Today our own managing editor Melissa Anelli was interviewed on CNN’s American Morning program. The subject was regarding the outpouring of emotion on the net over events in Half-Blood Prince; in particular over the passing of one dearly beloved character. The video for this interview is now online at CNN. To watch, click here-then scroll …read more!

Emerson of MuggleNet and I are in various stages of travel and consciousness, so we have two bits for you right now: our reports of the weekend up to the moment we opened our books, and the first snip of the interview with Jo Rowling, which is very short compared to what’s coming on Wednesday …read more!

**Ding Ding** The regular Leaky Lounge is now back open for business. Enjoy our entire forums again everyone, and first round is on the house 😉 UPDATE: We’ve heard from some people who’ve reported registration issues at Leaky Lounge. We are aware of the problem and the L.L. mod team is working on it – …read more!

Hello everyone! I’m afraid we have some bad news for you. There will be a delay in the posting of the interview with Jo. We wanted to make sure that the interviews were posted on the two sites together, but unfortunately, (as posted on the MuggleNet website), Emerson’s flight back home was delayed. The interview …read more!

The Staten Island Advance has an article by Leaky’s Melissa Anelli on what it was like to be in Edinburgh and speak to Jo Rowling for the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: I had seriously wondered whether I would a) tense up, b) clam up or c) throw up as the interview …read more!

MuggleNet has posted a preview look at some of the features that will be part of the full official Goblet of Fire film website. There are stills of the main page, the Tri-Wizard Tournament, and some pages for Harry, Cedric, Fleur, and Viktor. Please note at the link for the Main page , on the …read more!

It’s being reported that the American edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, published by Scholastic, sold 6.9 million copies in the first 24 hours – or an average of more than 250,000 copies per hour. Fifth book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix sold 5 million copies in the same 24 …read more!

Our Leaky readers in Australia will be able to watch Harry Potter – Magic at Midnight, a screening from the Edinburgh midnight book reading, this Thursday the 21st at 7:30 on Network 10. Thanks, Marianna!

CBBC Newsround has now posted the transcript of the 70 cub reporters interview with J.K. Rowling. While many of the questions we have heard in similar fashion before, there are a few new tidbits of information. Peter Humphreys for BBC Newsround. – Who did Fawkes previously belong to and will he play a vital role …read more!

The transcript from Katie Couric’s interview with J.K. Rowling has now been posted on the Dateline NBC website. In this piece which aired tonight, unfortunately, there wasn’t too much specifically about the new book. The questions that the children submitted will be broadcast tomorrow morning on the Today Show . However, in tonight’s interview there …read more!