If you go here, you can see a teaser for a Harry Potter segment that NBC’s TODAY will be airing later in the week. (Info as we get it.)

Well, it’s happened. Our wonderful hosting company Mantissa.net has informed us that we’re overloading our site due to comments. So, we’ve temporarily shut them off while they generously move us to a faster server. (We HIGHLY recommend them!) Since we were going to shut these off in a few days anyway for most of next …read more!

In an effort to get away from the daily drivel of Harry Potter fluff stories, we’re collecting emails of what you plan on EATING when you read. Yes, that’s right – whether you’ll crack open your book at midnight with munchies at your side, starting with a Hogwarts-sized breakfast, or spending lunch/dinner with delivery/take out/take …read more!

According to readers, MSNBC is running a moving interview throughout the day with Gina Peca, the mother of Catie Hoch, a girl who passed on due to cancer – but not before Rowling read parts of Book IV to her.

In the Miami Herald’s coverage of Book V, TLC editor, FA administrator Heidi Tandy (currently SUPPOSEDLY on Fandom Maternity Leave) is quoted. ”I don’t think it would have grown this much if the lag between books hadn’t been so long,” said Heidi Tandy, the Miami attorney who administers Fiction Alley, a fan fiction and message …read more!

According to the Italian Publisher Salani, folks can start preording Harry Potter e l’Ordine della Fenice in September for release in November. La data di uscita in Inghilterra, America, Canada e Australia del quinto volume della saga di Harry Potter è ufficiale: Harry Potter e l’Ordine della Fenice sarà in libreria il 21 giugno 2003. …read more!

This post on Plastic.com does a good job at covering all the naysayers of all the publicity surrounding the Harry Potter books. What’s wholly ironic is I’m a huge fan and I completely ignore all the marketing rhetoric. The only thing I’m spending my money on is the books. Just because there’s all this hype …read more!

Alex Kwasniewski, 7, has won a contest from The West Australian and a trip to hear Rowling at Royal Albert Hall.

The Northern Echo has word that Ottakar’s – one of Britain’s leading book chains – has listed “Shadowmancer” written by clergyman Graham Taylor as their Children’s book of the month for June. Supposedly, WHSmith is also considering the same.

BBC is looking for 100 words that could make you the next J.K. Rowling. The winner will be given the chance to have a short children’s story published on BBC News Online – potentially the first step to a lucrative writing career, multi-million pound advances, the eternal love of children and parents everywhere….