According to the Italian Publisher Salani, folks can start preording Harry Potter e l’Ordine della Fenice in September for release in November. La data di uscita in Inghilterra, America, Canada e Australia del quinto volume della saga di Harry Potter è ufficiale: Harry Potter e l’Ordine della Fenice sarà in libreria il 21 giugno 2003. …read more!

This post on Plastic.com does a good job at covering all the naysayers of all the publicity surrounding the Harry Potter books. What’s wholly ironic is I’m a huge fan and I completely ignore all the marketing rhetoric. The only thing I’m spending my money on is the books. Just because there’s all this hype …read more!

Alex Kwasniewski, 7, has won a contest from The West Australian and a trip to hear Rowling at Royal Albert Hall.

The Northern Echo has word that Ottakar’s – one of Britain’s leading book chains – has listed “Shadowmancer” written by clergyman Graham Taylor as their Children’s book of the month for June. Supposedly, WHSmith is also considering the same.

BBC is looking for 100 words that could make you the next J.K. Rowling. The winner will be given the chance to have a short children’s story published on BBC News Online – potentially the first step to a lucrative writing career, multi-million pound advances, the eternal love of children and parents everywhere….

I just got off the phone with a reporter from WTOP Radio in DC. Luckily the thing was on tape because boy was I having speaking issues – at least Melissa sounded excited about her interview. None the less, I profiled MUARI as well as some of the events going on in DC, Maryland and …read more!

The CTNow.com Web site has an article about the upcoming NIMBUS – 2003 conference and delves into the world of shipping and slash. May not be appropriate for some younger readers.

AlterNet weighs in on the Harry Potter phenomenon.

The Guardian looks into the reasons behind Rowling choosing an interview with Jeremy Paxman.

The New York Times has an article about the crazy merchandizing of Potter which Rowling mentioned on last night’s replay of a 60 Minutes interview, that she abhors. Such is the price of selling movie rights.