The print edition of the Radio Times has an excerpt from the upcoming BBC Radio4 interview with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and Stephen Fry. In this excerpt, Jo speaks more about how the events in Book Six will tie into Book Seven. SF Is it really true that you’ve got it [the end of …read more!

PotterCast #16 is up and available for download! In this show: Updates on the Holiday FilkCast Contest (don’t fill out holiday cards while listening!) -The mods talk Cauldron Shop for Christmas -Mike Newell on what it’s like trying to please all of us! -Leaky’s new, dash-free address, just for your convenience: LeakyNews.com! -Shout-outs to the …read more!

The Houston Chronicle has an interview with Brendan Gleeson, in which he discusses teaching in real life and in film (the actor is the first member of the HP cast who actually was a teacher). He also talks about fleshing out Moody’s character with the help of his four sons, and the inspiration behind the …read more!

Our own B.K. let us know about this one: Tom Riddle’s Diary is alive online, thanks to IceGreen Technologies. Spooky.

The ever-so-trustworthy British tabloids are running wild with an ambiguous quote from Jim Dale, the voice of the American editions of the HP books, that says what we all know: That J.K. Rowling may kill Harry in book seven. (Hint: She also may not.) The Mirror says “the revelation will shock millions of die-hard Potter …read more!

J.K. Rowling’s website has been updated to remind us that December 6 is Hagrid’s birthday. Cheers, Hagrid! Enjoy your rock cake, and please take it easy on the mulled mead.

Reader Catherine wrote to share with us her eyewitness account of Brendan Gleeson’s appearance at a Harry Potter-themed event held in Dublin to aid Chernobyl Children’s Project International. “It was a truly authentic Evening at Hogwarts, which apparated at Trinity College, Dublin – the Dining Hall of the oldest university in the British Isles and …read more!

Check it out: Thanks to Alex Robbin and John Noe, PotterCast.com has a new, faster, sleeker, easier-to-use and just plain cooler look. We hope you like it!

The Thai translation of HBP is being released at midnight tonight (300,000 copies have been reserved in advance), and Thai Day has an interview with translator Sumalee Bumroongsook. The translator, who convinced the managing director of Nanmee Books to produce the Thai translation of the HP books after she read them in English, talks about …read more!

Ticket sales for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire continue to soar, as GoF topped box office ticket sales in the US and Canada for the third week in a row. The Associated Press is reporting that Goblet lead the way again this weekend with another $20.5 million, increasing the overall total to $560 …read more!