Raincoast Books and the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) announced today that J.K. Rowling will be making one appearance in Canada this fall. J.K. Rowling will be appearing at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto on October 23 for an all-ages event sponsored by her Canadian co-publisher, Raincoast Books, and hosted by the International Festival of Authors.
J.K. Rowling will offer a short reading from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, answer questions from her fans and sign complimentary copies of the final book in the Harry Potter series for every fan in attendance. The event will begin at 10:00AM.
There will be no tickets for sale and numbered and assigned seats will only be available through random draws.
Beginning at 9:00AM Pacific on Monday September 17, Raincoast will be holding an online sweepstakes for lucky fans, ages seven and older, to enter to win one of one hundred pairs of tickets to the J.K. Rowling Comes to the Winter Garden Theatre event.
Raincoast will draw ten pairs of tickets per day for ten days, excluding weekends, from September 17 though September 28. For full details please go to: www.raincoast.com/harrypotter/.
The IFOA, working with The Ontario Library Association (OLA) and their sister organisation, The Partnership (The Provincial and Territorial Library Associations of Canada), will also be making hundreds of tickets available for fans across Canada. Seating at the event will be capped at 950 attendees.
“J.K. Rowling has always given priority to her fans”, said Allan MacDougall, CEO of Raincoast Books, “and we and the IFOA have tried to plan an event that reflects her values. The Winter Garden event will be intimate, interactive and something that her Canadian fans will never forget. We are thrilled to have her in Canada again.”
Raincoast Books of Vancouver is the joint publisher of Harry Potter series in Canada in conjunction with Bloomsbury Plc of London. Since first being published in 1997, the seven books in Harry Potter series have sold over 350 million copies worldwide and over 11 million copies in Canada. The trip next month will mark the second occasion that J.K. Rowling has travelled to Canada. In October 2000, she made appearances in Vancouver and Toronto.
i can’t believe she’s coming here!!!
But the thing is,october 23 is a school day,and that’s no good:(
i wish they’d selected another date.
Especially for people in high school,its really hard to miss a day.
I hope she’ll come again in the future,even for 30 minutes
Wow i cannot imagine what it would be like if she came here! I’m so excited. I have been reading the series since i was in grade 1, so im a huge fan. Her visit here will truly be memorable! I hope she comes again soon! 
Please email me if there are further days/tickets for JK Rowlings visit to Toronto and vicinity, my family looks forward to meeting her, we have all the books and movies. Big Fans!
Cheers
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Hello . I very very love rowling and her books .
I am very happy if I can see Jo !
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