A short while ago we reported the UK special edition of HBP was to be released in Oct; today Amazon.co.uk is listing it as Oct 3, for £21.00. The listing on the American special edition has been slightly updated to include a slipcase (like that on OotP’s, presumably) and to say that there will also …read more!

Martyne of The Unofficial Jason Isaacs Page has posted a collection of pictures of Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Potter films, at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Isaacs also autographed two calendars at the time, which the site will be selling on eBay for charity in the future.

This article was translated for TLC by ‘Gryffindor Lioness’ – thank you! German Yahoo reports that amazon.de in Munich announced that Germans have already put in 50,000 preorders for the English version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; the company promises the book will be delivered by July 16 with no shipping costs to …read more!

There is an email going around from a “Voldemort” suggesting that if you follow a series of steps, you will receive HBP for free. We are unsure whether it means for free on the day of release, or is purporting to give it to you early (it says you’ll have it “first”): either way don’t …read more!

Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) is confirmed to be appearing at the Supernova pop culture expo in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on April 9 and 10 of this year. This one is absolutely certain. Devon and his mom sent TLC this message for the fans: “Devon really appreciates the people who have put him where he is …read more!

Our readers are just too smart. This week, a “?” appeared on our page design. Sharp-eyed Leaky readers picked it up immediately and, well-trained by JKR hoop-jumping, began sussing out what it meant. Yesterday, we popped another ? into the newspaper at the top of the graphic, today’s date, and the line, “What do you …read more!

We’ve had word from Bloomsbury this morning that so far, the regular chldren’s hardcover (to look similar to this), the regular adult’s hardcover (to look similar to this, containing the same text) and the regular large-print hardcover(similar to this, containing the same text) of HBP will all be released in the UK on July 16, …read more!

Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray, as announced on jkrowling.com this morning. JKR’s post makes it sound like she came a few days early, and she noted that she hopes to make a few other updates on the site between baby feeds and sleeping over the next few days. Welcome to the world, baby Mackenzie!

Congratulations to J.K. Rowling & family – yesterday, she delivered a baby girl. According to CBBC Newsround, mother and child are doing well. The name will be announced shortly on JKRowling.com, both articles report. We at Leaky send our best wishes to Jo and her family. Congratulations!

Edit note and update: Hey guys. At Warner Bros.’ polite request we have removed these images. Warner Bros. sends their apologies and admits there was a faux pas that allowed these images to go live – as has been mentioned before, they had planned to release an image of Krum in a more majestic way …read more!