The St. Petersburg Times has an extensive piece about Phoenix Rising, the Harry Potter conference that took place last week in New Orleans. They are reporting that the event “drew about 1,000 participants to New Orleans” and throughout the weekend, people dressed in wizard attire took part in Quidditch games, wizard rock concerts and “discussed …read more!

Reports are beginning to come in regarding advance ticket sales for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Many of you owled to say that Odeon theatres in the UK are already selling advance tickets, and now AMC Theaters in the US are set to start their pre-sales of tickets on June …read more!

A reminder tonight for those who may still be considering attending “Sonorous,” the one day Harry Potter gathering being held in Lancaster, California Saturday, June 9. As we told you previously, the event will include a special dinner and feature two speakers, Steve Vander Ark of our Floo partner, the HP-Lexicon, as well as author …read more!

Scotland on Sunday has a lengthy new article about possible locations in Scotland to be used for the filming of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In a rather delicious piece of irony, one of the leading contenders for the possible site of filming for the dramatic Cave chapter is at a place called Cape …read more!

Thanks to all the readers who mailed about the new contest the Miami Herald is holding asking fans to write their own final chapter to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” In 300 words or less, submissions entered by June 21 from those 18 years and younger may be the winners of a free copy …read more!

The news keeps pouring in this weekend as we have word now that EA, the makers of the Harry Potter video game have posted a new video on Youtube featuring the gorgeous music heard in the new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix game, scored by new series composer James Hannigan. You can …read more!

The July issue of Japanese magazine Myojo features a few new pictures and an interview with Harry Potter actor Dan Radcliffe, who spoke more about his performance in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. DanRadcliffe.co.uk has scans from the magazine as well as a translation of part of the interview. In this bit …read more!

Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network Too in the UK announced a new contest for Potter fans aged 6 to 16 from mainland Great Britain, to win the chance to walk down the red carpet at the UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In order to enter, you must watch the …read more!

Soon to be appearing in magazines everywhere are new print advertisements for the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game, including this cool ad here, and here. Update: Adweek has a new article about this marketing campaign from Wieden + Kennedy, out of Amsterdam, as one of the copywriters notes ” we …read more!

Actress Helena Bonham Carter, who plays loyal Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film, celebrates her 41st birthday today! Happy Birthday Helena! Cheers!