When it rains, it surely pours, for we have even more new looks at the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster book, including new photos of Prof. Trelawney (Emma Thompson), Prof. Snape (Alan Rickman), Prof. McGonagall (Dame Maggie Smith), Cho Chang, (Katie Leung) Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch), Neville (Matt Lewis), Seamus (Devon …read more!

Prophecy 2007, the Harry Potter convention taking place in Toronto, Canada, in August, has announced its slate of keynote luncheon speakers – and among them is our own very lovely Sue Upton! Sue will be taking part in a discussion on “the unique experience of being an HP fan: the fun, fantasy, and fanaticism of …read more!

Arthur Levine, the US editor of the Harry Potter books was a guest on the CBS Early Show today, to help launch the new Scholastic question as part of the “Soon There Will be 7” campaign heralding the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on July 21. As posted below, the new question …read more!

Love is in the air this lovely spring month of May as Issue 16 of Scribbulus, TLC’s essay collection, is now online. In this issue focusing “Love, Romance and Shipping” (yes the dreaded shipping word 🙂 ) we have the following papers on that subject, as well as a few others listed below. Enjoy! “Love …read more!

CBBC Newsround is now giving fans the opportunity to ask several stars from the Harry Potter films questions. In the hotseat section, fans can submit questions to Katie Leung (Cho Chang), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) using a form found via this link. Questions are due by …read more!

At long last, our 87th PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is now online: To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download. In the show this week: Garth Franklin from DarkHorizons.com joins us again to talk all about the new spate of OotP …read more!

Is Snape Good or Evil? That is the question long asked by fans of the Harry Potter series, and so now too is Scholastic asking this question as part of the “There Will Soon Be 7” campaign. The US publishers have now updated their Harry Potter website with the second of the questions they will …read more!

Last month, we first told you of the details to the Deluxe Edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Scholastic has updated their website to list a page count now for this edition: 816 pages. The regular hardback edition of the US edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is set at 784 …read more!

Scores of readers emailed to say new photos from the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix poster book have surfaced on this livejournal community via user dnz4him. Over the day, both unmarked and marked images have been sent in, and you can now see these in our galleries. New are photos of : …read more!

It makes this editor’s heart full of pride to announce the new Wizard of the Month for May on JKRowling.com is none other than my hero, err I mean…Helga Hufflepuff! Writes Jo: (Medieval, precise dates unknown) One of the four celebrated Founders of Hogwarts, Hufflepuff was particularly famous for her dexterity at food-related Charms. Many …read more!