Alan Rickman (Professor Snape) will appear on a poster for the American Library Association‘s “Celebrity READ” program. The READ campaign to encourage children to read was initiated in 1985 with a poster of Bill Cosby holding his favorite book, Treasure Island. That poster was succeeded by hundreds of others, featuring film, music and sports stars …read more!

A few weeks ago we told you about a photo seen at the New York Licensing Show promoting the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film. A much better photo of this OotP promotion has surfaced on a blog for the upcoming Comic-Con in San Diego. You can see this new photo …read more!

Actor David Thewlis was a guest at the Prince’s Trust Summer Ball last night in London, and we now have some new photos of him from this event in our galleries. The Prince’s Trust Summer Ball in Berkeley Square is a charity gala where proceeds go to help ” young people who have struggled at …read more!

Hey guys: as you read in the post below about the radio interview, I’m in Indianapolis right now with Emerson of MuggleNet. We were invited to be guests at the 2006 InConJunction Sci-Fi convention. We’ll be here for the whole weekend, so if you’re in the area, feel free to stop by! Get more info …read more!

Extendable Ears returns to PotterCast this week in a big way with Cheryl Klein, editor at Arthur A. Levine books at Scholastic, who has helped bring the last two Harry Potter books to the world, as well as serves as the guiding hand to a wide range of other novels. We’ll be talking with her …read more!

The separate bookstore sites have been advertising them, but here they are in one place: This July, I for Leaky, Emerson for MuggleNet and Cheryl Klein, editor at Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic books, will visit bookstores in three states to talk about the Harry Potter series and what’s left for our hero. The live events will …read more!

TLC’s own Melissa Anelli will be a special guest on the Dave “The King” Wilson radio show starting tonight at 6pm ET to discuss all things Harry Potter. Melissa is in Indianapolis, Indiana this weekend at the Inconjunction Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention, as is Emerson Spartz of MuggleNet. You can listen live to the …read more!

Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter books, has now launched their twenty day countdown to the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in paperback. Each day until July 25, there will be a new question about the books; the first one here. Then, the last question will be a special Scholastic …read more!

Actress Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley) received the Best Actress Award at the 28th annual Moscow International Film Festival on Sunday for her work in “Driving Lessons,” also starring Rupert Grint. The film also took the Festival’s Special Prize for best picture. Congratulations to Ms. Walters and the “Driving Lessons” cast and crew! Thanks to those …read more!

New Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix director David Yates has been nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on “The Girl in the Cafe.” David was nominated as “Best Director ” for his work on the film, which is currently airing here in the States on HBO. You can see recent …read more!