We’re really happy to revisit history a bit on this page, to announce J.K. Rowling has donated a handwritten, signed item to Book Aid International for its fundraising auction. Bloomsbury Auctions of Mayfair, London, will play host to the auction, which is also supported by Jeremy Paxman and will take place Feb. 21. We’ll bring …read more!

Well, it only took us two weeks to remember to tell you and there are only five days left to vote, but at least we’re in under the deadline: Leaky is very thrilled and honored to have been chosen by a panel of judges as one of the finalists in the Yahoo! UK and Ireland …read more!

In June of last year, we reported on the case of two men, who stole early copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and then tried to sell them to the tabloids. These men were later caught and arrested. Today, one of the men involved was sentenced to four – and -a half years …read more!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was nominated today for three BAFTA awards. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts are recognizing the fourth Harry Potter film in the categories of” Achievements in Special Visual Effects”, “Production Design”, and “Makeup and Hair.” Actor Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) was nominated for his role in …read more!

Scholastic, the American publishers of Harry Potter, announced this morning, in a release sent to TLC, that the American edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will come out in paperback on July 25, 2006. This 2 million-book print run will bring the total number of all six Harry Potter books in print in …read more!

Three Harry Potter cast members have been nominated for Laurence Olivier Awards, the most prestigious theater awards in the U.K. Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley) received a nomination for Best Actor in a Play for Heroes, which was also nominated for Best Play. David Bradley (Argus Filch) was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role …read more!

Chris Chang has been up to it again: you can now have a Harry Potter News Widget on your Windows or Mac machine (please note you will need the latest version of Konfabulator/Yahoo Widget software, whether on Mac or Windows. The Dashboard version is still available here). You’ve been asking for this for ages, so …read more!

PotterCast #22 is now available for download! In this show: -The first part of our interview with Arthur Levine, editor of the American Editions of the Harry Potter books. We set the record straight (finally!) on how Harry Potter crossed the shore to America, why Scholastic went with “Sorcerer’s,” and more. -We announce a brand …read more!

Box Office Mojo reports that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has entered the list of Top 10 Worldwide Grossers of All Time, in the tenth spot with $867.2M. CoS is in eighth place with $876.7M and SS/PS is in third with $976.5. PoA is not in the top ten, but appears on the …read more!

Newsround has a new update on the audition process for the role of Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The report says that after Saturdays open call where some 15,000 girls auditioned, the filmmakers have narrowed the field down to 400 girls in the next step to casting the part …read more!