I’ve posted a bit of a mea culpa in a recent post of mine.

Yasmeen sent us this exclusive Amazon.com interview with Mary GrandPré – illustrator of the US version of the series and one of a small handful of people that have read “Order of the Phoenix”. Let’s hope someone talks to Jim Dale soon.

Articles have appeared in the Aberdeen Press & Journal, The Herald and the Daily Star talking about the frenzy hitting Glencoe this week. Here’s the highlights: From the Press & Journal: The cast and crew of around 400 people makes Harry Potter the largest film production in Scotland since Braveheart. An estimated £1million has been …read more!

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer takes a look at the world of HP Fan Fiction.

Prince Andrew on a recent visit to a school in Canada mentioned that his daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, are big fans of the boy wizard and his exploits.

St. Petersburg Times columnist Jan Glidewell talks about movie goofs and includes some snippets about goofs in Sorcerer’s Stone which apparently had more than Chamber of Secrets – perhaps Columbus worked out some of the kinks.

Schools all over the world are feeling the pressures of the economy according to the Plymouth Evening Herald. Last week, a total of 700 books were removed from the shelves of Thornbury Primary in Estover, Plymouth in the UK because budget pressures meant it could no longer afford to remain a member of the city …read more!

BBC’s Newsround is having a contest to win not only a copy of the Chamber of Secrets DVD but also “Potter toys, Potter sweets and even Potter clothing”. All you have to do is enter this drawing by June 2.

Apparently “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” is not playing so well in Indian theatres…. and it’s not the only sequel having trouble there: Historically, Indian audiences have not taken kindly to sequels, even the most high-profile Hollywood ones. Currently, the second of the Harry Potter movies, The Chamber Of Secrets, is playing in …read more!

A Sunday Mail article discusses a proposed owl-training school for 50 of the nocturnal birds in Cambeltown, Argyll, Scotland. The location, to be built by Rod & Nicky Angus, has been influenced by the bird appearances in the Harry Potter series.