Scientists have spotted an elusive giant squid in Japan – not Hogwarts! Guess he’s taking some holiday time, seeing the sights. Thanks all who emailed!

A bunch of you sent us these scans from the 2006 HP GoF Calendar: Hermione Harry in the Penseive Harry and Hermione Before the first task Harry Hedwig and Harry Harry and Ron Hermione and the twins Harry and Hermione (2) Harry and Ron at the Yule Ball Hermione and Krum The Calendar’s Summary Page …read more!

With Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s Mirrormask set for limited release in the US this weekend, recent interviews with both men have highlighted McKean’s contribution to the Harry Potter films and the recent publication of a short story by Neil Gaiman that touches on a C.S. Lewis-related topic that JKR spoke about this summer. Tasha …read more!

PotterCast #6 is now available for download! n this show: It’s Banned Books week, and we have discusssions with librarians, the American Library Association and more on the topic. Our mods talk about the banned books they’ve read and how they’ve affected their lives. And we continue with part two of our three-part interview with …read more!

Arthur Levine, editor of the US edition of the Harry Potter books, recently appeared at Silliman College (Yale), and spoke about his work at Scholastic on the series of books. Mr. Levine refleced about topics such as working with Jo, and spoke of his reaction to the death of a much beloved character in Half-Blood …read more!

Reuters reports that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold more than twice as many copies in the United States in its first two weeks as any other author’s book in a whole year. It won the Nielsen Bookscan Best Selling Award for the top-selling book in America through August 1, even though it had …read more!

In August, many fans were up in arms over this photo, that appeared in Entertainment Weekly and incorrectly named Tom Riddle’s paternal ancestors. The name “Marvolo” appeared at that time, which is from Tom Riddle’s maternal line, and the dates were unrealistic according to the background info from the books. Reader Naomi sent us this …read more!

This is the first weekly update of what’s going on in The Cauldron Shop, the HP store that supports Leaky and all the other sites in the Floo Network. Using this store and these links allows a percentage of your purchase to go to the funding of these sites. First of all, several of your …read more!

The German version of HBP is due out Oct. 1; see a new hi-res pic of the volume right here.

RupertOnline.net sent us the following pics from the set of Rupert Grint’s (Ron Weasley) new film, Driving Lessons; thanks guys! Rupert Grint, Driving Lessons (1) Rupert Grint, Driving Lessons (2) Rupert Grint, Driving Lessons (3) Rupert Grint, Driving Lessons (4) Rupert Grint, Driving Lessons (5) Rupert Grint, Driving Lessons (6) Rupert Grint, Driving Lessons (7) …read more!