An early report from Ananova

An early report from Ananova states that "Bloomsbury Publishing has seen its pre-tax profits rise by 62.5% with Harry Potter's help. But it's remaining silent over the publication date of JK Rowling's next book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Website "This is London" says,Continued...

Harry Potter, the children's fiction

Harry Potter, the children's fiction hero, and Bob the Builder, the cartoon character, on Tuesday shared top billing for helping Lego, a Danish toymaker, rebound into profitability in 2001 from the heavy losses it suffered the previous year.

A workman was rescued by emergency crews yesterday after becomingContinued...

The lid on Harry Potter's

The lid on Harry Potter's Chamber of Secrets can be lifted just a little bit today as a Northumberland castle is magically transformed for the big-screen. (Thanks to Steven for the link.)

NPR lists the 100 Best Characters in Fiction since 1900 (from Book magazine), with Harry Potter coming in at number 85.

When GabrielContinued...

The Leaky Cauldron won three

The Leaky Cauldron won three Wizard Web Awards - First places in Best HP News Coverage and Best Movie Coverage, 2nd place in Best Site News Team, and (and this is the best one!) first place in the Fan Appreciation Award. Thanks so much to Wizard Web, and to all who voted!

Dean sent us this interesting

Dean sent us this interesting report from the Alnwick Castle set today, many thanks!

Filming for HP2 started at Alnwick Castle today, Monday. Again, local children from Lindisfarne Middle School were offered the roles of "extras", although Warner Bros. were scouting for Asian/Oriental/Black pupils from theContinued...

A massive 19th century globe

A massive 19th century globe which featured in film favourite Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has sold for £17,750 at an auction. It was expected to sell for around £12,000, but it turned out to be the fifth biggest seller of the whole auction at Sotheby's on Friday.

Variety reports that Judianna Makovsky

Variety reports that Judianna Makovsky took home feature honors Saturday at the fourth annual Costume Designer Guild awards for her work on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Harry Potter ... won in the Excellence in Period / Fantasy Design for Film category.

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Just a little note on

Just a little note on the HP5 stuff - that could very well mean that early autumn is what they're going to announce on Wednesday, and as that's one of the times that has been tossed around (and at this point, let's face it, is most realistic), Bloomsbury could be just changing its text to make sure they'reContinued...

Harry Potter Five seems to

Harry Potter Five seems to get further delayed.

JK Rowlings publisher Bloomsbury recently changed the information on the official website. The publication date mentioned in the FAQ is now early autumn 2002. The text now says:

When will the fifth book be published? We are not going to set a publication date for the fifthContinued...

Thanks to Lauren for sending

Thanks to Lauren for sending us the link where to vote for the Nickelodeon 2002 Kids' Choice Awards. "Harry Potter" is up for Favorite Book and Favorite Movie.

Philip Pullman is Britain's most

Philip Pullman is Britain's most acclaimed children's writer since Harry Potter author JK Rowling taught the children of the world to read again. Rowling may have sold millions of books around the globe but it is Pullman who is now winning all the prizes.

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The Omnibus special on Harry

The Omnibus special on Harry Potter author JK Rowling is up for a Golden Rose award as part of a prestigious television festival to be held in Montreux, Switzerland, in April.

Richard Sliwa has posted some new video clips of Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Rickman accepting their Best Newcomer and Best Actor UK Variety ClubContinued...

A student at the University

A student at the University of Durham who wished to remain anonymous sent us this about the shooting currently underway there for Chamber of Secrets:

Firstly, as I think everyone knows, the shoot is occuring in Durham Cathedral (not the castle as the [Coming Soon!] article seemed to suggest - that is in fact a collegeContinued...

German magazine More has posted

German magazine More has posted high quality versions of all the stills out so far now for Chamber of Secrets. (Thanks to Dark Horizons for the link.)

British children love reading the same bedtime books that enthralled their parents a generation ago, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The poll topper amongContinued...

Coming Soon! reader 'Paul' wrote

Coming Soon! reader 'Paul' wrote with word on where the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets production is heading to next:

A friend of mine studies at Durham university and sent me a message today saying that lots of tents, portacabins and vans have arrived this morning which can only mean one thing ...Continued...