Sounds like Moaning Myrtle, eh? Reader Todd sent us this article from Ananova and said it reminded him of the sad ghost of a girl from Chamber of Secrets.

Bloomsburg has a more business look at the upcoming Harry Potter book from Borders and Barnes & Noble’s point of view.

Well, the word is starting to get out to the rest of the world about MUARI as Melissa and I were briefly interviewed for this piece in the NY Post.

Tomorrow, TLC editor Heidi Tandy will go to the hospital to give birth to her second child! Everyone at TLC sends her, her family and her newborn our love and best wishes, and congratulates her during this happy, happy time; join us by leaving a comment below!

15-year old Adam Orton of Bilston raised 1000 pounds for the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation by auctioning signed copies of the Harry Potter books.

CountingDown.com has a set report and some pics of Emma, Dan and Hagrid’s Hut.

According to The Saturday Star, Rowling will be spending the launch of her Fifth Book in Cape Town, South Africa. Sounds more like a rumor as they’re the first to report it.

It’s time to vote for where you want to hold a meetup. Remember – since most Borders Bookstores are staying open for the launch, that’s a great place to go. A bit of a MeetUp RoundUp: 1463 people signed up in 335 different cities. You need 5 people signed up to have a MeetUp – …read more!

Thanks to HPANA for pointing us to this this interview with David Thewlis, who talks about playiing Professor Lucas in PoA. (No comment! None at all! 🙂 “Two weeks ago I was in a pink leotard being smeared with Nivea by three old men.” Just for fun, or did this have anything to do with …read more!

…from the Viaslia Times Delta. If you are younger than 18, send us a brief essay on this topic: “If you could go on vacation with Harry Potter, where would you go? And why?