Just to make this perfectly clear: The item below about HP5 being published in May was an April Fool’s Joke. C’mon guys, be a little Fred and George about it, would ya? It’s far better than the false alarms we get from the real publishing people! 🙂

HOT HOT HOT news! Thanks to AReaderWhoMustNotBeNamed for sending us the heads up! We received the following excerpt of an article about to be published on the London Times’ Web site: Bloomsbury Publishing is set to make a landmark announcement that the eagerly-awaited fifth installment of the blockbuster Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the …read more!

Got money? J.K. Rowling hs donated an autographed set of Harry Potter editions to First Book, a charity that helps buy books for children with low income families. The books are up for auction at Mission Fish; the bidding as of this morning was $700. So if you’re rich, go help some kids in need. …read more!

Erin Martin sends us this report from Durham and HP2: Just thought I’d drop a note to tell you that I while I was at a conference in Durham, I stopped in at the cathedral. I noticed several lorries outside, and they were dismantling a big marquee that had been set up on the lawn …read more!

Thanks to reader Gale for pointing out to us that there are, in fact, positive articles about Kenneth Branagh’s return to the stage in Richard III in Sheffield, sending us this from the Guardian.

Hi all – just a quick note to look at the person who posted below, and note that we have a new editor on the team. We’re all excited to have him, and we hope you will be too!

The Leaky Cauldron won three Wizard Web Awards – First places in Best HP News Coverage and Best Movie Coverage, 2nd place in Best Site News Team, and (and this is the best one!) first place in the Fan Appreciation Award. Thanks so much to Wizard Web, and to all who voted!

Just a little note on the HP5 stuff – that could very well mean that early autumn is what they’re going to announce on Wednesday, and as that’s one of the times that has been tossed around (and at this point, let’s face it, is most realistic), Bloomsbury could be just changing its text to …read more!

The Wizard World has announced the nominations for their first annual Wizard Web Awards, and The Leaky Cauldron is up for bunches! We’ve been listed under: Best HP News Coverage Best Movie Coverage Most Fan-Oriented Best Site News Team Best HP Site And, we’ve also been nominated for the Fan Appreciation Award; you can vote …read more!

Thanks Zsenya for tipping us to this excellent article from the Toronto Star on Harry Potter fan fiction, in which her site, The Sugar Quill makes an appearance: Some fanfic sites are pickier about the material they post than others. For those who want to honour their heroes with style, there are numerous pages devoted …read more!