Thanks to Adam for finding this “hidden” picture on Newsweek’s site of Michael Gambon as Dumbledore.

The Boston Globe looks at Harry’s effect on the popularity of reading. Thanks for the tip, John!

Dover Community News has an interesting article regarding the censorship of fantasy in classrooms. In the two cases looking at censorship, the courts held that “parents simply do not have a constitutional right to control each and every aspect of their children’s education and oust the state’s authority over that subject.”

Kent Online reports that someone has buried one of the Harry Potter books as part of a time capsule in Canterbury. A few weeks ago we reported that school children in England were digging for “Harry Potter and dinosaurs” when they came across a human skull.

Hey fellow Potter fans, just a brief note to let y’all know I’m off to Sin City from tommorrow until 8/4 doing PR for the Black Hat and DEF CON computer security conferences. Let me know if you’re going to either show or if you’re in town, come say hi.

As many of you long-time fans will know, I RARELY highlight fan art or fanfic on TLC but after seeing Marta T’s art as she slowly works her way through chapter-by-chapter of Book 5, I really had to share it. Marta, who hosts her art at Web site Art Dungeon, says she does the illustrations …read more!

In lieu of another wordy report, here’s my experience of Nimbus in pictures. Still worth mentioning: The “Wizarding World: Past, Present and Future” panel in which Steve Vander Ark presented the only interesting History of Magic lesson ever, the Double Double Feature (both movies, back to back, twice. It was a long night for some), …read more!

Go here to see a trailer of Peter Pan, featuring everyone’s favorite Lucius, Jason Isaacs, as Hook. Thanks to Peter!

Emerson, of Mugglenet fame, answers questions and concerns on Thursday’s USA Today’s book club discussion. Thanks for the tip, Aimee!

Jason Torrente, a columnist with The South End newspaper, reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix…after reading only 304 pages in. Guesses abound.