Along with US and UK Harry Potter publishers Scholastic and Bloomsbury, Allen and Unwin, who publish the series in Australia, have opened their ‘J. K. Rowling and the Midnight Signing’ contest. Similar to the US and UK contests we previously told you about, Allen and Unwin are now accepting entries to win tickets to London …read more!

IGN.com is featuring a new ‘exclusive look’ at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place in a virtual tour of the actual set, via its website this evening. This feature lets you zoom in and out and move 360 degrees around the richly detailed set, seeing everything from the table settings to the small chest on the fireplace …read more!

Just a quick reminder that the PotterCast Summer of 7 Tour is stopping in Albuquerque today, doing a show at the South Broadway Cultural Center at 5:30 p.m. And right afterwards, Harry and the Potters will be tearing it up wizard rock style. Also if you’re around in about an hour, there will be a …read more!

As we previously reported, Bloomsbury’s competition for fans in the UK to attend the “Midnight Signing” with author J. K. Rowling has closed and the very, very lucky winners are starting to receive word that they have been selected. Owls have been going out with the great news, so if you’ve applied, be sure to …read more!

UK retailers ASDA gave us word today, of a contest to win a brand new PlayStation 3 gaming console and the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game. According to the entry page, UK residents aged 18 and older, are able to enter the contest by answering a Harry Potter question and …read more!

The official “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” WB website has been updated to feature a number of brand new wallpapers and a ‘Who’s Who’ section, that contains short biographies of a number of the major characters. These new downloadable wallpapers, show promotional images of Luna Lovegood, the Weasley family, Bellatrix Lestrange, the …read more!

Two new interviews with Harry Potter actors Katie Leung (Cho Chang), Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) are online today. The first, from the Telegraph, features the four actors answering a few questions in the form of a Q & A, about their characters and experiences filming in …read more!

BBC News has a new interview online with actress Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), in which she gives her thoughts on the final Harry Potter book coming out, how she began reading the series in the first place and speaks a little about the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film. She is …read more!

The door has now closed. The “Do Not Disturb” has returned to the door on JKRowling.com, marking the end of her three part W.O.M.B.A.T. (Wizards’ Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test) examination. Now that testing has ended, your answers are currently being reviewed and final grades will be revealed soon, as it is noted on …read more!

Borders has now relesed their “Harry Potter Book Club,” a joint presentation with PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast. The discussion took place between PotterCast and several Phoenix Rising attendees a few weekends ago in New Orleans. The talk goes about an hour (and is viewable or downloadable in chapters or in full, in WMV and …read more!