MTV.com recently posted a snippet of news with quotes from Jason Isaacs about his role as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. The actor is looking forward to the next two movies saying: “Number four is finished. I’m not signed up for number five; I haven’t got a script for [it] yet, but I …read more!

The July issue of Wired includes an article about fanfiction. It traces the history, back into the Star Trek days, notes that it’s a common activity of burgeoning writers, and comments on the various fics about the motorcycle of Sirius Black, who the reporter deems “a minor character in the Harry Potter saga”. [Fanfiction’s] popularity …read more!

Scholastic has announced the 10 winnners of its “Why I Love Reading Harry Potter!” essay contest. Chosen out of over 8,000 entries, these 10 kids have won a trip to London. They will all depart New York City on the midnight flight on American Airlines. Upon boarding they will be handed a free copy of …read more!

Beep Beep! 600 trucks full of Harry Potter books coming through! Scholastic, the US Publishers of the Harry Potter novels announced today that the company was in the final stages of shipping 10.8 million copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to retailers. They also said that they ” shipped over 5.5 million temporary …read more!

A worker from Borders wrote in to tell us they have recieved their HBPs, and are very excited about it! If you want to see pics of the boxes – they were quickly locked up in a manager’s office – click here. The books will only be moved at 11:50 p.m. on the 15th, and …read more!

Fellow Potter Fans, it’s Time to Feed the Owls….or so says this very cool countdown reminder on Bloomsbury’s Harry Potter website. If you haven’t done so yet, you can still download and make your own Weasley type countdown clock, by clicking here( then on downloads). Only 15 more days!

HPNews.org has posted the cover of an HP coloring book, featuring a pic of Harry (not new), a new one of Hermione, a new one of Ron at the Yule Ball, and the Dark Mark looming in the background. See it here! Thanks to Hermy!

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Books of Wonder in New York City has announced that Mary GrandPré will be appearing at their HBP launch party on July 15. Everyone purchasing their book at Books of Wonder that night will get a free gift, will be entered in a spectacular drawing to win a copy of PoA signed by J.K. Rowling …read more!

It’s war!…well a price war that is. With only 15 more days to go, retailers are repeatedly lowering the sale price of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood book. This has lead to a price competition between many retailers, especially in the U.K. We’ve been getting e-mail after e-mail informing us of deals; so, if …read more!