There are some additional stories online now about author J.K. Rowling’s trip to Romania as part of the Children’s High Level Group effort to improve conditions for children in Eastern European orphanages. The Scotsman reports that at a press conference earlier in Bucharest, Jo said: “I firmly believe that every child deserves a secure and …read more!

The first of the photos and information about J.K. Rowling and her trip to Romania are now appearing online. Reuters has this photo of Jo, taken at an opening press confernce in Bucharest. Canadian press has this additional photo, including a brief story on the trip. Jo is scheduled to attend a gala fundraising dinner …read more!

The Toronto Globe and Mail is reporting an alarming email scam, targeting Harry Potter fans, particularly children. The bogus email appears to be from Warner Bros. and offers acting roles in the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [sic]. The inevitable catch is that there is a fee for this “scholarship,” sometimes …read more!

J.K. Rowling has updated her website today with mention of her trip to Romania, as well as a hint of good news on Book Seven. In her new diary section, she indicates that she is “floating along on this flood of inspiration” in terms of the writing the last Harry Potter novel. Over in her …read more!

Conservative media organization Magic Picture Frame Studio has created its own awards, the American Values Awards, for film and television productions that “depict stories of love, honor, commitment, good versus evil, and the triumph of the human spirit.” Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of the films recognized for 2005, as “a …read more!

Two performers from the Harry Potter films are among those who have signed a special book which is being auctioned off to help raise funds to benefit the Lupus Foundation of America. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) are among hundreds of celebrities whose signatures are included in a Green Room book …read more!

Everyone, please join us as we send joyous Happy First Birthday wishes to Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray. The third child of our favorite author was born one year ago today, and readers will remember that Jo dedicated Half-Blood Prince to her newest little one, writing “To Mackenzie, my beautiful daughter, I dedicate her ink-and-paper twin. …read more!

Previously, we told you that author J.K. Rowling would be visiting Romania to take part in a charity dinner as part of an effort to help raise funds and awareness of the plight of orphans in Eastern Europe. This visit is to take place this week, on January 25th and the 26th. HarryPotter.as.ro reports that …read more!

The New York Times confirms the Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) will return to Broadway this spring in Brian Friel’s play “The Faith Healer.” The play will be staged at the Booth Theater and directed by Jonathan Kent, who directed Mr. Fiennes’ Tony award-winning Hamlet in 1995. Cherry Jones and Ian McDiarmid co-star. Previews begin in …read more!

The signed item that J.K. Rowling has donated to Book Aid International is, as was the last, a secretive document that, is written on A3 (11×16″) paper, “involves Harry Potter, is signed by her and involves the phrase, ‘between the lines.’ There will be a preview of it in the Daily Telegraph this Saturday and …read more!