For the Celebration of Harry Potter event in Orlando, Florida, Pottermore has released three audio clips where J. K. Rowling discusses Professor Gilderoy Lockhart. The clips will be added to Pottermore later in the week, but for now you can listen to them here at Entertainment Weekly.Pottermore also released House-themed wallpaper and a video showing …read more!

Today on her Facebook page, J.K. Rowling confirmed a story that appeared in the Daily Mail claiming that a play based on Harry Potter’s years as an orphan in Surrey would be winging its way to a UK stage. It will be based on Harry’s “early years as an orphan an outcast…featuring some of our …read more!

As readers may recall, a fundraising event was held for J. K. Rowling’s charity Lumos at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London a few nights ago. Rowling was interviewed by the BBC during the event and talked a bit about the charity’s significance to her. She also spoke a little bit about Harry Potter, including …read more!

In a new interview with Event magazine, J. K. Rowling reveals her hopes to expand her charity, Lumos, to Britain, as well as discussing some of the disturbing things she saw while visiting an institution in Eastern Europe: JK Rowling has revealed the heartbreaking moment she almost snatched a baby from her cot in a …read more!

J. K. Rowling, writing as president of the Gingerbread organization for single parents, has written about her experiences and struggles as a single mother in support of single parents: Nearly twenty years ago (it’s a shock to me to write that, because it still seems quite a recent occurrence) I became a single parent. Like …read more!

In honor of the 15th anniversary of Harry Potter (and the release of the new editions’ book covers today), Scholastic released a video where J. K. Rowling reveals which Harry Potter character she misses the most. You can watch the video here or below.

Four new Moments have been added to the “Philosopher’s Stone” section of Pottermore. Today, the Pottermore Insider hinted at where each of these new Moments are: ˜Ain’t no safer place. Not one. Except Hogwarts’ ˜Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we’ll find the perfect match here somewhere ’ ‘ ˜You’re in safe hands (though I …read more!

The final installment of the “Prisoner of Azkaban,” is now available to explore on Pottermore. There are five new entries by J. K. Rowling, including Remus Lupin’s biography.With this update, Pottermore also has several new features for users to explore. This includes a new Pottermore home page, a map, and a new side bar. You …read more!

Goodreads members were recently asked to submit questions for J. K. Rowling about The Casual Vacancy, and today the selected question was answered. The winning question concerned writing realistic, gritty characters and J. K. Rowling’s answer can be viewed here.

When The Sunday Times first broke the news about J.K. Rowling being the real author of The Cuckoo’s Calling, it was mentioned that a tip on Twitter had led to the eventual reveal. According to the Huffington Post, that anonymous Tweeter has now been traced. London legal firm Russells stated on Thursday that Chris Gossage, …read more!