK Rowling who will give them each a signed copy of "Harry Potter and
the
Half-Blood Prince". The cub reporters will then have the weekend to
read
the book in a specially-created Reading Room at Edinburgh Castle before
attending the Children's Press Conference on Sunday 17th July to
question
JK Rowling about the new book.

Bloomsbury's Harry Potter books website is running a competition to
find
its cub reporter by asking children to complete the sentence: "I'm the
biggest fan of the Harry Potter books because…" in 50 words or less. To
enter visit:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/competition

Newspapers will run competitions from 14th May onwards to select their
cub
reporter. Bookshops and libraries in the UK and Republic of Ireland
will
also be running a competition. A television programme of the weekend
will
be aired, and details will be posted on the Bloomsbury website when
confirmed. Images of J K Rowling reading from the new book at 00.01 am
on
Saturday 16th July will be available worldwide simultaneously by
satellite.

Bookshops around the world are hosting midnight parties to celebrate
publication. Bloomsbury will be listing all these events at:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/events

Best wishes,
The Bloomsbury Web Club
http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter

[Heidi_hoho]

I wanna go!!!

Wait, if it's at 12:01 her time, it's going to be before the 16th my time! That means if I can find the right place, I can totally hear HBP before it's officially out here!

[niki_192]

i wanna go 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe where r u from heidi?