Harry Potter fans, rejoice: J.K. Rowling will be in Toronto next month for the International Festival of Authors.

Raincoast Books, the Canadian publisher for Rowling’s Harry Potter series, announced Monday that the author will appear at the Winter Garden Theatre on Oct. 23.

Toronto will be Rowling’s only Canadian stop on her North American tour.

Tickets to the 950-seat venue are free. Starting Monday afternoon, 10 pairs of tickets will be randomly awarded each day to fans through the Raincoast Books website, where an entry form and rules are posted.

In a project organized by the Ontario Libraries Association, hundreds of tickets will also be made available across Canada through libraries and school boards. The details of this initiative are still being worked out.

Rowling will be reading from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final book in the series. It sold a whopping 15 million copies within 24 hours when it was released in July.

The author is also expected to answer questions and sign books for Potter fans while in Toronto.

The first six Harry Potter books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide.






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