More on Ride Inside Hogwarts Castle at Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park
The Orlando Sentinel has an article online today, with more details on the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction currently being built in Orlando, Florida. Readers will recall we've posted before regarding rumors and reports of a possibleContinued...
Scholastic Store in NYC to Host Deathly Hallows Paperback Release Party
As readers will recall on Tuesday, July 7th, Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter series, will at long last release a paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. As part of the event, the main Scholastic Store in Soho, New York City will be the siteContinued...
JK Rowling Contributes to New Kids' Night In Three Book for Charity Due Out in October
Author J.K. Rowling has contributed a new piece to a book for charity that will be out in October of this year. As noted on the official website of author Jessica Adams, Jo has donated a piece that will be included in the new Kids' Night In Three. JessicaContinued...
Auction For One of Original Pencil Sketches Done for Harry Potter Time Magazine Cover
There is a new auction underway for a rare pencil sketch by Harry Potter artist Mary GrandPre for one of the three drawings she made to be used on the cover of Time Magazine in 1999. As seen here, Heritage Auction let us know this fabulous sketch is framed and signed by theContinued...
PotterCast 198: Throw Down the Gnomes!
Recorded a few weeks ago shorty before the PotterCast 2009 Summer Tour, this episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, features a heap of Harry Potter talk for your listening pleasure. Our 198th episode starts off discussion of our recent LeakyCon 2009 Harry Potter conference, includingContinued...
From Scholastic: New Ad for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Paperback, Contest to Win Box Set
As readers will long know, the paperback of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from US publishers Scholastic will be released on July 7th. As part of the July issue of Nick Magazine mentioned below, there is also a new ad for the final Harry PotterContinued...
Suit Filed Against Bloomsbury Regarding "Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire;" Bloomsbury States Claim is "Without Merit"
Today the estate of late children's author Adrian Jacobs filed a suit against Bloomsbury Publishing citing copyright infringement involving Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. In a press release, the estate claims thatContinued...
New Deluxe Editions of Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire for France
Gallimard, publishers of the French editions of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling will be releasing two new versions of the books on June 25. Readers in France will now be able to purchase Deluxe editions of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter andContinued...
High Res Poster for Bloomsbury Relaunch of "Fantastic Beasts" and "Quidditch Through the Ages" by J.K. Rowling
Previously we told you Bloomsbury was re-releasing Harry Schoolbooks, aka "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," and "Quidditch Through the Ages" written by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling in support of the Comic Relief Charity. That relaunchContinued...
Scholastic Updates with New Harry Potter Through the Years Poster, Sorting Hat Quiz
Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter novels, have updated their website with a lovely new poster called "Celebrating Harry Through the Years." The poster, available for download via this link (PDF), features a montage of artwork by Mary GrandPre as wellContinued...
PotterCast 196: Bother, Bother
Our 196th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now online with special guest Neil Cicierega, from Potter Puppet Pals, who joins us for an episode packed with the latest Harry Potter news, discussion, and more. Sue's News starts us off with the latest on the new Half-Blood Prince TV spots, theContinued...
PotterCast 195: Edible to the Point of Delicious!
Today we have for you the 195th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, online for your listening pleasure. Sue's News kicks off this week with information about the July 7th release date for both the Half-Blood Prince Soundtrack and Deathly Hallows paperback, filming of Shell CottageContinued...
Weasley Clock Ticks Closer to Becoming Reality
Those who desire a Muggle version of the Weasley family clock may not have much longer to wait for this type of technology to be available in their homes. The Times is reporting this evening that researchers at Microsoft have completed user trials for their Whereabouts Clock. As TLC reportedContinued...
Chamber of Secrets to be Published in Cambodia
While the final installment in the Harry Potter series has been formally released in 2007, many countries continue to receive new translations of the wildly popular series. The New York Times is reporting today "J.K. Rowling has agreed to donate the rights to the second book in the series, Harry PotterContinued...
Leaky Lounge Book Club Reading Updates
Two of our Book Clubs hosted over on the Leaky Lounge forums have opened up readings of two new books starting today. First up, our Harry Potter Book Club has now started their reading of the forth novel in author J. K. Rowling's series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Secondly, Jo's BookContinued...