UPDATE: If you want to know what the first four chapters of Chamber of Secrets contain, scroll down. The first four chapters of “Chamber of Secrets” are now open to all Pottermore users in Slytherin House. Tomorrow these chapters will be opened to all other Houses.Congratulations again to Slytherin! Enjoy the beginning of “Chamber of …read more!

Congratulations to all members of Slytherin House – because you won the very first Pottermore House Cup, all Slytherins will get to look at the new “Chamber of Secrets” chapters 24 hours ahead of all the other Houses. The Pottermore Insider reports: Pottermore has witnessed some frenzied brewing and duelling over the last few days …read more!

The shrewd Slytherin House has won the very first Pottermore House Cup!Hufflepuff came in fourth place with 62,596,368 points, Ravenclaw came in third with 71,815,917 points, Gryffindor came in second with 74,069,919 points, and Slytherin won with 74,290,864 points.The Pottermore Insider reports: We will be congratulating the winner in further detail, here on the Pottermore …read more!

J.K. Rowling made an appearance in the Royal Box during Tuesday’s Wimbledon match between Andy Murray and Nikolay Davydenko. Images of the author watching the tennis tournament can be found in the Leaky galleries.

We’ve been getting pretty regular updates on how Pottermore is progressing with “Chamber of Secrets,” but now, thanks to Pottermore’s chief technical officer, Julian Thomas, we know that “Chamber of Secrets” will open “sometime this summer.” Thomas also mentioned that “some Far Eastern languages” would be added so that more people will be able to …read more!

As part of its collaboration with J K. Rowling, Sony revealed a new game for the PlayStation 3 which will allow players to learn and perform spells from The Book of Spells by Miranda Goshawk. This game will also feature new written content by J. K. Rowling: Featuring exclusive new and original writing from J.K. …read more!

Harry Potter book publisher Bloomsbury made mention in a recent Reuters report regarding its yearly profits, that “[I]t was counting on a new Rowling three-book box set tied into the Potter series, and a non-fiction account of spies in World War II to support sales in the coming year.” This is quite interesting news, for …read more!

In an update on J. K. Rowling’s website, the author makes quite clear that plans to publish a physical copy of a Harry Potter Encyclopaedia are not on the horizon. The entry, updated May 2012, reads: What about the Harry Potter Encyclopaedia? Updated May 2012 I have been enjoying sharing information about Harry’s world on …read more!

Pottermore CEO Charlie Redmayne has recently discussed the opening of “Chamber of Secrets” on Pottermore (it’s still “weeks away”) and other updates to the site: Redmayne added that the release of book two, The Chamber of Secrets, was still “weeks away”, but that the site would be adding new interactive elements and community tools over …read more!

The Pottermore Twitter account updated with the news that they are working on adding “Chamber of Secrets” to the site: We’re currently working on book two, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and it’s looking great. We’ll give you more information over the coming weeks, so keep an eye on the Insider and @Pottermore …read more!