HP Education Fanon, Inc. has announced that the followup to this year’s Nimbus 2003 will be The Witching Hour, starting October 6, 2005, in Salem, Massachusetts. From the press release: Programming includes a full slate of academic presentations, panels and workshops, as well as Quidditch, music, and a fall festival event. For more info hit …read more!

Click here, at last, to read up on TLC’s visit with Jamie Waylett, otherwise known as Vincent Crabbe, who talks about life as a young actor, the actors/directors/producers of HP, school, friends, bums (yes, bums), outtakes, intake, overcoming insurmountable odds – and too much else to list. We can’t stress enough how enjoyable this was …read more!

Hey all, we’ve got a great report in about last night’s PoA Wrap Party! Check it out: It was a very cold and very very wet night, but a good time was had by all despite the weather! Hundreds of cast, crew and their families attended a fantastic fireworks display set to music (including “Something …read more!

You are amazing readers. As of today, we have sold roughly 450 T-shirts, and raised roughly $400 above the cost of the shirts. That’s right around $3,000, at this point, which will go directly to Book Aid International. Tomorrow, we will post a thorough report on all that we discussed with Jamie Waylett (who is …read more!

On December 3rd, Sotheby’s will auction off two signed first editions of Goblet of Fire (11 signed Harry Potter books in total will be auctioned). One of the copies is inscribed with a personal note from JKR to her father, which reveals that Ron Weasley was named after someone called Ronald Ridley. Thanks for the …read more!

BBC’s Big Read will feature Harry Potter this Saturday at 7.30-9.00pm GMT on BBC 2. Thanks to all who sent the link.

Filmjerk.com reports that Warner Bros. has purchased coveted Super Bowl advertising time, but has not yet decided which of its to-be-released films will get the commercial slots. Quote: “They aren’t yet ready to commit to any of the pictures being given consideration, a list that includes “Taking Lives,” “A Sound of Thunder,” “Troy,” “Harry Potter …read more!

We’ve just received word that Raincoast Books, the Canadian publisher of the Harry Potter books and the only publisher worldwide to print the books on post consumer recycled paper, has received the 2004 Ethics in Action Award “for its commitment to the responsible purchasing and consumption of paper products.”

Just in case you missed it, a truly hilarious line from JK Rowling on The Simpsons, when Lisa meets JKR outside a shop in England: Lisa: It’s JK Rowling [mispronounced…], author of the Harry Potter books! You’ve turned a generation of kids on to reading! JKR: Thank you, young muggle. Lisa: Can you tell me …read more!

Thanks Amy, for sending us this picture of Dan, Stan and the Knight Bus in a larger quality than we’ve ever seen!