Our Jim Dale interview is up at last! Some quotage for you: TLC: You’ve done work with Disney – how do you feel J.K. Rowling’s and Disney’s treatment of children differ? JD: Look at life, life’s a lot harder these days. Just look around, children are being indoctrinated with things that we never even heard …read more!

Newsround reports that German Harry Potter fans are being told to stop translating the English version of OotP into German. The German version will not be published until November 8, 2003.

Madeline Vaughan has won $10,000 worth of school books for her school with her winning review of Harry Potter.

A woman in Madrid managed to set her house on fire while attempting to produce a potion like Harry Potter.

Bloomsbury has just posted a very thorough transcript of the Royal Albert Hall event, including pictures of the inside of the Hall during rehearsal of the show.

A Commentary by Malcolm Burgess in the Evening Standard compares JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.

An article in the Norwich Bulletin discusses the longevity of Harry Potter in comparison to other popular series.

An article in the Vancouver Sun discusses the popularity of used books – especially signed Harry Potter volumes. (Editor’s Commentary: I’m not really sure how anyone manages to part with a signed Harry Potter book…or any Harry Potter book for that matter.)

Three years ago today, GoF was published. Let’s hope that three years from now, we’ll have had book six for more than three weeks. 😉

The uncorrected proof of Philsopher’s Stone that Melissa posted about on July 7, has been auctioned off according to Ananova.com. Of the 13 Harry Potter books up for sale, an uncorrected proof copy of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone sold for £2,600. The copy featured a plain yellow cover without a front picture.