J.K. Rowling has announced that the seventh and last installment in the Harry Potter series will be titled "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." She is not yet finished writing it, but has said that she is now writing and re-writing scenes she has planned for 12 years. The Marshalltown Library will be hosting a discussion on the series sometime in the new year, including the chance for participants to make predictions about what will happen in the last book in the series. We will then re-convene later on--most likely August or September of 2007--after reading the final title to see how close we were. Watch for more information about this discussion, open to Harry Potter fans of all ages, in winter or spring of 2007.

Movie-wise, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the 5th book, will be in theaters in July, 2007.