The Star Tribune has an article about American edition Potter artist Mary GrandPre that includes a draft of an earlier Harry illustration. Grandpre’s work is being featured at a show at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Thanks to Veritaserum for the link!

“Oh, Harry, don’t you see?” Hermione breathed. “If [Professor Umbridge] could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!” — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Each fall since 1982, the American Library Association (ALA) …read more!

Loads of TLC readers have informed us that Mr. King, who has repeatedly praised the Potter series, has (once again) referenced Harry in his recent book, The Dark Tower (book 7) (click to read): “Check out the crate-lid,” Jake said when they joined her. Susannah had set it aside; Jake picked it up and was …read more!

Dan Radcliffe won the Best Junior Achiever award on Regis and Kelly for the second year in a row today. The young actor accepted from the set, and reported that he was sorry he couldn’t be in New York for the awards because “I’m actually about to fight a dragon.” Update: There are already screencaps …read more!

TLC reader Lauren Goodnight, a staff reviewer for AnimeOnDVD.com, attended a performance of the band Harry and the Potters in August and very kindly wrote in with a review and some great pics. Quotage: “There is no greater feeling within the heart of a musician or music lover than when rock ‘n’ roll music breaks …read more!

The Onion’s “AV Club” interviewed Stephen Fry a few weeks ago; he talks a bit about the Harry Potter books, reading, writing and acting. The reporter put a few HP-specific outtakes on her LiveJournal as well, including Fry’s comments about how he became the UK voice for the audiobooks, and whether he’d want to find …read more!

As a followup to our notice that, in contrast to the way the title’s been used on JKRowling.com, there will be a hyphen in the American edition of HBP, we’ve just confirmed it will also be in place in the British edition. The book will be Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince whether you be …read more!

Emma-Watson.net has scans of the UK 2005 Prisoner of Azkaban calendar. While there, scroll down to view a collection of nice high res photos from the Wimbledon premiere, which Emma Watson attended.

Several readers have let us know that Potter actor Timothy Spall will appear as Mr. Poe in the December release of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Information on the movie can be found through Events author Lemony Snicket’s site, although he strongly suggests that you do yourself a favor and avoid the whole unpleasant issue.

The Irish Gaelic version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is due to hit bookstores next month, putting the number of languages that the first novel has been translated into at over 200. Thanks to Shelagh for the info!