
The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of
Privet Drive ... The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside
number four.’
Yes, it’s the opening paragraph of the long-awaited new Harry Potter novel, in which Professor Dumbledore promises to tell 15-year-old Harry ‘everything.’ Booksellers across the world can start cancelling holidays, following the announcement that the publication date for J K Rowling’s fifth Harry Potter title, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, will be Saturday 21 June
2003—the day of the summer solstice in the UK.
The book will be published simultaneously in the UK, US, Canada and Australia to a global embargo time of one minute past midnight British Summer Time. This equates to the following times on 21 June in Australia and New Zealand:
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania: 9.00am
South Australia: 8.30am
Western Australia: 7.00am
New Zealand: 11.00am
Privet Drive ... The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside
number four.’
Yes, it’s the opening paragraph of the long-awaited new Harry Potter novel, in which Professor Dumbledore promises to tell 15-year-old Harry ‘everything.’ Booksellers across the world can start cancelling holidays, following the announcement that the publication date for J K Rowling’s fifth Harry Potter title, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, will be Saturday 21 June
2003—the day of the summer solstice in the UK.
The book will be published simultaneously in the UK, US, Canada and Australia to a global embargo time of one minute past midnight British Summer Time. This equates to the following times on 21 June in Australia and New Zealand:
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania: 9.00am
South Australia: 8.30am
Western Australia: 7.00am
New Zealand: 11.00am