Street children in Ghana are set to get help thanks to a charity auction of Harry Potter first editions. A writer called Simon Singh is donating his own first edition copies of the Philosopher’s Stone and the Chamber of Secrets. But JK Rowling herself has also handed over a signed first edition Goblet of Fire …read more!

We’ve been seeing a lot of questions in comments and in emails to our staff asking about OoTP ordering, or reminding us of the first line from the book, or asking aout release dates and more importantly, release times. To keep all the information in one place, and save you having to search through our …read more!

Edinburgh school Broughton High has managed to pull an interview with J.K. Rowling for their school magazine. Nicola Nairn, Adam Knight and Jennifer Milne, three students at the school (let us know if you’re reading this, guys!) asked their questions via email, and published the interview in their recent issue.

At last night’s Empire Magazine awards, a new name was mentioned in connection with the role of Remus Lupin on PoA. A reporter on the scene tells us that Steve Coogan, most recently of 24 Hour Party People, and shownhere at the awards last night, was asked whether he was up for the role. He …read more!

Thanks to a tip from SlowFox, we’ve learned about the following links on the British Board of Film Classification’s website: Build-A-Scene, interviews with the adults and the kids in the cast are all included on the DVD. The following questions were asked of the kids, according to the BBFC: 00:00:46:00 | HOW DID YOU ALL …read more!

From Ananova comes this report of a coat which appears to make the wearer invisible (Thanks to Scott for the link.)

Interfax is reporting that another “Harry Potter” imitation has been published in Russia, but this time it is being viewed as a direct parody, and not plagiarism. The book, entitled “Porry Hatter and the Stone Philosopher”, was described as “a real parody created according to all canons of the parody genre. It deliberately grotesquely describes …read more!

The nominations for the AOL Moviegoer Awards were announced today, with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets up for the following: Best picture Best supporting actor (Richard Harris) Best supporting actress (Emma Watson) Best director (Chris Columbus) Most unforgettable scene (Harry battles the Basilisk) Voting ends on 10 March and the winners will be …read more!

The Chicago Tribune has a story (for their registered users only (registration is free)) featuring submissions by readers, proposing what the rest of the paragraph that begins with the released sentence from OoTP in which Dumbledore asks Harry to sit down so he can tell him “everything”. They also listed some common speculations: Family ties. …read more!

From CountingDown.com: “Cinesite Europe announced that the company has won a major contract for the models and miniatures on the forthcoming Harry Potter installment, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” Warner Bros. has subcontracted Cinesite with all the model unit construction and miniature photography.”