IC Scotland article

The Sunday Mail has an article about the excerpt (SPOILER ALERT). (That quote of mine is used again, but they took out the "oh my god," for which I want to offer them a very public Thank You. Phew.)

New Zealand Bookshops Going Crazy

So reads an article New Zealand's STUFF. Ahradsen's Paper Plus store owner John Ahradsen said the local ASB Bank had offered to take the books and it seemed the safest place for them. At least two book stores plan to lock copies of the books in an Anglia car, as used to transport Harry Potter by air inContinued...

HPFGU Mentioned in Article about GoF

Courier-Mail's Rodney Chester looks at an extract for Book IV and brings in some of the discussion on Harry Potter For GrownUps.

No Sex in Potter, Please

Dr. Karen Brooks takes a look at hormones entering the picture and recommends Rowling do her best to keep them out of the series.

Winnipeg Free Press Picks Fast-Reviewer

Thanks to readers who sent us this update to the Winnipeg Free Presses' call for a reviewer to pen an overview of Book V for the Sunday Morning Edition.

WE asked for the World's Fastest Potter Review, and we got the world's fastest response.

It was amazing. E-mail entries began pouring in earlyContinued...

Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis

An update from the Globe and Mail on the translation of Philosopher's Stone into Latin which is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

Washington Kids Forcast Doom And Gloom

Here's what some Washington State kids say will be the final paragraph in Book V.

Honours List includes Jim Dale, Harry Potter

But not that Harry Potter

The Queen's Birthday Honours List, which was announced today, includes two names familiar to fans of JK Rowling's series: Jim Dale, who does the hundreds of voices in the U.S. audio version, was awarded an M.B.E., and a Department for International Development naturalContinued...

Harry's the Hero in All of Us

As you may have gathered, I have a thing for theology and the classics. Here's a great article detailing Harry's role in all this.

Adults Like It Better

The Wausau Daily Herald has an article about an adult fan.

The Age Announces London Launch Winners

Australian's The Age newspaper has announced the winner of their contest to send a family to London for the Royal Albert Hall event. Congratulations to the Houghs

Fan Gets Early Read

According to this account on iharrypotter.net, a B. Dalton worker has already cracked open one of their 141 boxes of Harry Potter books and started to read them.

Hello. I wrote a couple of weeks ago to tell about the B. Dalton Bookstores dressing up for Harry Potter Day next Saturday. Well, I just wanted to write and say thatContinued...

Newsround's Harry Potter Plans

CBBC Newsround details their plans over the entire next week. Lots of fan interviews.

Times of London article

The Times of London has an article about the book extract (SPOILER WARNING), in which this TLC editor is mortified because out of an in-depth 600-word email analyzing fan reaction to the clip and a 10 minute conversation discussing various plot twists...her saying "oh my god" twice is pointed out and exclamation-point-isized.Continued...

Race Permeates Potter Novels

AJC reporter Phil Kloer takes a look at racial undertones in the Potter series.