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 nuggets from the interviews for fans to pore over). Such is the case today as our Floo Partner Accio Quote! have now posted...

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 Deathly Hallow with the July 21, 2007 release date on the page, as well as all six of the U.K. covers of the children's...

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 title and release date on it, as well as color photos of the previous six novels. To print (pdf) click here.
As a reminder...

Translating Harry

The Guardian has a new article online about the unique art and hard work involved in translating the Harry Potter novels. While facing deadlines and a whole host of other obstacles, translators often have to face one primary hurtle first: "finding the balance between literal fidelity and the equivalence that makes for fidelity of reading experience. When Uncle Vernon hums "Tiptoe Through...

Sketch Made for Prisoner of Azkaban Book Up for Auction

A sketch originally made for the cover of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is up for auction in the UK this weekend. This is London reports :

Illustrator Cliff Wright, who also designed the cover for Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets, the previous book in the series, is selling the sketch for £8,500 at the inaugural Great Art Fair, at Alexandra Palace until Sunday.

Art...

West Ham Football Manager Cites Harry Potter as Influence

Alan Pardew, manager of the West Ham United Football Club says that the Harry Potter series, especially Prisoner of Azkaban has been a strong influence on him and on his team's success this season.

"'I surround myself with strong characters, winners and people who I like to think have good, sensible morals.
'I include all my staff and players in that, and if I don't see it in...

Bloomsbury Set to Launch Special Harry Potter Box-Set, New Audio Series

In addition to the earlier news about their profits from the Harry Potter books, UK Publisher Bloomsbury also revealed some upcoming plans for the next five years related to the series. The AP reports that :

"The date for the seventh and final book has not yet been confirmed, but the publisher intends to print a paperback edition 12 months later. It also plans to launch a box-set edition of...

Scholastic.com Updates Harry Potter Download Section

Scholastic has updated their Harry Potter site to include new downloads for Prisoner of Azkaban and Chamber of Secrets. These downloads are being added each week as part of the previously announced contest Scholastic is holding for children to win a Harry Potter Ipod package and more. To enter, you must answer a poll question each week related to one of the books, print out a copy of the book cover,...

Spring Spruce Up on J.K.Rowling.com

Spring is right around the corner, and it looks like author J.K. Rowling is doing some cleaning and re-decorating on her website. Nice little changes can be found here and there on her website including new portkeys, one of which is an eraser... hmm. Check it out! Thanks Roonwit!
Update: There are FIVE cool new nuggets of information that you can hunt for today. Yes, Five! Yay! For those who wish...

Complete Arthur Levine Interview Now Available in MP3 and Transcript Form

By popular demand, the complete version of the interview with Arthur Levine, co-editor of Harry Potter, that was on episodes 22, 23 and 24 of our podcast, PotterCast is now available as a downloadable MP3 and in transcript. Check it out on our TLC Interviews page. In this hour-and-a-half interview, Mr. Levine gives rare insight into the editing process of Harry Potter, his personal experiences...

New Interview with Spanish HP Illustrator

Spanish HP site RedFlu.com has translated its recent interview with the Spanish Harry Potter Illustrator, Dolores Aavedaãno for us, which you can read below. Thanks, Martin!
This is a preview: the rest is here.

This interview has been translated, so there may be some errors.

How many time do you spend making the ilustration of the cover?

Without counting the time that the publishing spends in...

Hindi HP Translations Now Available in India

The Hindu reports that the Harry Potter books are now available in Hindi. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released by publisher Manjul Books at the New Delhi World Book Fair yesterday, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is expected to be released by this June. Translator Sudhir Dixit worked diligently to ensure that the magical spirit of the books was not lost in translation:

"The...

HP Audio Books Soar to Top of iTunes Charts

A quick look the U.S. iTunes AudioBook store reveals that less than 24 hours after the announcement of their release, HP books are ripping up the charts at iTunes. The rankings stand thus, at this moment:

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($49.95)
3.The Complete Harry Potter ($249.00)
4.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ($32.95)
5.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($46.95)
10.Harry...

RetroVision Releases Chronicle of HP

The next edition of RetroVision Magazine will feature a Harry Potter News Diary, chronicling in 35,000 words a month-by-month, year-by-year timeline of the Harry Potter phenomenon. It covers "everything from the first announcement that J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone had been picked up by Bloomsbury through the publication of this summer's...