Newsday has this article today about our favourite author JK Rowling, and the way that she is spending this special release weekend of Half-Blood Prince with her readers. JKR will be spending the weekend with the 70 cub reporters lucky enough to win a trip to interview the author in Edinburgh. There are also two …read more!

Scholastic has officially released today the entire jacket cover of the Deluxe version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. On their website Scholastic says: “We are excited to release more artwork than ever before for this spectacular deluxe edition, where layers of suspense unfold as Harry and Dumbledore peer through wild branches, while a …read more!

Actor Chris Rankin who plays Percy Weasley will hold a webchat on the BBC Norfolk site Friday July 22nd to discuss your thoughts about what happened in Half-Blood Prince. You can join in at this link when the chat takes place.

We’ve received concerned emails from several Leaky readers over a notification they received from Amazon.com regarding delivery of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: We’re happy to let you know that we’ve begun preparing your order for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” for delivery. We’re working hard to make sure you get your order …read more!

The Star-Telegram has a very cute story today by writer Jeff Guinn who supposes what it would be like if the Harry Potter stories were written by an author other than J.K. Rowling. For fun, he took a chapter from the Harry Potter series and speculated how that same chapter would read if it written …read more!

Our readers have let us know about this story where a drugstore in New York accidently put the Half-Blood Prince books on sale early. A copy of the book was sold before the mistake was realised, and the books were then pulled off the shelves. The people who bought the book said they will be …read more!

It’s Christmas in July! Well not really, but Christmas and Harry Potter are the subject of our newest poll in our lounge asking where will Harry spend his holidays in Book six. Yesterday’s poll was about The Chamber of Secrets, and what else might still be found in that mysterious place. The overwhelming winner was …read more!

Following last week’s bombings in London, bookseller W.H. Smith has decided to move their launch party for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from the Underground station at King’s Cross to a store in Wimbleton. Thanks to Peter and Victoria for the links.

We’ve had several posts in the comments section and on Leaky Lounge that contain spoilers or that link to web pages that contain spoilers. We’ve disabled comments to issue this official warning – STOP. Posting ANY spoilers here is utterly disrespectful of Jo Rowling, the publishers, your fellow readers, and the people who run Leaky …read more!

JuneRose let us know that MSNBC’s Scarborough Country discussed the series on their July 12 episode, and featured a British woman who complained that the series teaches children about witchcraft. UPDATE: And here’s the transcript!