The latest update to JKRowling.com includes info about her reaction to the sale of Beedle the Bard to Amazon, an explanation of the meaning of “The Scottish Book,” as she used the term on PotterCast, and the thing that has made us all most proud today, and for which we want to extend our sincere …read more!

Time.com‘s Person of the Year (Vladimir Putin) was announced this morning. Though we knew JK Rowling was on the shortlist, the nominees have all been profiled on the magazine’s Web site. J.K. Rowling’s profile spans the whole phenomenon, the author’s plans, and more. The article also mentions the HP Alliance‘s summer podcast (as played on …read more!

And it’s here! J.K. Rowling is on PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast! Aggggh! This is part one of her appearance; the rest will be up next week. We’ll have a transcript up as soon as we can. To listen, subscribe via iTunes (subscribers, hit “Update this Podcast” if you don’t see it right away), or …read more!

Awards, Accolades and Applause The following are just some of the awards the Harry Potter books have received¦ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1997 Gold Medal 9-11 years FCBG Children’s Book Award 1997 Overall winner and Longer Novel Category Birmingham Cable Children’s Book Award 1997 Young Telegraph Paperback of …read more!

As we have previously posted, early tomorrow we will post the first-ever podcast interview with J.K. Rowling on PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast. It’s a rare, informal, discussion which slides between detailed canon, larger statements about the series and writing, and casual banter. The interview occurred just after the sale of her handwritten book, “The …read more!

Well, ever since we made this post we have heard from listeners, friends, colleagues…everyone, all assuming that it meant that we were going to have J.K. Rowling on PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast. Despite our weak attempts to tamp the rumor down without technically lying, it spread pretty quickly, and more than a few people …read more!

As reported by IMDB.com: Robbie Coltrane was the very first person to be cast. Richard Harris only agreed to taking the part of Albus Dumbledore after his eleven year old granddaughter threatened never to speak to him again. Author J.K. Rowling insisted that the principal cast be British and she got her wish, with two …read more!

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The first picture of Half-Blood Prince has been released with a WB 2008 preview today. The picture of Dan Radcliffe as Harry Potter also features a glimpse at the Half-Blood Prince’s potions book, and a visual of the Marauder’s Map. This image is in our galleries; click here to see it.

UPDATE: It has now been revealed that Amazon.com bought this book, and will be adding pictures and reviews of each of the fairy tales soon. The permanent link will eventually redirect to http://www.amazon.com/beedlebard. The note already contains several high-quality pictures and a video reading the note from JK Rowling inside the cover, and reveals that …read more!