We’ve had a few reports from fans who attended Jim Dale’s reading yesterday outside Atlanta, Georgia. Quietus told us: He told us the origins of quite a few characters voices: Hagrid was an uncle of his, Aunt Marge was an old World War II Colonel he met at a pub. Trelawney was a lady actress …read more!

In a follow-up to the recent kerfluffle stemming from his letter to the Times regarding their story on J.K. Rowling, Terry Pratchett visited alt.fan.harry-potter this week. He said: “I don’t have any problem at all with her rise, only with such third-party silliness, which insults good authors who wrote great books at a time, not …read more!

MuggleNet has a scan of a new pic of GoF in Premiere magazine, featuring Harry clutching the golden egg and talking to Hermione. Thanks guys! Update: WB kindly zapped it over in high-res, so check it out: Harry, Hermione and Egg (lg) Harry, Hermione and Egg (med) Harry, Hermione and Egg (small)

Potter fan one: “So, who do you ‘ship’?” Potter fan two: [blank expression] “Ship?” We at Leaky have gotten many emails about the phenomena in the fandom of ‘shipping’ (which is the ‘relationshipping’ or rooting for romantic pairings of characters in the Harry Potter novels). Many discussions about this take place on various fan sites …read more!

Lumos 2006: A Harry Potter Symposium is now accepting registration. The event is scheduled for July 27-30, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is being organized by HP Education Fanon, the same group that hosted Nimbus 2003 in Orlando, Florida.

Our reader Simon has sent us a ton MORE GoF pics, and some really cool ones too: Barty Crouch The campfire ablaze Cedric in a hood Cho wearing a scarf Dumbledore at the feast Dumbledore in the pensieve scene The Gryffindor kids Harry Harry at the feast Mad-Eye Mad-Eye and Harry Dumbledore Update We’ve also …read more!

More high-res photos from WB for you: Cedric (large)Cedric (med) Krum (large) Krum (med) Harry smiling (large) Harry smiling (med) Weasley Tent (large) Weasley tent (med)

Grace from RGMS.org let us know that a UK paper, The Mirror, is reporting tonight that actress Helen McCrory ” has been lined up to play evil Bellatrix Lestrange in the next Harry Potter film.” A source revealed: “The producers are trying to keep the cast a secret until it’s all sealed. But they are …read more!

PotterProphet.com has posted some scans from the new issue of Disney Adventures magazine that has a feature on the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. While most of the photos we’ve seen recently, there are some new ones, including small photos of Krum, Cho and Cedric. There is also a brand new photo of the inside …read more!

WB zapped over the new Cho Chang pic in high-resolution, so check it out: Cho Chang (huge) Cho Chang (med) Cho Chang (small) Thanks again go to MuggleNet for finding the original scan.