Harry Potter author reads from final tome

July 21, 2007

Harry Potter mania has reached fever pitch as fans around the world await the final instalment of boy wizard's adventures. Just after the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", author J. K. Rowling read in London from her book, the swansong tome in the series which has sold 325 million copies worldwide. Images of the event staged at London's Natural History Museum and attended by 500 children.