Half-Blood Prince Voted Favorite Young Adult Book
The American Library Aassociation announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was voted the favorite book of teen readers in its annual "Teens' Top Ten" poll. Over 5,000 votes cast online during Teen Read Week (October 15-21) were combined with results of a separateContinued...
"Half-Blood Prince" Nominated for Scottish Children's Book Award
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling is among those nominated at the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books. Included in the "Younger readers – 8-12 years" category, these awards are presented to "recognise excellenceContinued...
J.K. Rowling-Autographed Copy of Half-Blood Prince Auctioned Online for Charity
A copy of the British adult edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is up for auction on eBay, with 100% of the funds raised going to benefit the Helen Ritson Trust Fund.
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R.A.B. Name Rumors Surface Again
Reports are now online again of another supposed confirmation of the identity of the mysterious R.A.B from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The question of R.A.B possibily being Regulus Black (the younger brother of Sirius) was first brought up in the TLC/MuggleNet interview with JKR shortly after the publicationContinued...
Half-Blood Prince Error "Old News," Says Bloomsbury
British tabloid The Sun recently reported that there had been an error in Half-Blood Prince regarding the number of O.W.L.s Hermione receives compared to the number she sat in book five. Fans had originally spotted the error, but Bloomsbury told Leaky the error is at least a year old, spottedContinued...
Live, Scholastic Podcast Now Available on iTunes
The live, official Harry Potter podcasts that Cheryl Klein of Scholastic, Emerson Spartz (of MuggleNet) and I (for Leaky!) did in July are now all available for download on iTunes right here. We met nearly 1,000 of you at these events, starting at Anderson's in Naperville, IL, and going to BarnesContinued...
Two Fans Tell Story of Meeting with J.K.Rowling
There are new stories in the press about two lucky fans who got to ask author J.K. Rowling some questions while she was in New York for the "Harry, Carrie, and Garp" charity readings at Radio City Music Hall.
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MSN Video Stream of "Harry, Carrie and Garp" Download
If you'd like to save the JKR "Harry, Carrie and Garp" event in a smaller format that works with your iPod, try it at the links below, captured by Chris for Leaky. Thanks to everyone who wrote in offering different versions! As a reminder, for a limited time, you watch this on MSNContinued...
Transcript of Second RCMH Night Up
Though you can get it today on video here (directly download it here, it's 1GB), Alex and the elves have completed and uploaded the transcript of the August 2, 2006, reading at Radio City Music Hall, right here. (The transcript to the first nigiht is right here.) All the links to our videos, pictures, transcripts,Continued...
JKR Readings to Debut Online Tomorrow
Scholastic has just announced that starting tomorrow, for only two days, MSN will stream "An Evening With Harry, Carrie and Garp" for free at video.msn.com. Starting Saturday, highlights will be available on demand, through the end of August.
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Radio City Music Hall Event Transcript Up
Our elves were out in force during the JKR reading at Radio City, and have come up with a transcript of nearly the entire first night, readable here. Huge thanks to Super Alex and Josée for doing the lion's share, here; night two on the way!
Press Conference Transcript: JKR Having Fun Writing Book Seven, to go through "bereavement" at end
The following is a transcript of the press conference that occurred this morning at Radio City Music Hall, between J.K. Rowling. Stephen King and John Irving. Enjoy!
Radio City Music Hall Press Conference Transcript
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More JKR Pics from Press Conference
There are more pics from this morning's Radio City Music Hall press conference here in the gallery. Enjoy! More on the way.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Released in US in Paperback
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in paperback today in the United States; you can order your copy here from Barnes & Noble or here from Amazon if you like! And if you're in the Las Vegas area, remember to come celebrate with the "Harry Potter ExpertsContinued...
Scholastic Harry Potter Experts Podcasts Coming Wednesday
Scholastic has now updated their website to offer subscriptions to the Harry Potter Experts Tour Podcast. These podcasts are part of the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in paperback on Tuesday, and feature our own Melissa Anelli, Emerson Spartz from MuggleNet, and CherylContinued...