Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth Harry Potter story. It will be the first to officially be presented on stage. It will receive its world premiere in London's West End on July 30th 2016.

Scholastic will publish a script book based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany at 12:01 a.m. on July 31, 2016.  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, a new play by Jack Thorne.

J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in aid of Comic Relief; and The Tales of Beedle the Bard in aid of her children's charity Lumos. In 2012, J.K. Rowling's digital entertainment and e-commerce company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy her new writing and immerse themselves deeper in the wizarding world.

Published in hardcover under Scholastic's Arthur A. Levine Books imprint, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (ISBN 978-1-338-09913-3; All Ages), the eighth Harry Potter story, will be priced at $29.99 U.S. and $39.99 Canada.

In addition to J.K. Rowling's collaboration on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, she is also making her screenwriting debut with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a further extension of the wizarding world, due for release in November 2016. 

"It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children," reads the official synopsis.

"While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.