The ever-so-trustworthy British tabloids are running wild with an ambiguous quote from Jim Dale, the voice of the American editions of the HP books, that says what we all know: That J.K. Rowling may kill Harry in book seven. (Hint: She also may not.) The Mirror says “the revelation will shock millions of die-hard Potter …read more!

J.K. Rowling’s website has been updated to remind us that December 6 is Hagrid’s birthday. Cheers, Hagrid! Enjoy your rock cake, and please take it easy on the mulled mead.

Reader Catherine wrote to share with us her eyewitness account of Brendan Gleeson’s appearance at a Harry Potter-themed event held in Dublin to aid Chernobyl Children’s Project International. “It was a truly authentic Evening at Hogwarts, which apparated at Trinity College, Dublin – the Dining Hall of the oldest university in the British Isles and …read more!

Check it out: Thanks to Alex Robbin and John Noe, PotterCast.com has a new, faster, sleeker, easier-to-use and just plain cooler look. We hope you like it!

The Thai translation of HBP is being released at midnight tonight (300,000 copies have been reserved in advance), and Thai Day has an interview with translator Sumalee Bumroongsook. The translator, who convinced the managing director of Nanmee Books to produce the Thai translation of the HP books after she read them in English, talks about …read more!

Ticket sales for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire continue to soar, as GoF topped box office ticket sales in the US and Canada for the third week in a row. The Associated Press is reporting that Goblet lead the way again this weekend with another $20.5 million, increasing the overall total to $560 …read more!

One City, the book to which J.K. Rowling has written a foreword and the profits from which will benefit the One City charity, which fights social exclusion in Edinburgh, is listed as available for release on Jan. 2 by Amazon.co.uk. Edinburgh’s Lord Provost said about the book, “This book project is exactly what One City …read more!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opened Thursday in Australia to the sixth-highest ever opening day box office figures for the nation, the Advertiser reports. It grossed $3,203,779 nationwide, averaging $5,804 in from the 552 screens on which it was shown.

The Scotsman is reporting today that author J.K. Rowling is planning on writing another book for children after she has concluded the Harry Potter series. Jo discusses her future writing plans in an upcoming radio interview to be broadcast on BBC Radio4. The newspaper article states that Jo ” said that she has an idea …read more!

The Scotsman has a very good new article highlighting excerpts from a foreward that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has written for a new book, in which she describes her life in relative poverty before achieving her current fame and wealth. In describing parts of her days in Edinburgh as a single mother or what …read more!