The Book Magazine article featuring TLC editors Melissa Anelli and Heidi Tandy is now online. Warning – potential spoilers in the article.

CBBC reports Waterstones is training up loads of actors to fill their stores with magic the night of the Book V launch.

It was bound to happen. As the actors from the Harry Potter movies get older, the media will start catching them in teen situations and blow them out of portion. Here’s the first – Emma Watson at a party where underage alcohol is being served so says the Oxford Herald.

The Kansas City Star has an intriguing article about whether to stick with an online preorder or to visit a store. I think I prefer going out and joining a party.

Thanks to reader pedant, we’ve found that Ticketmaster Canada is actually selling tickets to Book V launch events at Chapters and Indigo locations in Calgary, Alberta and Ontario. I’m surprised there hasn’t been any articles or news about it thus far. We will add all these entries to MUARI.

We have heard rumors that several book chains across the world have plans for the Harry Potter release but have had little success in getting “official word”. Below is a list of stores we’re waiting to hear from and contact information on reaching them. If you could assist in finding out what the plans are …read more!

Thanks so much Rachel, for sending us this blurb from SPIN magazine, which has one of my favorite creative people ever talking about one of my favorite creative people ever: JOSS WHEDON (Buffy creator; science fiction and fantasy savant): I think the Harry Potter books are the finest of the century! JK Rowling is one …read more!

DigiCasey.com has some excellent new closeups of Hagrid’s Hut under construction. These appear to be the hi-res versions that RexFeatures took.

According to the BBC, actor Kenneth Branagh who played Gilderoy Lockhart in the recent “Chamber of Secrets” movie secretly married his sweetheart, Lindsay Brunnock.

Meetup.com along with The Leaky Cauldron on behalf of MUARI sent out a joint press release today announcing the Harry Potter MeetUp And Read-In. Please take a moment and send this release to your local newspapers. The more people who hear about MUARI, the better chance we have of capturing all the events going on …read more!