Everyone, our sorting process for the Half-Blood Prince book reading groups in our forum has encountered a glitch. We are working on fixing that right now. Many of you have emailed; we do apologise for this delay and any problems you may have encountered. Do not worry though, the reading groups were to officially start …read more!

Jason Isaacs will be at the Borders Bookstore in Garden City, RI from 9:30 to 11 pm tonight as part of their HBP release events. Editor’s note: Well, I’m jealous!

In an interview discussing the release of the sixth book, Chancellor Gordon Brown said he believes “JK Rowling has done more for literacy around the world than any single human being”, and that the Potter books are are one of “Britain’s Greatest Export”. Secretary of State for Works and Pensions David Blunkett, also a fan, …read more!

Foxnews.com reports that as people await the release at midnight tonight, they are asking the question – how dark will this book be? Jennifer Brown, children’s reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, said the darkening books should not come as a surprise. Rowling made clear from the very beginning that Harry would grow up from his …read more!

As you know, tonight at 5pm EST the entire LeakyLounge will shut down save for one area that will serve as a main discussion group until our moderators have had a chance to read the book and prevent people from getting spoiled. Our comments have been disabled for some time now because of traffic, but …read more!

JKRowling.com has updated her FAQ Poll at long last. The long sought out answer to how the Order of the Phoenix communicates with each other is now posted. CHECK IT OUT!

All this week NBC’s Today Show has been featuring Harry Potter. Today they featured the winners of the Total Trivia where the four lucky winners and their parents competed in a quiz contest. The video is now online and you can see it here ( at link scroll down to where it says ” How …read more!

Many Leaky readers have forwarded us links to reports that Pope Benedict disapproves of the Harry Potter series, based on two 2003 letters supposedly authored by Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger) to German Gabriele Kuby, author of Harry Potter – Gut Oder Böse (Harry Potter – Good or Evil). From one letter: It is good …read more!

Scholastic has a fun thing up now on their Harry Potter website. There is a magnifying glass that you can use to get a closer look at the entire cover for the Deluxe Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Check it out!

The Baltimore Sun has written a very good profile about the editor of the US editions of the Harry Potter books, Arthur Levine. The story of how he bought the U.S. rights to the books for quite a bargin is mentioned, but the items of interest are about his working relationship with author JKRowling of …read more!