If you haven’t had a chance yet to take part in a Barnes and Noble HBP discussion session with the TLC staff, there are two more opportunities for you to do so and they’re both open for enrollment right now at this link. Two sessions are open from August 1 through Sept. 5; in one, …read more!

There are a few new updates on the Bloomsbury Harry Potter website. Their cub reporter, Vhari Leishman, has posted her report about the weekend, and there are also some new photos of the event. Amoung the many things in the article is this detailed section on the feast in the castle. “…we were taken into …read more!

Random House has sent us the rest of Jim Dale’s booktour schedule: Thursday, June 28, 7:00 PM The Levy Center 300 Dodge Avenue Evanston, IL Arranged through The Book Stall at Chestnut Court 847-446-8880 Tuesday, August 2, 6:30 PM Barnes & Noble–Alpharetta 7660 Northpoint Parkway, Ste 200 Alpharetta, GA 30022 770-993-8340 Tuesday, August 9, 6:00 …read more!

IGN has posted seven clips from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire videogame. The game clips show the trio and the chaos at the Quidditch World Cup, a very hetic battle agains some creatures,and some very cool flying by Harry with a Horntail in pursuit. Please note: at this link there are …read more!

Last night, I was lucky enough to see Jim Dale read from the Harry Potter books at Storyopolis on Venura Boulevard. He read a bit from Book Six, then the scene from Prisoner of Azkaban where they won the Quidditch Cup. He noted that the crowd was comprised mostly of adults – of the 100 …read more!

J.K. Rowling’s oldest child, Jessica, turns 12 today! Happy birthday!

Yesterday, ComingSoon posted the transcript of the chat that TLC, MuggleNet and several other journalists had with Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory), Stan Ianevski (Viktor Krum) and Clemence Poesy (Fleur Delacour) at Leavesden Studios in November. We haven’t yet heard why it was posted, since as far as TLC or MN knew there was no go-ahead,but …read more!

There is an article running today in many newspapers about the delay in various translations of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. According to this piece, the translators had to wait until the book was first released before they could begin their work. While millions have already finished the sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s fantasy …read more!

The Guardian has a look at the strong appeal of the Potter books for readers of all ages, as well as at others series often classified as ‘children’s books’: Although we can measure the size of the phenomenon by crunching numbers, that doesn’t help us to understand why Harry Potter stands quite so large in …read more!

The Web site for Arthur A. Levine Books, the imprint of Scholastic books that publishes the American editions of Harry Potter, has updated its FAQ to answer some questions they’ve been receiving from many readers regarding potential errors in the books. It also clears up some misconceptions. For instance: “The site, therefore, of Fudge stepping …read more!