Thanks Sandi, for this .pdf of an interview with Mary Grand Pre from June/July’s Family Fun magazine.

Thanks VERY much to Kizzibee from FictionAlley for going to the PoA set and coming back with these pics of Hagrid’s hut and what looks like the gatehouse where the dementors reside: Hut Hut (2) The gatehouse

Want to be on TV? Want to talk about Order of the Phoenix? Want to talk about Order of the Phoenix on TV? How about win an all-expenses paid trip to London to do it? The CBBC Newsround show has announced a contest. Here’s what you need: Your top 3 predictions for Book 5 Sum …read more!

According to Reuters, book pre-ordrs for OotP have surpassed 500,000. And that’s just one Web site.

Movie site Empire Online reports that a father bought the Chamber of Secrets movie for his 5-year old daughter and it ended up being The Exorcist. Sounds suspicious but, if true….even *I* had nightmares from that movie.

Thanks to Laura for the reminder – those of you who are not yet 18 and are planning on entering the Scholastic Essay Contest to win an all-expense paid trip to London, England to hear J.K. Rowling answer questions and read from her new novel…need to have your entries postmarked by today. This means take …read more!

ChrisRankin.com has announced that Chris Rankin, who plays the role of Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, will be participating in 3 Book V launch events – one in Norwich for the midnight release and two on Saturday; one in Barking and another in Windsor.

The Scholastic Book V site is now live containing the SPOILERS that were found in the most recent Scholastic catalogue.

Well folks, I’ve been hinting liberally over the past couple weeks of a big project I’ve been working on to bring you the maximum amount of fandom participation in the upcoming launch of Order of the Phoenix – I wanted to wait until we had exactly 30 days to go and so I have – …read more!

Barnes & Noble, today, announced that most stores will be open the night of Friday, June 20th for the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (Editor’s Note:: Most likely those stores within malls will have to negociate the mall staying open. I’m inclined to believe that all standalone stores will be …read more!