Hagrid and Fang: A Boy and his Dog

According to today's Daily Star & Daily Express papers, Hagrid actor Robbie Coltrane has settled in nicely with the 12-stone neopolitan mastiff named Luigi, playing the role of Fang.

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Luigi, a 12-stone Neapolitan mastiff, has finally taken the lead role alongside Coltrane after playing back-upContinued...

Update on Harry Potter and Jhontu

You may recall some months ago that Indian publishing houses Sahitya Tirtha and Nandita Publishers were in a dispute with WB and J.K. Rowling over Harry Potter Kolkataye - a book which author Uttam Ghosh sets the boy wizard in Kolkata and introduces a native boy named Jhontu.
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Harry Potter Grows Up

In today's Guardian, Natasha Walter takes a look at the issue of aging and the Harry Potter series. She points oit, and rightly so, that Harry is about to turn 15 and at the end of the series, he'll be 18. He has to grow up sometime.

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This is now a Movable Type Weblog

You may notice a FEW changes with The Leaky Cauldron. We've moved on from Blogger and YAACS, the commenting system which we incredibly overwhelmed. We're now using a system called MovableType. So it's new to us, (and setup generously by YAACS creator Hossein Sharifi), bear with us as we figure outContinued...

Grownup Fans of Harry Potter Get Beyond Prejudices Against "Children's Literature"

The Seattle Times makes mention of both Harry Potter for Grownups and Nimbus 2003, the first "Harry Potter" symposium for adults, which "will be a hybrid of an academic conference with literary presentations and a Star Trek-like convention where participantsContinued...

Book 5 Craze hits India

It seems that the Indian city of Pune is feeling the frenzy of the boy wizard as pre-orders continue to rise.

Glencoe Rained Out Again

As filming on PoA continues, another day of rain hampers production in Glencoe. However some interesting mentions of a certain executioner visiting Hagrid's Hut.

What Is The Matrix of Modern Thought-Philosophy-Film?

In today's Washington Post, Hank Steuver essays about The Matrix, and also brings in mention of some of the other recent blockbuster films which delve into philosophy, metathinking, meme creation and "the superior feeling that nobody gets the [story] but you."

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"With great success comes rampant ripoffs..."

Law Professor Peter Yu has an article at Law.com about some of the recent - and older - court disputes surrounding infringment of the Harry Potter series; Yu gives legal analysis of the arguments on both sides in the Tanya Grotter situations, as well as the Chengdu, China-published fakes and the vintage-2000Continued...

Financial Times Look at the Upcoming Potter book

FT.com has a very long but good look at preparations for Book 5.

BBC Interview with Chris Rankin

Check it out here! An excellent piece about filming on Potter three, by Martin Barber. Quotage from Chris:

His style is completely different to Chris Columbus’, he’s going for a real dramatic, tension building to a climax kind of film which I think is going to be perfect for Potter three.
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Teenage Boy Apologizes to Rowling

One of the teenage boys in the plot to sell stolen chapters of OotP to a tabloid wrote a 3-page apology to the author says Norfolk's Eastern Daily Press.

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OotP Currently Bestseller at Amazon.ca

According to the Canadian Press, as of May 14th, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix continues to be the bestseller at Amazon.ca - and it hasn't even been released yet.

Dymocks Announces Potter Contest - Win a Trip to London

The Australian Bookseller Dymocks is sponsoring a contest to win a trip to London as well as some other great prizes. All you have to do is buy the book - thanks to Sarah-Jane for the lead.