The Scotsman reports that thousands of applications have already been submitted by children who want to attend JK Rowling’s reading and Q&A session in Edinburgh.

Talk about power of the pen: The Scotsman reports that the caged childrens’ beds that enraged J.K. Rowling have been removed from psychiatric facilities in the Czech Republic, at order of the government. This happened just one day after President Vaclav Klaus received Rowling’s letter. . The minister ordered that all caged beds be removed …read more!

TLC reader Anita sent us some scans from the 2005 Mary Grandpre calendar, some of which seems to be new art. Enjoy! Christmas at Hogwarts Harry’s 13th birthday Harry’s patronus lesson The marauder’s map The second task The Shrieking Shack Rescuing Sirius

Many of you have been asking, so here’s the answer: the sweepstakes winners have not yet been chosen. To give you an idea of how many there were: I made a text document of all the entries, and the file size of that document was 22MB. The entries have been divvied up among staff and …read more!

Fran from Totally Harry Potter and The Magical World of Harry Potter (Fan-Club México) had the chance to attend to attend the June 5th Mexican press conference for PoA’s release, which included director Alfonso Cuarón, producer David Heyman and executive producer Tanya Seghathcian. Click below to read their transcription of that event, click here for …read more!

Mild parental warning for graphic subject matter. According to a report in the Sunday Times, J.K. Rowling has appealed to Stefan Fule, the Czech ambassador in London, about the plight of disabled children who are locked in cages at care homes in Eastern Europe. She was urged, the report says, by a Times story written …read more!

The New Zealand Herald has a new interview with Michael Seresin, the cinematographer for the Prisoner of Azkaban film. In the article he talks about the new look he and director Alfonso Cuaron brought to the Harry Potter films: “Maybe we went a bit darker than a normal film of this type which we thought …read more!

Today, Fiona Shaw( Petunia Dursley) turns 46. Happy Birthday Fiona!

Entertainment Weekly has an article (accessable by subscribers and AOL members only) about the newest cast members for Goblet of Fire, featuring some mini-bios of Brendan Gleeson, who’s playing Mad-Eye Moody, and the other actors who we announced here on TLC a few weeks ago: Clé­¥nce Poé³¹ as Fleur Delacoeur, Stanislav Ianevski as Viktor Krum, …read more!

On her website today, J.K. Rowling announced that she will be reading and answering questions at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15th August this year. 500 tickets will be available by ballot rather than on a first come, first served basis. To apply for tickets, buy the Herald newspaper on Saturday 10th July or the …read more!