Winners of "Deathly Hallows" Book Cover Fan Art Competition
Previously, we told you about a contest for fans to design a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book cover. After going through the many wonderful entries, we can now announce the winners of this contest. The names of the winners are listed below, and you can also see their entries hereContinued...
Accio Quote! Update: Nine Older Interviews with J.K.Rowling Now Online
As we get closer to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it is fitting that we still continue to discover and enjoy older interviews with author J.K.Rowling that may help us gain some additional insight into the Harry Potter books (or at least provide some nuggetsContinued...
PotterCast 78 Now Live
Announcements about the live podcast, first-hand "Equus" details and much more are in this week's PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, which is now available. To listen, just hit the "Play" button on the right side of the page (--->), or use iTunes, or direct download. Notes and more info:
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Author J.K. Rowling Sues eBay Over Pirated Harry Potter Books
The Times is reporting tonight that Harry Potter author J.K.Rowling is suing online auction site eBay "after unscrupulous sellers used the Indian version of the website to sell unauthorised versions of her books." JKR has obtained an injunction which "prohibits eBay fromContinued...
LeakyNews Now on Amazon.com!
We're just thrilled to finally be able to announce today yet another way for you to enjoy Leaky in these times before book seven: on Amazon.com! Since the middle of February Leaky's news feed has been live on Amazon's Harry Potter-related pages; you can add the news feed to your Amazon "Plog" soContinued...
Presenting: the comprehensive Deathly Hallows guide and charity drive... HarryPotterSeven.com!
We have a hugely, tremendously special announcement tonight. It is the culmination of six months of work and the start of what we hope will be another show of Potter fan unity as we go into these last few months before book seven.
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Translator Silent on Upcoming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
Harry Potter fans who attended the Jerusalem book fair yesterday had the opportunity to meet and talk with Gili Bar-Hillel about the process she used while translating the Hebrew editions of the books.The AP reports fans were also hoping to hear a bit more about the final installmentContinued...
Entertainment Weekly Ponders End of Potter
This week's issue of Entertainment Weekly features an article on the end of the Harry Potter publishing era, noting ways in which U.S. publishing house Scholastic can make up for Harry's absence. You can see that article in our gallery here and a transcript of it below. Thanks, Sam!
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New "Deathly Hallows" Release Date Poster from Raincoast
In addition to the Scholastic and Bloomsbury posters marking the release date of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows we told you about previously, Canadian Potter publishers Raincoast have now released their version of this poster. It features the blue placeholder art for the cover of DeathlyContinued...
"Deathly Hallows" Advertisements Starting to Appear in Stores
As we told you previously, since the release date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been formally announced, retailers are beginning to advertise and promote the book. In addition to the posters from both Scholastic and Bloomsbury available to download and print at home, BordersContinued...
The New York Post Gets Quibbly
In recognition of these important months before book seven, from now thorugh July, the New York Post will be doing constant Harry Potter coverage; it started out this weekend with a long article about the popular book seven theories, and will now continue with Quibbler, a blog fully devoted to Potter, to which IContinued...
Leaky Widgets in the News
Thanks to the TLC readers who let us know that our new "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" release date countdown Widgets have made the news. As seen in on the front page of the Tempo section in the Chicago Tribune today (scans here in our galleries), the article refers to our very cool countdown clock designedContinued...
Scholastic Updates with New "Deathly Hallows" Release Date Poster
Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter novels, has updated their site with a new "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" poster that you can download and print out at home. The poster features the current black and white placeholder art for the book, with the titleContinued...
Dan Radcliffe: JKR says Dumbledore in "Deathly Hallows" was "Giving Me a lot of Trouble"
A second in depth interview with actor Dan Radcliffe is now online tonight, where the young actor discusses his role as Harry Potter as well as his performance in the upcoming production of "Equus.There are also some very interesting comments on a conversationContinued...
Older Video of J.K.Rowling Speech Talking Book Seven
Dissendium.com has unearthed rare video of a speech author J.K. Rowling gave several years ago, where she briefly discusses Harry turning 17 and doing magic outside of Hogwarts, and what that may mean for Dudley in Book Seven. You can see this video here. (note poor audio quality) If you areContinued...