HBP "Early Next Year" Release Rumors False

A TimesOnline article said today that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was "expected to be released early next year."
This is not true. As a trusted source has said, all that's definite is that it will possibly be released next year. JKR is still writing the book (which also puts to restContinued...

"Hagrid not the Half-Blood Prince" Rumor Partially Confirmed

Yesterday Mugglenet posted that two of their readers who attended the Edinburgh Book Festival reported to them that J.K. Rowling revealed in private conversation that Hagrid is not the Half-Blood Prince. We've been able to confirm through a separate source that we trust, that at leastContinued...

Movie Magic Features Newell, More in GoF Article

Veritaserum has posted the text of an article out today in Movie Magic which features new quotes from Mike Newell:

"The films definitely have a dark, frightening feel to them," he says. "There's romance and magic in the story, but its mixed with this fear, this overwhelming dread.Continued...

Exclusive: Title of Sixth Book "Half-Blood Prince," not "Half Blood Prince," says Scholastic

TLC has received official confirmation from Scholastic that the title of the sixth book will be Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, with a hyphen connecting "Half" and "Blood," matching the way "half-blood" is spelled in theContinued...

JKRowling.com Door Open Again; HBP Excerpt Revealed

The "Do Not Disturb" sign is not on the door on JKR's site at present, but at this point, it seems that only people accessing the site from Europe and Asia can access what's behind the door. (Try the UK version.)
Complete instructions (including screenshots) immediately appearedContinued...

Rowling Edinburgh Reading Transcript; HBP Status

Update: The transcript is now up at J.K. Rowling's website! (Thanks, Meriion!)
As to when we might see book six, Jo had this to say, when asked which book is her favorite:

I would have to say that it is probably Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, although at the moment—it is unfairContinued...

JKRowling.com Update

JKR's FAQ section has been updated with info about HBP (oh, nothing serious, just whether Arthur will be the new Minister, and what exactly HBP has to do with CoS....:) and more.

Jo Rowling Expecting Third Child

Jo Rowling writes on her website that she's expecting a third child, to be born sometime next year, and reassures her readers that while she can't say exactly when book six will be finished, it's well on track and she doesn't anticipate any baby-related delays.
Congratulations to Jo and her family!Continued...

Domain Names Registered

CBBC Newsround reports that Warner Brothers, Lightmaker, and Seabottom Productions have purchased domain names related to the title of book six.
Among them, the companies registered such names as 'harrypotterandthehalfbloodprince.com'. Lightmaker is the company that created J.K. Rowling's website; Seabottom isContinued...

JKRowling.com "Do Not Disturb" Sign Returns

Many Leaky readers have written to let us know that the "Do Not Disturb" sign has returned to the door on JKRowling.com. What does it mean? She told us that the door would open again, and again, and again with more info - so perhaps there's another nugget to come rather soon.
There's alsoContinued...

Online Bookstores Open HBP E-mail Notficiation List

Already: Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com have notification lists for the publication of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Thanks Robin and Denise!

HP Hoaxer "Speaks"

HPANA has a short interview with the Book Six Title hoaxer, in which the "anonymous" person (who says he didn't expect all the attention yet e-mailed every HP news site with the hoax) says, "If I had not started the hoax, would we all know the real title to book 6 right now?"
Loath as we are to give moreContinued...

J.K. Rowling Confirms Title

As we said yesterday, the book six title is indeed behind the door on JKR's site.
It's official and right from the lady's mouth, from her News section.

There's a great and lengthy update about the sixth book and whether she'd hoax us all. (No, thank goodness.)

We're taking the spoiler warning offContinued...

Book Six Title Behind Brick Wall

We've got it in that the title behind the brick wall on JKR's site is the title of the sixth book, says a trusted source (because so many of you asked). Click below to read it (in case you are still valiantly trying to get through the door and find it for yourself, and in which case we say, 'good forContinued...

Behind JKR.com's Brick Wall

Thank you to everyone who wrote in to let us know that there is a book title behind JKR.com's brick wall, and how to get to it.
If this is the title of book six (and really...it's anyone's guess...), JKR has used an old working title for a new book.

For more info, the title and how to get to it, read belowContinued...