Hey all – it’s just about 3:10 a.m. here in England but I’m still tap-tapping away at my report of tonight’s PoA Launch party, an evening awash with sweets, color and tea leaves. Hang tight, because the details are forthcoming. Tomorrow, we’ll have exclusive interviews with David Heyman, Bonnie Wright, Matt Lewis, Alfie Enoch and …read more!

I’m happy to report that TLC will be reporting from the PoA DVD Launch, to be held tomorrow night in London. Check back here for lots of great pictures, interviews, and details.

HP Executive Producer David Heyman told a group of reporters, incluing TLC and MuggleNet, a week ago that writer Michael Goldenberg (Peter Pan) will pen the script for Order of the Phoenix. Heyman says Steve Kloves, who adapted the first four films, made the decision to move on completely on his own, in order to …read more!

The Associated Press reports that Judy Corman, head publicist for Harry Potter‘s US publishers, Scholsatic, has died at age 65 of cancer. She passed away in her home, a spokesperson for Scholastic said. “She was so strong and had such a strong spirit, I never thought she would lose a battle with anything,” Dick Robinson, …read more!

The November 19 edition of Entertainment Weekly contains another bit of HP-championing by one of the series’ most famous fans, thriller mastermind Stephen King. King has been very vocal about his love for Potter, and very eloquent about it – and this time is no different: “I’m thankful that ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell’, by …read more!

You’ll all be happy to know we are still plugging away on the contest entries from our Prisoner of Azkaban sweepstakes. And I’m thrilled to report (how thrilled, you’ll never know) that we are at the stage where a list of finalists have been narrowed and winners are being chosen. So stay tuned, because the …read more!

Mugglenet has a scan of a new PoA ad (featuring the tagline, “Hipper. Smarter. Hits Harder.”). This adds to the Aunt Marge ad, the Dementor ad, and the Buckbeak ad (parts one and two).

MysticMagic.co.uk has posted some more photos of the GoF Quidditch tents – check it out!

Lightmaker has won the 2004 Macromedia MAX Site of the Year Award, a prestigious award in Web design, for their work designing and creating the JKRowling.com. The award is in the Media, Entertainment and Gaming Experiences category and was given out in New Orleans, USA. It is a highly-coveted design award. Congratulations! The press release …read more!

As mentioned in the article below, this week editor Heidi and I both had a lovely opportunity to meet up with Chris Rankin during his visit to America. Heidi met him in Orlando, and is responsible for the picture of Goofy on the left. (Oh, and there’s a costumed dog in the picture too – …read more!