Author J.K. Rowling and her newest book have been nominated for a Quill literary award. According to their website, the Quill Awards ” are a consumer-driven celebration of the written word created to inspire reading while promoting literacy.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is nominated in the “Children’s Chapter Book/Middle Grade” category. There will …read more!

Actor Roger Lloyd -Pack has given a short new interview where he speaks about his role as Barty Crouch Sr. in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie. He notes that the part in the fourth Potter film was a “lovely jubbly job.” Enjoying a break with friends at his Norfolk home, …read more!

Reader Mary just sent us scans of the mini- and full-size 2006 GrandPre calendar, which is available via Amazon (small calendar, big calendar), or at our Cauldron Shop calendar page. There’s a lot of new art, including some from OotP, so check it out – thank you Mary! The Small Wall Calendar, 2006: January: from …read more!

Hello! Magazine features Katie Leung in its online issue. The article profiles Katie and reiterates the casting process, noting she beat approximately 4,000 other girls for the role.

We’ve had a few reports from fans who attended Jim Dale’s reading yesterday outside Atlanta, Georgia. Quietus told us: He told us the origins of quite a few characters voices: Hagrid was an uncle of his, Aunt Marge was an old World War II Colonel he met at a pub. Trelawney was a lady actress …read more!

In a follow-up to the recent kerfluffle stemming from his letter to the Times regarding their story on J.K. Rowling, Terry Pratchett visited alt.fan.harry-potter this week. He said: “I don’t have any problem at all with her rise, only with such third-party silliness, which insults good authors who wrote great books at a time, not …read more!

MuggleNet has a scan of a new pic of GoF in Premiere magazine, featuring Harry clutching the golden egg and talking to Hermione. Thanks guys! Update: WB kindly zapped it over in high-res, so check it out: Harry, Hermione and Egg (lg) Harry, Hermione and Egg (med) Harry, Hermione and Egg (small)

Potter fan one: “So, who do you ‘ship’?” Potter fan two: [blank expression] “Ship?” We at Leaky have gotten many emails about the phenomena in the fandom of ‘shipping’ (which is the ‘relationshipping’ or rooting for romantic pairings of characters in the Harry Potter novels). Many discussions about this take place on various fan sites …read more!

Lumos 2006: A Harry Potter Symposium is now accepting registration. The event is scheduled for July 27-30, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is being organized by HP Education Fanon, the same group that hosted Nimbus 2003 in Orlando, Florida.

Our reader Simon has sent us a ton MORE GoF pics, and some really cool ones too: Barty Crouch The campfire ablaze Cedric in a hood Cho wearing a scarf Dumbledore at the feast Dumbledore in the pensieve scene The Gryffindor kids Harry Harry at the feast Mad-Eye Mad-Eye and Harry Dumbledore Update We’ve also …read more!