We have two pieces of news today regarding the Harry Potter Conventions that are to take place in the near future. First, Accio 2005, the UK Harry Potter Conference, has announced that, due to demand, they will have day tickets available to the public for Saturday, July 30th. The announcement says: “Day tickets for Accio …read more!

Well, the excitement and speculation continues to grow about the new Harry Potter book, as witnessed today on CNN’s 90 Second Pop, a segment of their morning program. Host Miles O’Brien spoke with “Time Magazine” reporter Christopher John Farley, comedian Andy Borowitz, and B.J. Sigesmund from “Us Weekly.” There was the usual guessing about things …read more!

Scholastic, the US Publishers of the Harry Potter books, officially announced today that a braille edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince would soon be available. Working with the National Braille Press, Scholastic said that the book would be available no later than July 19th of this year. Some 10,000 braille editions of the …read more!

Cincinatti’s Enquirer reports on the secrecy surrounding the movement of copies of HBP from Scholastic to places like Amazon, that city’s library system, and Mary GrandPré’s workspace. “We treat the (Harry Potter) books completely separate from other inventory,” says Kristin Mariani, head of public relations. “There is a special area dedicated to nothing but processing …read more!

Barbara Marcus and three of the Scholastic Half-Blood Prince Essay contest winners were interviewed yesterday on NBC’s Today Show. The video of the interview has been posted on the Today Show website. To view- click here, and scroll down to where it says “More Today Show Video” to watch the interview. You can also read …read more!

All right! Sorry for the delay guys, it’s a busy time both here and on MuggleNet – but we are finally ready to present you with the top 10 questions chosen from our “Ask Jo” contest. Vote here! At the Leaky Lounge we had more than 1,500 posts and 4,100 questions submitted before deadline. I …read more!

DanRadcliffe.com and DanRadcliffe.co.uk are joining together once again to hold their annual fundraiser for the Demelza House Children’s Hospice in honor of actor Daniel Radcliffe’s birthday. As this will be his 16th birthday, the Harry Potter actor has said he would really appreciate a donation to the hospice in leiu of a gift and these …read more!

MTV.com recently posted a snippet of news with quotes from Jason Isaacs about his role as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. The actor is looking forward to the next two movies saying: “Number four is finished. I’m not signed up for number five; I haven’t got a script for [it] yet, but I …read more!

The July issue of Wired includes an article about fanfiction. It traces the history, back into the Star Trek days, notes that it’s a common activity of burgeoning writers, and comments on the various fics about the motorcycle of Sirius Black, who the reporter deems “a minor character in the Harry Potter saga”. [Fanfiction’s] popularity …read more!

Scholastic has announced the 10 winnners of its “Why I Love Reading Harry Potter!” essay contest. Chosen out of over 8,000 entries, these 10 kids have won a trip to London. They will all depart New York City on the midnight flight on American Airlines. Upon boarding they will be handed a free copy of …read more!