More PoA DVD info from DVD Answers, including shots of the cover art and some other screen shots. It also says that “Arriving the same day will be a Harry Potter three-pack release, containing the first three double-disc releases. This will retail for $59.92.” None of this has been confirmed by WB yet.

On July 31, I’m going to be joining Jenna from DanRadcliffe.com at the Ft Lauderdale Museum of Discovery & Science for some “birthday” events before the 4:15 showing of Prisoner of Azkaban on the museum’s IMAX screen. Join us there in the afternoon – and feel free to wear a costume. There will be prizes …read more!

There is a really nice piece about, well, you all, in today’s Chicago Tribune (viewable here without registration required). I spoke with Eric Gwinn, who writes an Internet column, last week, and couldn’t stop gushing about how you all came to our aid during the server drive. According to him, it makes Leaky “throwback to …read more!

Web India has a piece, based on a Daily Mail article, about Ralph Fiennes being “all set” to play Voldemort, despite the final paragraph of the article being this, from a film spokesperson: “Oh, he’d be really good, but there’s no one in place yet. Obviously, they are speaking to people, but that role has …read more!

DVD Answers has posted some preview info on the PoA DVD: Title: Harry Potter Starring: Daniel Radcliffe Released: 23rd November 2004 SRP: $22.95 Further Details: “We’ve managed to obtain some early details on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban which stars Daniel Radcliffe as the now legendary wizard. The disc will be available to …read more!

The New York Times Magazine reported yesterday that former Clinton campaign official and New York director of the New Democratic Network named a group of “progressive contributors” the Phoenix Group “one night, after getting sucked into a Harry Potter book.”

Bloomsbury has announced a competition to meet J.K. Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival next month. “Tickets were not sold for this event, but were available through a ballot, which has now closed. But don’t panic – we are delighted to offer you the chance to win two pairs of tickets to hear JK Rowling …read more!

Readers have been emailing staff members to tell us that a two-disc PoA DVD to be released on November 23 (as previously rumored) was announced at Comic-Con. Stay tuned for more details. Please note that this announcement is still just rumor, and not confirmation about the DVD’s release date, yet.

JKR’s FAQ section has been updated with info about HBP (oh, nothing serious, just whether Arthur will be the new Minister, and what exactly HBP has to do with CoS….:) and more.

Thanks to the readers who wrote in to tell us about the New York Times article, ‘Harry Potter’ Inspires a Christian Alternative, about G.P. Taylor’s Shadowmancer. The article brings up that good ol’ HP-and-the-Christian-fath chestnut, noting that Shadowmancer outranked Harry Potter in Britain for 15 straight weeks. The article discusses Shadowmancer and its image as …read more!