Thanks to reader Katie, who sent us this late-July Comic Con interview taken by and up at fan site “Shur’tugal” (I hope I did that right) with young Eragon author Christopher Paolini, in which the 20-year-old scribe speaks of his love for Potter: Kari: Have you read the Harry Potter books? If so, what’s your …read more!

Witching Hour, the HP convention that will take place in 2005 in Salem, Mass., has announced its latest featured speaker, award-winning children’s literature author and essayist John Cech. Mr. Cech has judged the New York Times’ Best Illustrated Books of the Year and has served on the nominating committee for the American nominees for the …read more!

Today (Sep. 7) was Hugh Mitchell’s (Colin Creevey in the movies) 15th birthday, according to a fan site. Happy birthday! Thanks Emmalinde!

YA librarian Cedar let us know about a Desert Sun article about summer reading programs. More than 100 kids at the La Quinta clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley spent the summer reading, including 10 year old Jared Reed, who read Sorcerer’s Stone, and said, “Once I get into the middle …read more!

The HP Lexicon is temporarily down; it has not yet been switched to the new server and it seems the old is having issues. Hang tight!

Veritaserum has posted the text of an article out today in Movie Magic which features new quotes from Mike Newell: “The films definitely have a dark, frightening feel to them,” he says. “There’s romance and magic in the story, but its mixed with this fear, this overwhelming dread. I want to be sure to capture …read more!

Some of you have emailed to tell us about yesterday’s Scotsman piece claiming that JKR admitted that the vain Gilderoy Lockhart was based on her ex-husband, Jorge Arantes. This is in stark contrast to the articles yesterday that quoted JKR spokespeople vehemently denying such a thing. They went further to say that the person who …read more!

Stephen Fry, the voice of the UK Harry Potter audiobooks, celebrates his 47th birthday today!

Here at TLC, we link to a lot of charity auctions of signed HP things. One particular auction is special to me – my old friend Lisa has a series of auctions running right now; she’s trying to raise $10,000 for the 2004 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer – in addition to the auctions, she’s …read more!

A.O. Scott writes: “Prisoner of Azkaban,” the third-highest-grossing release of the summer so far, includes the season’s scariest creatures, the wraithlike Dementors, who may also be emblematic figures of an age in which, it often seems, we have everything to fear including fear itself. The Dementors, skeletal and shrouded in black mist, practice an intimate, …read more!