The official site for English tourism has launched a new website designed to appeal to book and movie fans. Called “Storybook England,” this is a new guide to many of the real life places seen in many of the classic children’s novels in England, including those from Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Peter …read more!

Many Leaky readers have emailed us with links to the recent news that Rev. Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist for Pope Benedict XVI said in an interview with Vatican Radio last week that (fictional character) Harry Potter is “the king of darkness, the devil.” Amorth, president of the International Association of Exorcists, also “compared the Potter …read more!

Yesterday, we first told you that readers had voted Lord Voldemort as the top literary villain in the Big Bad Read poll, and the news reports included a portion of comments about this from author J.K. Rowling. Today, Bloomsbury has provided us with Jo’s complete remarks, and she has a bit more to say about …read more!

Several cast members from the Harry Potter films were at the premiere of Driving Lessons tonight in London. Along with Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Julie Walters (Molly Weasley), actresses Emma Watson (Hermione) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) also attended the event, and you can see new photos of them at this screening here in …read more!

Lord Voldemort is Tops!… well, is the top Literary Villain that is, as the results of the Big Bad Read have now been revealed. Earlier this year we told you about a poll that Bloomsbury had where you could vote for your favorite literary villian. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, who faced stiff competition from others such as Sauron …read more!

Actors Rupert Grint and Julie Walters took part in a press photocall for their new film “Driving Lessons” earlier today in London, and there are new pictures of them at this event now online at RupertGrint.net, which you can see here. Also, FilmFocus.co.uk was able to get new interviews with the two actors who spoke …read more!

Prophecy 2007: From Hero to Legend, the Harry Potter Symposium due next August 2-5 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada has now launched their official website. Registration for this event is now open, with a discounted price still available until September 8. You can find out more about this event, including hotel information at this link.

There is a new filming report now online for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which took place yesterday at King’s Cross Station in London. This report details the filming of the scene when Harry and Company go to Platform 9 3/4 to leave on the Hogwarts Express. Quotage: “Moody, Tonks, Shacklebolt, and …read more!

Actress Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) was a guest on the Women’s Hour radio program this morning, and you can listen to this new interview where she discusses working with Rupert Grint on both Driving Lessons and the Harry Potter films and how he has matured as an actor. To listen to this new audio interview, …read more!

At long last, PotterCast #54 is up! In this PotterCast, we have some great inside info on the creation of the HP video games an J.K. Rowling’s role within it: to listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download.) More notes: -Our Extendable …read more!