Tuscaloosa News has an article about local kids gearing up for book five, profiling some of the release events.

Canwest News Service’s John Robson wrote a rebuttal dealing with Canadian mathematician Dr. Ivar Ekeland’s statements that Harry Potter is bad for science. (Editor’s Note: Although it’s nice to see someone rebute Ekeland, in my opinion Robson does it in a very negative way and I also disagree with many of his statements. He comes …read more!

According to The Oregonian, Multnomah County libraries have ordered over 700 copies of OotP to meet the over 1000 people on a waiting list for the book. Find out how you can help your library if you buy an extra book or two.

Thanks to the Winky Webmistress from French Harry Potter site Potter World Online, we’ve discovered an interesting snippet about Book V on site of French publisher Gallimard. Highlight to read: The site seems to allege that J.K. Rowling may have told the publishers something: Harry may find love. Here’s a rough translation from Babelfish. Anyone …read more!

Alas, according to Newsround the role of Cho Chang is joining Oliver Wood as a no-show in the next movie. No love for Harry until Goblet of Fire.

We’ve just received a release that confirms the rumored date of June 4, 2004 for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban‘s release date. Now, this came through the US instead of the UK, and confirmation with WB is still pending, but this is the first official anything we’ve received on that date. So pencil …read more!

There is a rumor on the Web that Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint will be making a June 21/Book V appearance – we’ve received word from a couple of places (including WB) that says this is not true. The word is that the movies are not to mix up with the books (and …read more!

Borders Group Inc put out a press release today announcing their store plans for the Book V release. All Borders stores will be open past 12am with some great plans – Herbology lessons in Indiana, Diagon Alley in Missouri and the Great Hall in Massachusetts. We’ve started a list of book chains around the world …read more!

Thanks Sandi, for this .pdf of an interview with Mary Grand Pre from June/July’s Family Fun magazine.

Thanks VERY much to Kizzibee from FictionAlley for going to the PoA set and coming back with these pics of Hagrid’s hut and what looks like the gatehouse where the dementors reside: Hut Hut (2) The gatehouse